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NY Times Finally Figures out ADHD Critics May be Onto Something

Mad in America

From The New York Times : “From 2012 to 2022, the total number of prescriptions for stimulants to treat A.D.H.D. In 2012, Americans in their 30s were issued five million prescriptions for stimulants to treat A.D.H.D.; increased in the United States by 58 percent.

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Study Finds Over 25% of Antidepressant Prescriptions Given to High-Risk, Long-Term Users

Mad in America

A new article published in BMC Medicine finds that antidepressant use in two Scottish regions increased 27% between 2012 and 2019. While the occurrence of potential high-risk use decreased slightly between 2012 and 2019 (from 37.9% among adult residents between 2012 and 2019.

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A Reflection on “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance”

Mad in America

L aura Delano and I met sometime around 2012 at a Mad in America film festival. I was immediately drawn to her fierce intelligence and, as I got to learn more about her, was struck by some of the interesting similarities and contrasts between our lives.

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How Donating Can Help Manage Depression Symptoms

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2012; Kerr et al., In a 2013 paper in Psychological Science , researchers at The University of Chicago and Northwestern University found that people who repeatedly gave small gifts were consistently happier than those who received gifts (OBrien & Kassirer, 2019). 2015; Wieners et al., Feedback on this article? References Gander, F.,

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Study Explores How to Take Notes Effectively with ADHD

ADDitude

Lecture note-taking in postsecondary students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 31 (7), 15511573. link] 3 Gleason, J. 4 Di Vesta, F.

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On the Brink of Murder Because of an Antidepressant

Mad in America

W hile going through a divorce in 2012, award-winning documentary filmmaker Katinka Blackford Newman from London was prescribed escitalopram (Cipralex or Lexapro, from Lundbeck). This is a depression pill, but Katinka was not depressed, only distressed, with sleepless nights, when she needed to leave the family home after a 12-year marriage.

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Hormonal Changes in Women with ADHD: 4 Gaping Holes in Research

ADDitude

Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle (DASH-MC): A transdiagnostic framework for ovarian steroid influences on psychopathology. Molecular psychiatry, 30(1), 251262. link] 2 Hinshaw, S. Zalecki, C., Huggins, S. Montenegro-Nevado, A. Schrodek, E., & Swanson, E.