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Anchor lead: A gradual approach to using antidepressants in kids may help, Elizabeth Tracey reports SSRI medications do help manage depression, but they take some time to work, and for kids, may initially aggravate rather than help mood instability. Now …
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Anchor lead: Could psychedelic drugs be used to treat depression? Elizabeth Tracey reports Contrary to popular belief, psychedelic drugs not only don’t cause mood disorders, they are actually associated with a decreased risk of developing them. That’s according to a …
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Anchor lead: Does use of psychedelic drugs case depression or other mood disorders? Elizabeth Tracey reports Psilocybin and other hallucinogenic drugs have long been associated with the potential for causing depression or other mood disorders, but a study by Matthew …
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Anchor lead: Simple interventions may reduce the toll of suicide, Elizabeth Tracey reports Almost 40,000 people die each year in the United States alone from suicide, with many times that number making an attempt. Michael Klag, dean of the Johns …
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Anchor lead: Primary care physicians must help identify and manage mental health problems, Elizabeth Tracey reports Mental health problems are a big problem that just keeps getting bigger, large studies demonstrate. Constantine Lyketsos, chair of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Bayview, …
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