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Questions tagged [psychiatry]
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Can smoking marijuana from a young age cause emotional immaturity?
I was watching a fairly decent documentary regarding marijuana use and at a certain point a clinical psychologist mentioned that long term patients of his that smoked marijuana from a young age showed very little growth in psychological and…
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Do people with mental illnesses feel the effect more during the full moon?
I have heard many times before that people with mental disorders become hyperactive during the full moon. I have never believed it, but has there been any scientific study carried out to prove it one way or the other?
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Are psychiatric disorders curable?
Dr. Abboud Assaf, one of the most notable psychiatrists in Lebanon, said in his website that:
Common Misconceptions:
Psychiatric Disorders are incurable
Are psychiatric disorders (e.g. depression) curable?
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Do 1 in 4 of us experience mental health problems each year?
I have seen this quote before but today I received an internal company email with this quote.
The ratio is also cited on page 7 of this 2014 report by Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London:
In any given year, an estimated 1 in 4 individuals will…
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Do antipsychotics have persistent negative effects on the brain?
I've found many web-sites that warn against anti-psychotics.
But antipsychotic treatment has a negative impact on the brain, so … we must get the word out that they should be used with great care, because even though they have fewer side effects…
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Can SSRI make things worse in the long term or cause delayed depression?
I found these two articles that mention that taking SSRI for depression can actually make the depression worse.
Is it true? Can Tardive Dysphoria (delayed depression) be caused by…
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Are working class individuals 70-80 percent less likely to be accepted as patients by therapists if they are black?
This article claims that a study researching the effect prejudice/racism has on psychiatric treatment found that working class individuals were 70-80% less likely to be accepted as patients by a therapist if they were black then if they were white.…
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Is Ativan addictive?
My primary care doctor prescribed Ativan (a brand name for lorazepam) for me a few months ago to help with episodes of extreme anxiety. He warned that because of its potentially addictive and harmful side effects and properties I should not take it…
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Is the serotonin theory of depression false?
A couple of weeks ago, this article was published on Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01661-0
I am just a layman when it comes to this subject and it is therefore difficult for me to evaluate or value this paper, but as far as I…
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Was there a picture of Freud above a urinal at Washington University?
From New Yorker's "Why Freud Survies":
Psychoanalysis was also taking a hit within the medical community. Studies suggesting that psychoanalysis had a low cure rate had been around for a while. But the realization that depression and anxiety can be…
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Is Leon Eisenberg the "inventor" (or the "scientific father") of ADHD?
Related to this Q it's pretty easy to confirm from the meme the part that claim that Leon Eisenberg said what he said about ADHD, using e.g. his Wikipedia page where Der Spiegel is given as source for the quote.
On the other hand, is he the…
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Does mifepristone (RU-486 / Korlym®) help cure depression?
Several studies in major medical journals have been undertaken to determine how practical it would be, and how effective, to use mifepristone (an "antiglucocorticoid") as a treatment for psychotic major depression.
For instance, according to the…
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