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Behind the Smiles: Mental Health in South Korea’s High-Pressure Society

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A Silent Crisis Despite rising awareness, mental health is still a taboo topic in many Korean families. of Koreans reported experiencing at least one mental health issue in the past year, such as chronic stress, anxiety, or depressive symptoms. Ive also been one of them. This is a sharp increase from 63.8%

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The Three Ages of Treating Madness: Confinement, Conversation, Chemicals

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The Golden Age of Listening For a brief period in history, talk therapy flourished. Each brought a unique perspective, reshaping the understanding and treatment of mental distress. Psychologists were leading discussions, therapists were guiding treatment, and even insurance companies were funding itreluctantly.

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Two Decades of PSSD: A Life Stolen by Antidepressants

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At age 14, after the passing of my grandfather, a big character in our family, I was prescribed the antidepressant Zoloft (sertraline), indicated for OCD, an issue I had increasingly dealt with for the previous couple of years. Once again, a pharmaceutical had altered an essential part of my body. I started freaking out.

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Treat Systems, Not Symptoms: Defending the Sanity of the Oppressed

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1 This burden in mental health systems is paralleled globally, and yet, the WHO estimates that 35 to 50% of individuals in high income countries like the U.S. do not receive mental health care. 2 There is a significant treatment gap coupled with global underfunding in mental health care.

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Confessions of an Ad Writer: How I Helped Turn Atypical Antipsychotics into a Billion-Dollar Industry

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I was just a copywriter working in pharmaceutical advertising. But over time, I found myself at the center of a campaign that would help transform how mental illness—and its treatment—are understood in the U.S. I didn’t set out to shape the field of psychiatry. The agency was in Midtown Manhattan. The client was Johnson & Johnson.

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

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R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Photo by tuxone The Mental State of the World Report measures the mental health of internet users only, making it limited in the South African context where close to one-third of the population isnt online.

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Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?

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Stephenson and a team of researchers from various academic and pharmaceutical institutions, including the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Maelys Touya was an employee of Lundbeck LLC, and Lambros Chrones was an employee of Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., The study was authored by Judith J. Additionally, Anita H.