Update: 200 common prescription medications increase depression risk

By SharpBrains | June 28, 2018

___ Dear read­er, Time for Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter. It’s been a busy month, once again bring­ing to the fore­front the lim­i­ta­tions of our cur­rent health­care sys­tem and, on the pos­i­tive side, the grow­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve Brain Health and Men­tal Health for all, if we pay atten­tion to (and act on) lat­est research, think­ing and tools. New…

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When Healthcare ignores Mental Health: 200 common prescription medications increase depression risk

By SharpBrains | June 15, 2018

___ Many Amer­i­cans tak­ing com­mon meds that may cause depres­sion, study finds (CBS News): “More than one-third of U.S. adults are tak­ing pre­scrip­tion med­ica­tions that may lead to depres­sion, new research finds. The study, pub­lished in the Jour­nal of the Amer­i­can Med­ical Asso­ci­a­tion, warns that depres­sion is a poten­tial side effect of more than 200 commonly…

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