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One reason for the lack of recognition of FASD is that, despite more than 40 years' worth of evidence, FASD is not officially recognized as a medical diagnosis, write Dr. Popova and co-guest editor, Dr. Christina Chambers of the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), in an editorial. After much effort, FASD was included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) in 2013 - but only in the appendix as a condition warranting further research. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) only recognizes Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Yet FASD may be on the rise in coming years, due to increasing rates of alcohol use, binge drinking and drinking during pregnancy among young women in a number of countries, and the fact that the majority of pregnancies in both developing and developed countries are unplanned, the editors note.

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After a trauma, most people report intrusive memories or images, and people will often try to push these intrusions from their mind, as a way to cope. Importantly, the frequency of intrusive memories decreases over time for most people. It is critical to understand how the healthy brain reduces these intrusions and prevents unwanted images from entering consciousness, so that researchers can better understand how these mechanisms may go awry in conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation had a higher prevalence of prior psychiatric diagnoses and an increased risk of a new psychiatric diagnosis and medication use after hospital discharge, according to a study in JAMA.

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Perhaps one of the hardest parts of severe withdrawal syndrome and often a part of just about any and all withdrawal from psychiatric drugs is the insomnia most people face at one time or another. It can be so severe as to be quite dangerous. Learning to soothe and ease the body back into sleep or at the very least rest becomes an issue of survival.

All the below suggestions may be helpful to anyone dealing with insomnia from any source as well.

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How school "pipeline to prison" policies reinforce bullying toward students of color, students with disabilities, and students who are members of the LGBT community.

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There are at least 824 documented cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada and likely many more.1

Thousands of people have protested against and come together in memory of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the past few months alone. In Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, protestors blocked the rail lines demanding the federal government launch an inquiry about missing and murdered Indigenous women. Sadly, trains running on time are more important than Indigenous women’s lives so the police arrested protestors and didn’t launch an inquiry.

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Thirty percent of adults with Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) report they were physically abused before they turned 18. This compares to seven per cent of those without ADD/ADHD who were physically abused before 18. The results were in a study published in this week's online Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma.

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"Potentially, the effects of cyberbullying are more severe because wider audiences can be reached through the internet and material can be stored online, resulting in victims reliving denigrating experiences more often."

People with dementia were regularly devalued and stigmatized in "Scrubs", a medical comedy of all things....

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The report, a themed review into dementia care, showed that the rate of people with dementia dying was higher than all other conditions in 85 per cent of hospital trusts. It also found that people with the condition in care homes are going into hospital for avoidable reasons significantly more than those without. Once in hospital, people with dementia are staying too long, being readmitted too often and ultimately dying there.

According to the commission:

• In over half (78 out of 151) of primary care trusts, people with dementia in care homes were admitted to hospital for an avoidable reason significantly more than people without dementia.
• In almost all (96 per cent) of hospital trusts people with dementia stayed significantly longer than those without the condition after being admitted in an emergency. In three quarters (76 per cent) of trusts they stayed significantly longer when admitted for any reason.
• In 70 per cent of hospitals people with dementia were being readmitted significantly more than people without the condition.

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The news offers yet one more incentive to quit smoking, and the sooner the better. After 10 years of quitting, the men who had stopped smoking had no more rapid loss of memory than men who had never smoked. The study, from the Archives of General Psychiatry, adds to a growing body of research showing that smoking has detrimental effects not just on the lungs or heart but on the brain as well.