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RFK Jr. launches plan to address "overuse" of psychiatric medications
35+ min ago (573+ words) U. S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to reduce "overprescribing" of psychiatric medications and support alternative treatment options and discontinuation of medications when needed. The announcement follows recent work by psychiatry professionals to support more research,…...
Opinion | RFK Jr. s crusade against antidepressants is dangerous
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (397+ words) The challenge facing Americans struggling with mental health is not overprescription but insurance barriers and stigma that Kennedy risks increasing. I am one of roughly 1 in 5 American adults who struggles with depression, or what David Foster Wallace characterized as "The…...
Mental health facility access concerns in Alabama
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (30+ words) WBRC Mental health facility access concerns in Alabama Rising gas prices impacting cost of everyday items Alabama GOP primary voters optimistic on state direction...
A promising new depression therapy focuses on finding paths to joy
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (788+ words) One summer several years ago, Harry Creffield got a dream job acting in a play in Cornwall, a vacation destination on England's southern coast. The actor and comedian was given free accommodations and plenty of time outside of rehearsals and…...
Ambulance transports at this Boston jail have tripled since 2010. What's driving the spike?
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (1083+ words) The number of people in a Boston jail who need emergency health care has been skyrocketing: Ambulance transports shot up by nearly half last year, to 328, and have tripled since 2010, records show. Exactly what's driving the trend is hard to…...
Judge orders German car-ramming suspect to psychiatric hospital
11+ hour, 4+ min ago (11+ words) Goldsboro News-Argus...
Psychopathy: The Types " Less Wrong
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (853+ words) Archetypal clusters: Who are you? " This is the sixth article in a series on understanding psychopathy. Previous articles covered the framework, biol...
German car-ramming suspect placed in psychiatric care
16+ hour, 11+ min ago (256+ words) A judge has ordered a suspect in a deadly car-ramming attack in the eastern German city of Leipzig to be initially placed in a psychiatric hospital, prosecutors say. The 33-year-old German man was arrested on Monday afternoon in the car…...
People who are blind from birth never develop schizophrenia " what this tells us about the psychiatric condition
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (120+ words) Ahmed Elbediwy is a Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University, Nadine Wehida is a Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University Kia ora and welcome to Pharmacy Today Kaitiaki Rongo" O Te W" Pharmacist prescriber…...