Small study investigates how brain cells react differently to SSRI’s.
“Experts said the hope is to eventually be able to predict which people with depression are likely to benefit from a drug — and which people would fare better with a different option.”
September marks Suicide Awareness Month and the MISSD Team will once again be participating in the Out of the Darkness Chicago Walk, put on by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)! The walk will take place at Grant Park on Saturday, September 20th, 2014! We are looking forward to raising more awareness about our organization and supporting other suicide prevention related organizations. For more information about this walk, you can visit http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=2579.
Martha Rosenberg, author of Born With a Junk Food Deficiency and speaker at the inaugural MISSD event, is concerned about the over-medication of the troops and suicide.
Dr. Peter Breggin, a reform psychiatrist, urges the Department of Defense to give serious consideration to the role of drugs, suicide and personal violence in the military.