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FDA Requires New Label Warning of Weight Loss Risk in Pediatric Patients Taking Extended-Release Stimulants for ADHD

Psychiatric Times

SHOW MORE The FDA will update ADHD medication labels, warning of weight loss risks in children under 6, urging careful monitoring by health care professionals. Health care professionals should monitor the child’s growth and development and provide necessary interventions to mitigate weight loss.” FDA Drug Safety Communication.

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Intellectual Developmental Disorder and Mental Health

Child Mind Intitute

Research shows that children with intellectual developmental disorder have a higher incidence of mental health problems than other kids, but they are less likely to be diagnosed and treated for them. Why are kids with IDD more at risk for mental health disorders?

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The Moral World of Personality Disorder Assessment

Mad in America

Understanding these hidden dynamics can facilitate reflection on psychiatric institutions and increase the awareness of the social and cultural factors embedded in mental health assessment. Perhaps mental health professionals need to engage in moral discussions to some degree to maintain a strong working alliance with their patients.

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Antidepressants Cause Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds

Mad in America

A new study published in BMJ Mental Health finds that antidepressants are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The authors employed Mendelian randomization, a method that uses genetic information to examine causal relationships, to establish that the observed association likely means antidepressants are causing CVD.

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The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change

Mad in America

A fter years of work involving hundreds of people in dozens of countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have released their joint production, Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation: Guidance and Practice ( WHO/OHCHR , 2023, referred to as the Guidance.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

Mad in America

In the protocol for my study, I noted that the textbooks should mention that the causes of psychiatric disorders are mainly environmental, and not genetic or related to a visible brain abnormality. An analysis of adverse drug events submitted to the FDA between 2004 and 2009 identified 1,937 cases of violence, 387 of which were homicide.

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Could I Have an Eating Disorder?

ADDitude

Eating disorders are serious, brain-based mental illnesses with a strong genetic link. For others, body image struggles may be triggered by later-in-life events. Divorce, an empty nest, widowhood, and other life events may lead to or reactivate disordered eating. Int J Environ Res Public Health. Transitions.