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…
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Big Jump Seen In Number Of Inmates Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs In California
by Anna Gorman May 4, 2018Enlarge this image An average of 13,776 inmates in 45 California counties were on psychotropic medications in 2016-2017, a recent report found.…
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Enlarge this image By some estimates, nearly half of the people confined in U.S. jails and prisons have a mental illness, notes…
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Chrissy Metz occasionally has to pinch herself. Star of the wildly popular NBC television series This Is Us, Metz is having a…
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Long-Term Effects Of Psychotropic Drugs Are ‘Cloaked In Mystery’
by Terry Gross February 27, 2018Antidepressants and medications for bipolar disorder can be life-changing and even lifesaving, but journalist Lauren Slater warns that the long-term side effects…
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HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Can the adoring gaze of a dog or the comforting purr of a…
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More Religious Leaders Challenge Silence, Isolation Surrounding Suicide
by Cheryl Platzman Weinstock February 11, 2018Enlarge this image Nicole Xu for NPR Nicole Xu for NPR The Rev. Talitha Arnold was just 2 years old when her…