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

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In summary, researchers have found no serotonin nor any other neurotransmitter association with depression, no neurobiological associations, and no genetic associations. Thus STAR*D could only document a get-well/stay-well rate at the end of a year of only 3%. What then is associated with depression and suicidality?

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Accutane and Mental Health: Converging Physical and Emotional Well-being

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Your skin health and mental well-being are closely connected. While the medication can effectively clear stubborn acne and boost confidence, it’s important to also be aware of the reported psychological effects. In this article, we will delve into the intricate link between Accutane and mental health.

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

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Five months after Prozac came to market, the NIMH launched a “Depression Awareness, Recognition and Treatment” campaign. Two years later, in a National Institute of Health study that compared Zoloft to St. Seventy-eight percent said they “would live with it until it passed,” confident that they could handle it on their own.

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

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Dr. Moncrieff is a psychiatrist who works in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Moncrieff: When I was in medical school we were taught, as we’re still officially taught now, the biopsychosocial model of mental disorders. Whitaker: So now you go out and you’re in the asylum or mental hospital.

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

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Would you tell us a little bit about what it was like for you in the mental health system before you went into withdrawal? In 2009-2010, things did not go well for me due to a combination of extreme insomnia, a seriously diminished self-image, setbacks in all kinds of areas and the partial loss of my social safety net.

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“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health

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The young dancer’s story—at her request and her father’s, she’ll remain anonymous—illustrates both the lure and harms of social media, which has been drawing more and more attention of late for its ubiquity, its addictiveness, its corporate habits, and its role in the youth mental health crisis. hours a day on social media.”