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Beyond the ADHD Headlines: A Nuanced Look at Diagnosis, Drugs, and Daily Life

Child Mind Intitute

As with many clinical conditions, each childs genetic, brain-based, and environmental influences blend into a distinct profile. It reduces the noise of inattention or hyperactivity so kids can develop coping skills and improve self-regulation. It can boost their self-esteem and ability to function in the family. The takeaway?

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Why Social Media Can’t Replace a Real Therapist

Zencare

I know I’ve diagnosed myself with a rare genetic disease a time or two only to discover it’s just a gas. TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube are like a symptom checker for mental health conditions. People hear something they can relate to, and they self-diagnose and/or treat themselves based on the worst case.

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Is Ondansetron Safe for Women With Mental Health Conditions?

Lightwork

Navigating medication safety during pregnancy can feel overwhelming, especially for women managing mental health conditions. For women with mental health conditions, the decision to use ondansetron requires careful consideration. The rising use of ondansetron for pregnancy-related nausea presents a complex scenario.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

Mad in America

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. Less publicized in 2022 was another powerful discrediting of psychiatry’s neurobiological disease model.

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Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper

Mad in America

Mad in America has previously examined the problems with conflicts of interest in research but this time we extend that to look at the potential effect of COIs on diagnostic tools such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). However, journals continue to rely on self-reporting.

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The Failure of “Spit For Science”: No Genetic or Neurological Pathways for Substance Abuse

Mad in America

In a recent article, Turkheimer and Greer critiqued the overblown conclusions drawn from a large, long-running, high-profile genetic study, Spit For Science (S4S). They add, Most of the papers ignore the tiny effects, reaching optimistic conclusions about the prospects for future genetic explanations of alcohol use.

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Chemically Imbalanced: Joanna Moncrieff on the Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth

Mad in America

Dr. Moncrieff is a psychiatrist who works in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. This book in many ways is a follow-up to her 2022 paper which looked at the serotonin story and concluded that there was no good evidence that a serotonergic deficiency was a primary cause of depression. The context of their life.