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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

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In recent years, there has been a growing awareness surrounding the adverse long-term effects of antidepressants, particularly concerning treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction (TESD). A new study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders Reports sheds light on this issue, offering insights from patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who have experienced antidepressant treatment.

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Benzodiazepines in Canada: Is a Withdrawal Crisis Looming?

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Editor’s Note: This article was written by Marnie Wedlake, PhD, RP, Mad in Canada’s founding publisher. This piece first appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Canada. O n February 16 th , CBC News published an online article: ‘ Quebec doctors to face increased scrutiny for overprescription of anti-anxiety medication’. Clearly a commentary on the subject of Cauchemar sur ordonnance, this piece names “misuse of benzodiazepines [as a] concern in Quebec”.

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‘It Was a Joint Effort’: Deborah Kasdan on Bringing Her Late Sister’s Story to Life

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D eborah Kasdan is author of Roll Back The World: A Sister’s Memoir , in which she describes her extraordinary late sister Rachel — poet, musician, free spirit—and her decades-long journey through psychiatric treatment until, finally, she found a place of peace and community. Kasdan is a longtime business and technology writer who pivoted to memoir writing on a quest to tell her sister’s story, joining the Westport Writers’ Workshop.

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The Psychiatric Peddlers in Your Schools

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A s a teacher in the public school system I encountered the following kind of student in each of my classes. They were usually wont to ignore my instructions; they would lose their notebook or writing utensil; fail to complete their classwork and forget their unattempted homework at home; avoid beginning any task I gave them by concocting a much more urgent assignment for themselves like needing to organize all the papers in their bag; and they’d space out on a window or painting, or more often

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Taking Prozac During Pregnancy Can Affect Fetal Brain Development: Study

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From New York Post : “Taking antidepressants such as Prozac during pregnancy can affect the child’s brain development and potentially lead to them having mental health disorders later in life, a new study warns. The research, published Friday in the journal Nature Communications , is said to be the first study to provide evidence of the direct impact of serotonin, a feel-good hormone, on the fetal development of the prefrontal cortex, a key part of the brain. ‘While it is known tha

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A Dangerous Idea: ‘Bury Bad Thoughts to Boost Mental Health’

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From Sylvie Rouhani/CPTSD Foundation : “ An article caught my eye the other week from the German Press Agency, ‘o ne of the world’s leading independent news agencies.’ The headline reads: ‘Bury bad thoughts to boost mental health, Cambridge team suggests.’ [However,] experts in trauma-informed and compassion-based therapy models encourage us to do the opposite.

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Mental Health Advance Choice Documents ‘Would Reduce Sectioning’

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From The Guardian : “Fewer people with ‘mental illnesses’ would endure the trauma of being sectioned if advance choice documents – setting out a treatment plan while they are well – were included in Mental Health Act reforms, a leading psychiatrist has said. Advance choice documents are the only proven way to reduce the number of people detained under the Mental Health Act in England and Wales, which is one of the reforms’ core objectives, said Dr Lade Smith, the president of t

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Antidepressant Use Tightly Correlates with Increased Suicide Rates

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Proponents of antidepressants have long proposed the theory that increased antidepressant drug prescriptions would reduce suicide rates at the population level. Yet analysis after analysis has found that suicide rates have increased alongside increasing antidepressant drug use (and actually decreased when antidepressant prescribing took a dip, too ).

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My Lived Experience Helps Others Heal: Working with Families on the Path to Recovery

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W hen the manager of the family program I was working with offered me the opportunity to establish the Family Navigation and Support Program (FNSP), I initially turned it down. Thanks, but no thanks. As a person with lived experience (PWLE) who spent years cycling in and out of hospitals, I had avoided working in them throughout my career. Until then.

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“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health

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T he teenager on the other end of the phone struggles with social media, struggles with body shaming and feelings of inadequacy, struggles with depression and anxiety. Since age 10 or 11, when she first started dancing with a youth ballet company, she would pull up Instagram and fixate on other dancers—looking at their bodies, comparing them with hers.