Azad, who was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, stated that the Médecins Sans Frontières clinic's psychological support saved his life

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Childhood trauma leads people to develop psychosis

Trauma-informed support approaches aim to provide effective support for affected individuals by accounting for how past adversity impacts ongoing service interaction and behavior.

Preventing childhood adversity can be achieved by supporting parents, building life skills, challenging harmful social norms, and addressing social pressures on families.

Reducing childhood trauma exposure improves lifelong health while potentially lowering broader societal monetary costs associated with premature death and disease.

The Trauma-informed Wales Framework establishes a societal approach to understanding and responding to trauma, recognizing how past experiences shape adult needs and behavior.

Adults exposed to childhood adversity face heightened risks of mental illness, chronic physical conditions, health-harming behaviors, and poorer education and employment outcomes.

Canada should exclude mental illness as a sole condition for medically assisted dying

Immediate face-to-face counseling is the main driver of improved patient follow-up in AI screening programs

The Department of Health and Human Services is funding early-stage clinical trials of ibogaine to treat opioid addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder through ARPA-H and NIDA.

Outro plans to use its $7 million in capital to expand its network of deprescribing clinicians and develop artificial intelligence clinical decision support tools.

Approximately one in six Americans take an antidepressant medication, and average duration of use has surpassed five years.

Outro's deprescribing platform incorporates personalized hyperbolic tapering plans, compounded medication doses, patient monitoring, and specially-trained clinicians.

Outro plans to expand its tapering model into additional medication classes beyond antidepressants, including benzodiazepines, gabapentinoids, and GLP-1s.

Research led by Dr. Mark Horowitz found that four in five long-term antidepressant users were unable to stop taking their medications due to withdrawal symptoms.

Hyperbolic tapering is the most effective protocol for discontinuing psychiatric medications

Commercial digital platforms are suitable for managing complex psychiatric drug withdrawal

U.S. healthcare providers should prioritize deprescribing over long-term psychiatric medication maintenance

FDA approval standards based on short-term trials adequately protect long-term antidepressant users

Victoria should launch targeted public health campaigns on cannabis risks for young women

Cannabis-related admissions create an unsustainable strain on Victoria's public health system