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ADHD Subreddit Censors ADDitude Information, Links

ADDitude

May 23, 2025 Millions of Reddit users seeking reliable, science-backed advice about living with ADHD have been barred access to a valuable resource. The ADHD subreddit has blocked content from ADDitude , a leading source of trusted, evidence-based support for the ADHD community. Moderators of the ADHD subreddit have blocked any post or comment that mentions ADDitude , preventing people including newly diagnosed adults, families seeking help for loved ones with the condition, educators, and medi

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Cyberchondria and Health Anxiety: The Hidden Dangers of Self Diagnosing Online

The Anxiety Guy

You noticed a strange muscle twitch, maybe a flutter in your chest. So, you do what millions of people I work with through my programs do: open up Google and type in your symptom as the self diagnosing online pattern strengthens. Ten minutes later, you’re spiraling. Convinced its ALS, a heart attack, or a tumor. Sound familiar? You’re not alone.

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Treating the Hidden Complexities of ADHD

ADDitude

A staggering three-quarters of adults with ADHD have at least one coexisting condition like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), substance use disorder, or an eating disorder. 1 Similarly, up to 80% of children with ADHD also have a co-occurring disorder 2 , which complicates symptom management. A complex condition requires a thoughtful treatment approach, and multiple diagnoses often require treatment with more than one medication.

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New York City’s Mental Health Crisis Response Falls Short, Audit Finds

The New York Times -- Mental Health

A program that sends health professionals, instead of police officers, to respond to 911 calls about people in mental distress has struggled to meet demand.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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From conversation to collaboration: Departments tackle shared health challenges

Department of Psychiatry News

Researchers from our department and the Department of Psychiatry came together last week for a collaborative showcase, aiming to spark new ideas for collaborative research by identifying areas of shared interest and potential.

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California Students Take the Lead on Tech and Mental Health

Child Mind Intitute

The Child Mind Institute is thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural 10-Minute Challenge, a statewide competition that invited California students to take the lead in designing digital solutions that support healthier technology use and youth mental health. Co-hosted by the Child Mind Institute and the state of Californias Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), this first-of-its-kind challenge called on high school, undergraduate, and graduate students to create brief,

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Coordinated Specialty Care: Paving the Way for Psychosis Recovery

Psychiatric Times

Early intervention in schizophrenia enhances recovery, reduces symptoms, and improves quality of life through coordinated specialty care programs across the US.

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Maurice M., une vie entre deux rives.Itinéraire d’un rapatrié psychiatrique (Algérie – France, années 1950 – années 1960)

History Psychiatry

We are happy to share with you the new session of the seminar Knowing the Psyche in the Middle East… Read more Maurice M., une vie entre deux rives.

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Grand Fugue

Psychiatric Times

"There are a million birds in this city I hadnt heard till now, each of them tuning their instruments, each of them singing, I am alive.

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How the Troubled Teen Industry Turns Pain Into Profit

Mad in America

We enrolled you in Pacific Life Program because we LOVE you too much not to!” -My mother, first letter from home P eople often ask me if I hate my parents for sending me away to a troubled teen industry program. The troubled teen industry (TTI) is a network of therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, and religious reform programs that claim to treat mental health struggles in teens.

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Looking Ahead to the ASCP Annual Meeting With Joseph F. Goldberg, MD, and Anita H. Clayton, MD

Psychiatric Times

Dr Goldberg and Dr Anita share previews of the upcoming ASCP Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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MAHA Report: 3 Takeaways for the ADHD Community

ADDitude

May 23, 2025 The anticipated MAHA Commission report released yesterday misrepresents ADHD causes and care in the U.S., misinterpreting studies and disregarding compelling new research and patient voices to suggest that ADHD is contributing to a “crisis of overdiagnosis and treatment” in American children. The MAHA Report , spearheaded by Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Robert F.