Screening for Perinatal Depression: An Effective Intervention, or One That Does More Harm Than Good?
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Today, pregnant women are regularly asked about their mental wellbeing during their medical checkups, and such questioning…
Boy, Interrupted: A Story of Akathisia
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One of the side effects of the Covid epidemic has been a sharp rise in the use of antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication.
Mortality of People Using Mental Health Services and Medications
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At the instigation of the National Mental Health Commission, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) conducted a study of…
The Violence-Inducing Effects of Psychiatric Medication
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On May 17, 2017, we learned that Chris Cornell of Soundgarden had reportedly committed suicide by hanging. His family reports…
A Diluted Murphy Bill Clears the House and Goes to the Senate
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Introduction On Wednesday, July 6, the US House of Representatives passed a watered-down version of HB 2646, the so-called…
Rising Rates of Suicide: Are Pills the Problem?
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If you’ve read recent reports that state “US suicide rates surge to a 30 year high,” you might first justify the reality with…
Depression: It’s Not Your Serotonin
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“Depression is a serious medical condition that may be due to a chemical imbalance, and Zoloft works to correct this imbalance.…
A Journey Into Madness and Back Again: Part 2
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In 1995 I had a very frightening experience that I have never discussed publicly before. At that time the main symptoms I was…
Neuroleptic Drugs and Violence
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Neuroleptic Drugs and…
The Truth About Psychiatric Drugs: 3 New Studies
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The Alliance for Human Research Protection reports: Three new published studies--one, a pharmaco-genetic study, is…