Enlarge this image Psychiatry’s shift toward seeing mental health problems as an illness to be treated with a pill hasn’t always served…
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Schizophrenia may be one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses. Though it affects about 1% of U.S. adults, many people don’t know…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) — People who develop type 2 diabetes before they turn 40 are twice as…
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HealthDay News THURSDAY, Jan. 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A new study is raising the question of whether certain cholesterol, blood pressure…
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Infections May Raise The Risk Of Mental Illness In Children
by Rhitu Chatterjee December 5, 2018Enlarge this image Childhood infections may increase the risk of developing certain mental illnesses in childhood and adolescence. Kathleen Finlay/Getty Images/Image Source…
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Aug. 7, 2018 — At a busy family medical clinic in Denver, a middle-aged man who is going through a divorce complains…
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June 18, 2018 — Marijuana use directly increases the chance of psychosis in teens, new research suggests. A large study of teens…
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Big Jump In Number Of Inmates Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs In California
by Anna Gorman May 4, 2018Enlarge this image An average of 13,776 inmates in the 45 California counties were on psychotropic medications in 2016-2017, a recent report…