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Rethinking Mental Health in Ireland: Why Not a Trieste-Style Approach?

Mad in America

Holistic Support: The model focuses not just on medical treatment but also on housing, employment, nutrition, social connections, and personal aspirations. Importantly, the role of nutrition in mental healthan often overlooked aspectis integral to this holistic approach. The Irish Context: Where Do We Stand? Why Not Trieste?

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Risk Factors for ADHD

Psychiatric Times

Children from lower-income families face multiple challenges including limited access to prenatal care, inadequate nutrition during pregnancy, and unstable housing situations that disrupt educational continuity. Socioeconomic factors represent critical environmental influences on ADHD development and management. Subscribe Now!

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You Asked: Can Zuranolone Be Used to Treat Postpartum Depression in a Mother with Bipolar Disorder?

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health

Mood and anxiety disorders are common in women, and many women will grapple with the difficult decision of whether or not to use medications during pregnancy. They also may be less likely to focus on self-care, such as good nutrition and exercise and to fully engage in prenatal care. Fleischman, MD, MBA, FACOG, President of ACOG.

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Accutane and Mental Health: Converging Physical and Emotional Well-being

Lightwork

Research has found that isotretinoin may have potential psychiatric side effects, including mood changes and depression. Assessing Risk Factors for Mental Health Issues During Treatment Certain individuals face heightened risks of experiencing mood disorders during isotretinoin treatment.

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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

Mad in America

In fact, he was known for treating some mood disorders with opiates—a practice my former doctor (who knew Dr. B) rejected because of the inherent dangers of opiate use. This was in 2020 amid lockdown, so my consultation with Terry was over the phone. She quipped, “ Everyone has bipolar.”

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Dear Mr. Kennedy

ADDitude

2, 3, 4 Lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep exert epigenetic changes on DNA that influence how strongly or weakly ADHD genes are expressed. Levels of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin also increase with exercise, thus improving focus, working memory, and mood to enable better learning. 10.1176/appi.ajp.163.4.716.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

This represents a significant shift in PTSD diagnoses from predominantly affecting men in the 1980s, when men constituted about 70% of diagnosed cases, to now predominantly affecting women, who by 2020 made up 70% of diagnosed cases. Since 2010, trauma diagnoses among adolescents have surged, rising from about 3% in 2010 to over 8% by 2023.