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New Study Links Antidepressants to Increased Risk of Diabetes

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The current research, led by Ancha Baranova of George Mason University and Dongming Liu of Nanjing University, found a weaker link between genetic components of MDD and T2D. ” T2D is linked to a number of serious health problems including blindness, kidney disease, nerve damage, heart disease, and premature death. .”

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2024

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Subscribers get free access to all Mad in America content and webinar events. Torrey writes, Over twenty years later not a single gene has been identified to cause schizophrenia, despite the expenditure of almost $8 billion in genetic research by NIMH. You can become a MIA Supporter for $5 per month or $20 annually.

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Accounting for Mental Disorder: Time for a Paradigm Shift

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S ince the onset of the pandemic, misery and mental disorder have increased, raising considerable concern about mental health. In short, ten years ago the WHO called for a paradigm shift in mental health care. In short, ten years ago the WHO called for a paradigm shift in mental health care.

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What Is Beyond a Diagnosis?

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My mental health went down fast this time. All those symptoms came back and worse until I was unable to get out of my bedroom, stuck in a world of mental terror. I thought I was feeling the sadness and terror of my circumstances, but the events were over. I found out later he had broken the top two vertebrae in my neck.

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

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She’s the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety and takes a functional medicine approach to mental health. Sometimes, we think we’re experiencing deep mental health issues when we’re actually dealing with inflammation, chronic sleep deprivation, or blood sugar fluctuations. That’s false anxiety.

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Antidepressants Cause Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds

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A new study published in BMJ Mental Health finds that antidepressants are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The authors employed Mendelian randomization, a method that uses genetic information to examine causal relationships, to establish that the observed association likely means antidepressants are causing CVD.

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The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change

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A fter years of work involving hundreds of people in dozens of countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have released their joint production, Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation: Guidance and Practice ( WHO/OHCHR , 2023, referred to as the Guidance.