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Walking the Line: Navigating Student Mistreatment by Patients

Psychiatric Times

Difficulties With Insurance and Patient Care: “Why Is the System So Complicated?” Neurosyphilis: When an Antipsychotic Is Not Enough EP: 28. This Is Not Me!”: The Debilitating Impact of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder EP: 29. Mental Illness Is an Equal Opportunity Employer EP: 30. The Slow Road to Psychosis Now Viewing EP: 32.

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Blindsided by Benzos: Had I Known

Mad in America

We tend to associate severe withdrawal symptoms with illicit drugs, alcohol, or painkillers, but no, this benzo syndrome happens to ordinary people with health insurance who trusted their doctor and followed orders. Benzodiazepines are among the most difficult substances to withdraw fromworse than heroin, alcohol, or nicotine.

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America is Legislating a Return to the Asylum, One Policy at a Time

Mad in America

If all of this comes to pass, it would represent the biggest roll back of health insurance coverage ever due to federal policy changes,” stated a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The historic slashing of public benefits is predicted to have numerous ripple effects throughout the US healthcare and food systems. in the House.

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“RFK, Jr., Is Spreading a Dangerous, Ignorant Myth About Autism”

ADDitude

Insurance becomes harder to access for affirming therapies. They often stem from systems and expectations that were never built for people like us. When public figures portray autism as a tragedy, they reinforce those broken systems. Schools and workplaces feel justified in denying accommodations. Molecular Autism, 9(1), 42.

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

Mad in America

The first Mental State of the World Reportreleased by The Global Mind Project , which has hosted online surveys examining global trends in mental wellness since 2020, found respondents from South Africa and the UK had the poorest mental health of the 64 countries represented. The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report.

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It’s Time to Prioritize ADHD Research Focusing on Women

ADDitude

In 2020, after experts convened to evaluate data on ADHD in females across the lifespan, Susan Young, Ph.D., Trends in stimulant prescription fills among commercially insured children and adults United States, 20162021. As young adults, many had been misdiagnosed and treated for anxiety and depression. Women’s Health.

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ADHD Drugs Linked to Cardiovascular Disease

Mad in America

They used the National Inpatient Register for data on diagnoses, the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register for data on prescriptions, the Longitudinal Integrated Database for Health Insurance and Labour Market studies for socioeconomic data, and the Swedish Cause of Death Register for data on participant deaths.