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FDA Requires New Label Warning of Weight Loss Risk in Pediatric Patients Taking Extended-Release Stimulants for ADHD

Psychiatric Times

SHOW MORE The FDA will update ADHD medication labels, warning of weight loss risks in children under 6, urging careful monitoring by health care professionals. Health care professionals should monitor the child’s growth and development and provide necessary interventions to mitigate weight loss.”

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Could I Have an Eating Disorder?

ADDitude

Whatever the reason, eating disorders in midlife and older women are not uncommon, yet they are under-recognized. In research examining eating disorder symptoms among women aged 45 to 61, body dissatisfaction was cited as a key risk factor. Self-Test: Do I Have an Eating Disorder?

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

If one wishes to understand an idea such as neuroplasticity, or the logistics of synaptic transmission, or the ramifications of an event like enzyme inhibition or competitive receptor binding, it helps to explain in concrete terms the jobs of key players in a given system. First, let’s differentiate conceptual from sheer factual content.

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Your Guide To CAMHS Services

The London Psychiatry Centre

If your child has been struggling with mental, emotional, or behavioural issues, you may be wondering about Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Services. These are services that run in areas around the UK to support children and young people with their mental health. Did you know? What is CAMHS?

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Female Veteran Issues

Solara Mental Health

Understanding female veterans’ emotional and mental issues allows for better mental and physical health treatment. In addition, women may face several health issues when military service has been completed. In addition, women may face several health issues when military service has been completed.

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Oxford strengthens global mindfulness research with £1 million gift

Department of Psychiatry News

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The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview with Laurence Kirmayer

Mad in America

His critiques extend to how psychiatric categories reflect colonial histories and obscure social causes , as well as how attempts to localize mental health interventions may still impose Western norms. Most of what we do depends on our more complex mental faculties, and those faculties are, at their core, social.