Recent Suicide is Third in Florida’s Foster Care System in Less Than a Year
A recent Miami Herald article reported that a third Florida foster child has committed suicide and is the third in less than a year for Florida’s foster care system.
Congressman Asks GAO to Investigate VA’s Drug-Centric Approach to PTSD
Representative Mike Coffman of Colorado, a veteran himself, has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the “VA’s psychoactive drug-centric mental health standard for our veterans.”
New Report Shows Antidepressant Use Up
A new report shows that monthly antidepressant use by people 12 and older was close to 13%. Coincidentally, suicides in the U.S. are at an all time high.
Recent Study Shows Impaired Cognitive Abilities After Prenatal Exposure to Psychotropic Drugs
A recently published study in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica by a group of researchers in Denmark investigated and found an association between prenatal exposure to psychotropic drugs and long-term cognitive impairment in school-age children.
New Report Shows High Percentage of Active Duty Soldiers Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs
A new report issued by the RAND Corp. shows that high percentages of active duty service members in 2013-2014 filled prescriptions for dangerous psychiatric drugs. Yet, it doesn’t report on the documented side effects of the drugs which include suicidal ideation, risk and actual suicide attempts.
Current Status of ECT—Study Shows Cognitive Side Effects Pose a Problem for Patients
A recent study published in Evidence Based Mental Health warns against the dangers of long term treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (or ECT) and warns that cognitive impairments associated with ECT may cause significant cognitive side effects in patients treated long-term.