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Teen Cannabis Use Linked to Serious Mental Health Diagnoses Later in Life
Tracking 460,000 teens with no prior mental health problems, researchers found those who used cannabis faced sharply higher rates of serious psychiatric diagnoses by young adulthood. Astudy this month finds that cannabis use among adolescents substantially increases...
One in Four Dementia Patients Prescribed Lethal Psychiatric Drugs, According to First-of-Its-Kind Study
A new large-scale study scrutinizing psychiatric prescribing finds clinicians continue to give high-risk drugs to Medicare dementia patients—most of the time with no documented justification at all. WARNING: Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated...
New Study Finds Pregnant Women on Antidepressants Face Far Higher Risk of Having Autistic Kids
Researchers tracked more than 1,000 Australian infants and found children whose mothers used antidepressants in the last three months of pregnancy had up to nine times higher odds of developing autism. At two months old, he didn’t babble or laugh or respond to any...
Mental Health Watchdog Demands Action as Sexual Dysfunction Complaints on Antidepressants Grow
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights says FDA approval of antidepressants ignores decades of documented, permanent harms and calls for a full independent investigation into PSSD. “After taking [antidepressants], my genitals felt completely numb and my emotions...
Veteran Groups Rally Behind Informed Consent Act to Require Disclosure of Psychiatric Drug Risks
The proposal targets longstanding gaps in VA prescribing practices that leave veterans uninformed about addiction, suicide and other serious side effects. psychiatrist just gave you a prescription for a new drug which, he claims, will cure whatever ails you. What do...
“Benzos” Are Linked to Years of Brain Damage and Suicide Risk
Long‑term use of common psychiatric drugs like Xanax and Valium can trigger a newly recognized condition that leaves users with years of fatigue, anxiety and cognitive damage. Xanax, Valium, Librium, Ativan, Klonopin, Restoril. On the street, they’re called...
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