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Video. Claire Brosseau, Canadian actress with bipolar disorder, fights for assisted dying
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (257+ words) Video. Claire Brosseau, 49, battles decades of mental illness and is suing the Canadian government for access to assisted dying. Advocates say chronic psychiatric suffering can be as unbearable as physical pain, as Canada weighs extending MAID to mental illness. Watch…...
Highly potent cannabis products raise risk of psychosis, study says
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (516+ words) Highly potent cannabis products could raise the risk of psychosis, schizophrenia, and addiction, a large new analysis has found. While cannabis is largely illegal in the European Union, an estimated 4. 3 million people use it daily or nearly every day, whether…...
Using cannabis to cope with anxiety, depression linked to paranoia
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (456+ words) People who start using cannabis to cope with physical or mental health problems are more likely to experience severe paranoia, a new study has found. Many of these people also report depression and anxiety symptoms at levels that would normally…...
Loneliness linked to worse health and higher medical costs, study says
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (398+ words) Loneliness is a common problem " and it's expensive to health systems, according to a new analysis from the United Kingdom. People who are often lonely cost the UK's National Health Service (NHS) up to "885 (1, 024) more annually than their more sociable…...
Young children are given ADHD drugs too quickly, study finds
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (432+ words) Young children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are prescribed medication too quickly, according to a large new study in the United States. Medical guidelines recommend that young children " around four and five years old " who are newly diagnosed with ADHD…...
Screen time fuelling behaviour issues in "vicious cycle," study finds
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (488+ words) Children who spend too much time on screens are more likely to develop emotional and behavioural problems " and those issues may prompt them to retreat further into the digital world, a new study has found. Parents and educators have long…...