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Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Young Adults, Don’t Reduce Risk in Adults, Study Says
Other recent research has found antidepressants double the risk of suicidal thoughts and actions in adults. A new...
No Clear Benefit, But Serious Side Effects Common for Older People Taking Antidepressants, Study Finds
Adverse effects from taking antidepressants are more common and serious for the elderly because they have more fragile...
Electroshock’s Serious Risks, Ineffectiveness Not Adequately Disclosed to Patients, Audit of Information Pamphlets Finds
Patients are not given enough information about the drawbacks of electroshock to give true informed consent for the...
Half of Depressed, Anxious Teens Recover Without Mental Health Treatment, Study Finds
Research indicates the resilience of adolescents is effective and can avoid the ineffectiveness, harms and costs of...
New Study Finds Troubling Mental and Physical Side Effects Are Main Reason Patients Stop Taking Antidepressants
Researchers indicate online drug reviews can provide important data about antidepressant harms not otherwise reported...
Study Adds to Research Showing Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization Does More Harm Than Good
The proven harm of forced behavioral health treatment raises question of whether the treating psychiatrists violate...
Devastating Movement Disorders Caused by Antipsychotic Drugs Not Listed for Discussion at Psychiatrists’ Annual Meeting
Many of the 11 million Americans taking antipsychotics were never told of the risk of developing uncontrollable...
Extreme Heat Alert: Many Common Psychiatric Drugs Can Increase Patients’ Risk of Heat-Related Illness
Current heat wave in U.S. South adds to risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke in those taking certain psychiatric...
Psychiatrists at Annual Conference Warned that Antidepressants They Prescribe Can Deaden Patients’ Emotions
New study confirms patients’ common complaints of antidepressants deadening their emotions and harming their sex life....
PTSD Awareness Month: Psychiatric Drugs Prescribed for PTSD Linked to Stubbornly High Rates of Veteran Suicides
Research studies have found that the antidepressants commonly prescribed for PTSD and depression double the rate of...
Patients Taking Antidepressants at Greatest Risk of Suicidal Behavior When First Starting the Drugs, Study Finds
Research sheds new light on the rising rates of suicidal behavior among teens. Patients taking antidepressants are at...
Primary Care Doctors Advised Not to Prescribe Antidepressants to Patients on First Visit for Mild to Moderate Depression
Advisory adds to concerns that there is insufficient benefit to offset the risk of serious side effects when taking or...
FDA Updates Warning on Stimulants Prescribed for ADHD, Now Lists Risks of Misuse, Addiction, Diversion and Overdose
New warning cites high potentital for abuse and misuse of ADHD drugs that can lead to addiction, overdose, and death....
Mental Health Month: Human Rights Group Renews Call for End of Coercive Practices in the Mental Health System
Recent research found no benefit to patients’ mental health or any lower risk of suicides from involuntary psychiatric...
Patients Taking Multiple ADHD Drugs with Other Psychiatric Drugs Is Public Health Concern, Researchers Say
Another new study found as many as one in four students surveyed at middle schools and high schools reported misusing...