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Over the last decade or so, we’re staying home more, going out less, and spending far more time in front of our screens. Here are the trends that underlie these changes.
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Over the last decade or so, we’re staying home more, going out less, and spending far more time in front of our screens. Here are the trends that underlie these changes.
To this avid observer of the political battle that’s been raging in Washington since the passage of the Affordable Care Act a few years ago, it seems that President Obama was less than fully truthful with the American people about important aspects of law.
We celebrate World Mental Health Day annually as a reminder that mental health is an important aspect of our general health and well-being.
There is no clear explanation for nor understanding of the apparent increase in the incidence of autism. A Harvard study suggests that air pollutants such as mercury and diesel fumes play a major role.
The death of yet another celebrity from a drug overdose illuminates the mixed messages that our culture sends about alcohol and illegal drugs.
Suspicions are arising about mental patients being bussed to other states in order to save local costs. This raises questions about mental healthcare provision in the US, and highlights some ethical and organizational problems within the system.
The process of assigning mental health diagnoses can be influenced by more than observed clinical symptoms. Sometimes a diagnosis may be assigned even when the most correct diagnosis is ‘no diagnosis’. Here’s why it happens and why it carries important consequences for clinicians, research on prevalence rates, and the mental health system as a whole.
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