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Medicating the Military
The stories looked at the nature and scope of the use of prescription drugs in the military community, with a focus on psychiatric medications and painkillers. The reporting found that use of psychiatric medications has risen dramatically in the past several years and some doctors suggest it may be a factor in the military's suicide epidemic of recent years. Reporters found that many psychiatric drugs - including powerful anti-convulsants and anti-psychotic medications - were being used "off label", or in ways not formally approved by the FDA. Reporters found that many troops were taking up to 10 medications at a time in so-called drug cocktails that experts say are untested and unproven in these combinations. Reporters also found that deaths caused by accidental drug overdoses had tripled during the past several years and that the Army's specialty care units were quietly conducting internal investigations and making significant changes to hospital protocols to reduce risk of accidental deaths. Finally, they found that psychiatric drug usage was also up significantly among military children.
Tags: Military; Army; Veteran; Health; Wellness; Medicine; Drugs; Pain killers; Psychiatric Medication; Mental Health; Suicide; Depression; Military Children; Hospital; Prescription
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Side Effects
Side Effects tells the story of a court case and the personal story that surrounded the making and unmasking of a bestselling drug, Paxil. "It chronicles the lives of two women - a prosecutor and a whistleblower - who exposes the pattern of deception in the research and marketing of Paxil, an antidepressant prescribed to millions of children and adults."
Tags: Paxil; FDA; side-effects; GlaxoSmithKline; drug regulators; drug regulation; depression in children; clinical trials; misappropriation;
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Cult of Madness
The Dallas Observer reports on a woman whose therapy made her insane. Martha Hurt sought psychiatric help for marriage problems and depression, what she would up with were memories of sexual abuse and over 200 personalities. The article follows hurt through the dissolution of her relationship with her parents, husband and children to her lawsuit against the therapists she now believes made her sicker than when she came to them. Martha Hurt is just one of many women who have found themselves in similar situations after multiple personality disorder and repressed memories became psychological fads.
Tags: psychology; multiple personality disorder; repressed memories; International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation; False Memory Syndrome Foundation
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When the Shooting Stops
"A year after the Columbine school massacre, Americans still wonder how and why such tragedies occur. Seeking answers, The Times examines the lives of the Rouses, whose son committed one of the first school shootings- a 1995 attack in Lynnville, Tennessee." The article details how the Rouses dealt with their son's actions- the questions they asked themselves, the ridicule they feared, and the life-long effects on their family. In addition, reporter Richard Meyer provides strong insight into Jamie Rouses feelings at the time of the shooting and Rouses thoughts on his actions now as he sits in prison with two consecutive life sentences.
Tags: schools; violence; children; guns; safety; teachers; prison; depression; mental illness; police; lawyers
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Druging our CHildren
Using the PharmaNet patient information database, reporter Ann Rees found that children, from infants to teenagers were receiving quite a bit of "mood" drugs including tranquilizers, stimulatns, uppers, downers, anti-depressants, anti-pshychotic mediations, Prozac, sedatives. The findings are based on data for all patients under the age of 20 in British Columbia.
Tags: Ritalin; pediatrics; prescriptions; psychiatric drug use; pediatric children; Paxil; Risperidone; CAR; FOI
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A Drug's Dark Side
Acutane has been more commonly known for its ability to cure severe acne. However, Sun reporters investigated the side effect of depression that accompanies this drug and how ultimately in many cases, this depression has lead to suicide. While this has been a "miracle drug" to many people, parents say they would not have allowed their children to use the product if they had known its potential deadly effects. It was only over the last year that legislation and the FDA forced Roche Laboratories to change their package label- warning about depression and suicide. The FDA also "requires patients to sign a consent form before being able to take the drug."
Tags: Acutane; suicide; depression; side effects; Food and Drug Administration
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A Sheltered Life
A Phoenix Magazine investigation finds that "families represent the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population in Arizona..." The story reveals that nearly 40 percent of the homeless people in Maricopa County are families with children, :a statistic that mirrors the national trend." The report finds that even if "they may not look like stereotypical street people ... for them, every day is a fight to put a roof over their heads." It also profiles a number of homeless families and their personal tragedies, and looks at the psychological effects that many homeless children suffer from
Tags: children; shelters; health care; unemployment; drugs; depression; low-income housing; police; crime; violence; mental health; poverty
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Welfare in America: A Report From the Streets
U.S. News & World Report investigates the state of welfare in the nation, and concludes that although some form of welfare reform is necessary, it may be much more difficult than anticipated