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Using AI and Data from the Medical Record to Identify Individuals at Risk for Postpartum Depression

MGH Center for Women's Mental Health

In a recent study from Mass General Hospital, researchers examined whether information included in the medical record at the time of discharge after delivery could help us to identify individuals at increased risk for postpartum depression.

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Do Critics of Biological Psychiatry Have an Alternative to a Life of “Whack-A-Mole”?

Mad in America

Psychiatric News reported in 2024 that PubMed shows more than 400 trials of ketamine as a depression treatment in the past decade; however, it also reports that G. The same disregard for the scientific method that establishment psychiatry evidenced in standard antidepressant drug trials is now evident with ketamine.

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Stop Using Antidepressants Except for “the Most Severe Depression,” Experts Say

Mad in America

Take, for instance, a recent meta-analysis finding that exercise is just as good as antidepressants at treating mild to moderate depression —and that adding drugs to the regimen does not improve outcomes. Dixon, M., & Marshall-Andrews, M.

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Winding Back the Clock: What If the STAR*D Investigators Had Told the Truth?

Mad in America

However, there was recognition within the NIMH that that the industry-funded trials didn’t necessarily provide evidence of the efficacy of antidepressants in real-world patients, which prompted it to launch the STAR*D study, touting it as the “largest and longest study ever done to evaluate depression treatment.”

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Day # 147: Bulimia Nervosa Part 2

Bullet Psych

A complete medical evaluation is necessary in order to assess for complications and determine whether hospitalization is necessary. Other treatment options include intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization programs, residential programs, and medical or psychiatric hospitalization depending on severity.

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2024

Mad in America

New Study Exposes the Trauma of Involuntary Psychiatric Detention In July, Richard Sears, wrote about a recent study highlighting the negative experiences of involuntary psychiatric hospital admissions, revealing deep-seated issues of racism, discrimination, and lack of support within the mental healthcare system.

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Day # 150: Eating Disorders Review Quiz

Bullet Psych

Mental health treatment should be focused on psychotherapy as opposed to medication management. Other treatment options include intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization programs, residential programs, and medical or psychiatric hospitalization depending on severity. Other SSRIs (e.g.