Thu.Jan 25, 2024

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Two Out of Three Find Antidepressant Effects Not Worth Burdens

Mad in America

In a recent study published in BMJ Mental Health , a team led by Ethan Sahker from Kyoto University’s Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, alongside an international cohort of researchers, confronts a pressing question in depression treatment: What is the smallest beneficial effect of antidepressants that patients deem worthwhile given their burdens?

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“Get Over It”? A Response to Empower Parents to Repair Instead of Victim Blame

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F amily estrangement is on the rise, headlines read, followed by many articles about setting healthy boundaries, communication, self-care and emotional maturity. However, a recent article titled “Growing All The Way Up” (the online version is titled “ The Words Every Adult Child Needs to Hear ,” January 2024) in Psychology Today suggests adult children estranged with their parents take control of creating the life they want by “getting past old hurts” that they may have with their pa

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The FDA Warned an Asthma Drug Could Induce Despair. Many Were Never Told.

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In The New York Times , Christina Jewett and Benjamin Mueller report on the widespread prescription of the asthma drug Singulair despite severe known harms including suicidality, especially among children—and despite a black-box warning added decades after the drug was first marketed amid early indications of the risks: “In early 2020, the FDA responded to decades of escalating concerns about a commonly prescribed drug for asthma and allergies by deploying one of its most potent tools: a stark

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