Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

From Aeon : “‘A sense of special significance began to invest everything in the room; objects which I would normally accept as just being there began to assume some strange importance.’ ‘I became interested in a wide assortment of people, events, places, and ideas which normally would make no impression on me. Not knowing that I was ill, I made no attempt to understand what was happening, but felt that there was some overwhelming significance in all this …’ The first of these quotations

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Antipsychotics for psychotic depression? Not a great idea, according to a new study. Adding an antipsychotic drug to antidepressant treatment increased the risk of death and rehospitalization for people with the psychotic depression diagnosis. “Our findings do not indicate any advantage of adding antipsychotics as adjunctive to antidepressants as maintenance treatment.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

T his month the American Psychological Association (APA) released its report, “Stress in America 2023: A Nation Recovering From Collective Trauma.” This was a follow-up to a similar report in 2020. The report was based on a nationwide survey of 3000 Americans 18 years or older by the Harris Poll. The results of the report were alarming and concerning.

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