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09/22/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Social media as population control? New research reveals fewer millennials interested in dating, love

Many Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers have strong views about Millennials. They appear to be socially disconnected (at least from real-life people), liberal in their views, and their “anything goes” philosophy seems to indicate that they would be promiscuous in their behavior. Now, a book by Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State University, entitled iGen: […]

08/17/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Study finds that “teen depression” increases risk of violence … so they should all be treated with more drugs that cause violence instead?

A recent study, led by Professor Seena Fazel of the University of Oxford’s Forensic Psychiatry Group in the U.K., and published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), has found that adolescents battling depression are more likely to commit violent acts. While the actual increase in risk is relatively modest […]

08/01/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Link confirmed between antidepressant use during pregnancy and autism risk in newborns

A recent study by researchers from the University of Bristol, England, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), is likely to cause great concern among pregnant women worldwide. Though the study’s authors have tried their best to downplay their findings, their research has revealed that children exposed to antidepressants during pregnancy are at higher risk […]

07/27/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Man reveals how taking antidepressant drugs made him kill his own son

If you know more than 10 people, you almost certainly know at least one person who is taking an antidepressant. A 2011 report by Harvard Health found that one in 10 Americans was taking an antidepressant, and among women in their 40s and 50s, that number escalated to an astounding 23 percent. While those statistics […]

03/18/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Twisted new “beauty boys” trend quietly sweeping America

There is no denying that the face of our world is changing, and at a rate that most people have trouble keeping up with. For those of us raised to believe that men are men and women are women, successfully navigating our way through society has become an overwhelmingly bewildering experience. So many subjects have the […]

03/12/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Poisoned: Toxic head lice treatment linked to alterations in behavior

It’s every parent’s nightmare: Your son comes home one day and announces that somebody in the school has head lice. You wait anxiously to see if your child is going to be one of the victims, and a few days later find out that indeed he is, and now you will have to deal with […]

02/19/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Reports claim there is a mental health epidemic affecting two-thirds of children

While feeling anxious occasionally is a normal part of life, and indeed of childhood, many children – one in eight, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) – are diagnosed at a young age with an anxiety disorder. Being labeled in this way can have a detrimental effect on their quality of life, especially if […]

02/15/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Mentally ill man missing since 2012 found wandering in the Amazon 5,000 miles from home

Anton Pilipa, a 39-year-old Canadian man from Vancouver, has been found wandering in the Amazon after missing since 2012. It has been determined that he walked, hitchhiked, and hid on the back of trucks on his journey of more than 5,000 miles that stretched from Vancouver, Canada, to Manaus, Brazil. He claims to have survived […]

02/07/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Man prescribed unnecessary antidepressants for 20 years

There is no doubt that depression is a serious and debilitating disease. Those trapped in its clutches often feel utterly helpless, and many turn to pharmaceutical drugs for relief. Unfortunately, these drugs carry serious side effects and can cause long-term harm. And in an increasing number of cases, patients who are prescribed these mind-altering drugs […]

02/04/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Could magical mushrooms contain the cure for depression?

Mental health issues, and depression in particular, have risen to alarming proportions in recent years. The CDC reports that at any given time, 7.6 percent of people in the U.S. over the age of 12 are afflicted with this condition. As the CDC further notes, depression is associated with an increased risk of death from […]

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