With every mass shooting, there's a renewed call for stricter gun control laws. The only problem is: guns aren't the problem. Guns have always been a part of America's culture. As long as the conversation centers around gun-control we'll continue to neglect something even more important and just as deadly: the growing mental health crisis that has been decades in the making. Where it begins and why may surprise you
Alarmingly, about 85% of people with depression also experience some anxiety; about 90% of people with anxiety suffer some depression
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A study just published in JAMA Jan 5, reported that SSRI antidepressants are no better than placebo for most cases of depression.
What if in the treatment of depression, food prescriptions replaced antidepressant drugs?
What do we know about mass shooters' psychiatric treatment?
What could possibly go wrong with swallowing tracking microchips with already highly toxic pharmaceuticals?
Medical researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health say the evidence is strong that a pregnant mother who takes certain types of antidepressant drugs will have a dramatically increased risk of her child having autism.
We know that all drugs have side effects. That’s just part of the deal right? But is it really possible that an antidepressant can cause a sane person to act like a cold-blooded criminal?
After years of growing concern, the California state auditor has produced a damning report describing how the state’s 79,000 foster children are being drugged with psychotropic medications at abnormally high rates.
Sometimes doing something proactively appears defensible and logical when, at its root, lies a hubris that we may soon come to regret.
Antidepressants are big business. But for the same money, and without the side effects, a little mindfulness can do the same job.
With chronic illness on the rise, people are desperately trying to stem the onslaught, all the while drinking and bathing in the most damaging problem of all. Think you have clean water? You might want to reconsider
Too many of us blindly put faith into different authorities, but when it comes to personal health and diet, your self knowledge and gut intuition should be your guide.
There are many causes of low libido, but they do not require a pill or drug therapy to be reversed
Professional education events are heavily sponsored by drug companies promoting their products as the solution. This widely used coercive and misinformation technique where drug benefits are exaggerated and side effects minimized was exposed in a recent BMJ Open study.
Bipolar Disorder is one of the biggest mental health concerns in the United States, but instead of addressing the true, spiritual nature of the disease, the normal course of treatment involves harmful pharmaceuticals.
There is a deep sickness beginning to take hold of the American psyche that threatens to undermine the already shaken stability of the lives of everyone in this country.
While the GreenMedInfo.com database contains evidence for the potential therapeutic use of curcumin in over 700 conditions, these ten are some of the most compelling applications
“It’s the end of the road for antibiotics unless we act urgently,” - Dr. Tom Friedman
Is mental illness simply a matter of a "chemical imbalance" or "bad gene"? Do we need to fix children’s disordered brains or do we need to let kids be kids?
Psych drugs aren't just ineffective. They're deadly.
Could this ancient spice be superior to drugs for treating premenstrual syndrome (PMS)?
With the rise in antidepressant use in recent years, we have witnessed the creation of many new clinical diagnoses in the field of psychiatry. Are they real or manufactured?
