Lightwork

MAY 1, 2025

Research shows women develop substance dependencies faster than men and experience more severe health consequences from prolonged substance use. Addressing Mental Health in Women’s Recovery Journey Mental health care plays a vital role in women’s addiction recovery.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy 52

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Mad in America

MAY 17, 2025

However, mental disorders are not concrete things that can be found with a brain scanner or treated with medication like a bacterial infection with antibiotics. Much has already been written about these points, for example in my book on mental health and substance use (open access).

Genetics and mental health 119

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Psychiatric Times

JUNE 18, 2025

Studies in Australia and the United States followed individuals with subthreshold psychotic symptoms and functional decline, along with a genetic risk for schizophrenia, over time. Research indicates that only 20% to 40% of individuals who meet ultra–high risk (UHR) criteria convert to psychosis within 2 to 4 years.

Genetics and mental health 64

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Mad in America

MAY 3, 2025

Establishment psychiatry does acknowledge that emotional suffering and behavioral disturbanceswhat it calls mental illnesseshave biological-psychological-social roots. Little has been published on the subject in mainstream psychiatry journals and even less is part of the formal education process for medical students and psychiatry residents.

Trauma and the brain 131

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

667 In an NIMH study of 547 patients that compared six-year outcomes for depressed people treated for the disorder and those who eschewed medical treatment, the treated patients were three times more likely than untreated ones to suffer a cessation of their principal social role and nearly seven times more likely to become incapacitated.

Bipolar disorder 145

Bipolar disorder Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health 145

Mad in America

JUNE 6, 2024

E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist. Thomas Insel, quoted in 2017. “To

Genetics and mental health 140

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Real Psychiatry

APRIL 18, 2025

Two questionnaires were administered at baseline one to look at psychosocial determinants and risk factors for mental illness and the other for substance use history. Educating the patient and their family about the psychotogenic potential of cannabis and referral for substance use treatment is also required.

Genetics and mental health 97

Genetics and mental health Bipolar disorder Hospitality Legal 97

Lawyers with Depression

JANUARY 28, 2024

Depression is a mental health disorder that affects roughly 10 to 15 percent of the general population. In most cases depressed lawyers, like most depressed individuals, have a genetic predisposition to the disorder. Take your mental health seriously. and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Genetics and mental health Legal Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health 52

Zencare

JANUARY 22, 2025

There are 298 mental health conditions currently recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition-TR, which is the standard reference for clinical practice among trained, licensed mental health professionals, in the US. Written by Rebekah Ferguson, LMHC.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 52

Neurotransmitters and mental health Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Genetics and mental health 52

ADDitude

APRIL 16, 2025

and suggested that the diagnosis of ADHD was arbitrary because it relies not on a biomarkers or genetic tests, but on a trained clinicians careful review of patients self-reported and observed symptoms in several settings. Or bipolar disorder?” a licensed psychologist and author. a licensed psychologist and author.

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