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Blockheaded research, blockheaded conclusions

djbaxter — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:23:54 +0000

When you do simple-minded research, expect to draw simple-minded, blockheaded, and just plain wrong conclusions. What’s worse is the potential damage reports of such research can do to those with mental health conditions in need of treatment. Case in point… the following description of a McMaster research study from TriCity Psychology Blog: Anti-Depressants Raise Relapse [...]

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Ask-a-Vet: Online Veterinary Help for Your Pets

djbaxter — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:21:57 +0000

Ask A Vet Question Ask Ottawa veterinarian Dr. Marie a question about the health of your pet online. Then continue to converse back and forth with her until you feel your question is answered satisfactorily. Dr. Marie has been practicing small animal medicine for over 10 years now. She is compassionate and cares for the animals and the [...]

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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression

djbaxter — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:33:04 +0000

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM) Depression Michael B. Schachter. Grand Central Life & Style 2006, Paperback, 416 pages, $2.99 What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Depression: The Breakthrough Integrative Approach for Effective Treatment by Michael B. Schacter, M.D., with Deborah Mitchell Published by Warner Wellness; November 2006. Beware of [...]

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Bad logic, bad science, and sensationalism

djbaxter — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:06:34 +0000

This is the kind of news release that angers me. Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD., Author Of A New Book On Bipolar Disorder, Discusses The Risks Of Antidepressants In Angry, Agitated Teens It’s ill-conceived, illogical, and dangerous. It starts with the statement that “Dr. Quinn’s new book reviews the most up-to-date research on the use of [...]

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World’s Largest Online Medications Database

djbaxter — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:09:52 +0000

DrugBank: “World’s Largest Online Drug Database” Searching for credible information on various drugs can be a daunting task both for professionals and consumers. Web searches often bring up a confusing assortment of information generally inundated with sites that want to sell you something. Just released this month is DrugBank – the worlds largest online database [...]

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Should Psychologists Be Prescribing Drugs?

djbaxter — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:05:00 +0000

Louisiana Psychologists Begin Prescribing Drugs Associated Press – April 18, 2005 – BATON ROUGE, La. – The first of the so-called “medical psychologists” began signing prescription pads more than a month ago with little fanfare, among the first psychologists in the nation to prescribe drugs. Louisiana and New Mexico are the only states that allow [...]

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Making sense of medication side-effects

djbaxter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You’ve just come home from a visit to your doctor with a new prescription. If you are like many people today, one of the first things you will do is read the leaflet your pharmacist gave you and then go to the internet to look for more information. For many people, what they find there [...]

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How about a lovely glass of Prozac?

djbaxter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Britain, long known as a nation that produces much more exciting scandals than Canada, the US, or Australia, has done it again. It seems that the British Parliament has found a new way to keep its citizens happy even in the face of soaring costs, falling incomes, and terrorists with weapons of mass destruction behind [...]

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Medication in children: Controlling symptoms or controlling behavior?

djbaxter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This isn’t a new issue but it is one that emerges repeatedly, amid reports of increases in the rate of diagnosis of disorders like ADHD and corrsponding increases in the use of medications for treating those disorders. Are there really more children meeting the criteria for ADHD, childhood bipolar disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder than 10 [...]

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Depressed Teens: Antidepressants and psychotherapy

djbaxter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If you pay attention to the news at all, you will have heard the published fears about the use of antidepressant medications in teens and children purportedly increasing the risk of suicide. Since the original warnings in an unpublished and as yet non-replicated British study, a number of reports have emerged with, at first glance, a [...]

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