Why Are There So Many Suicides in America? by Jacob G. Hornberger

Goethe: “Few are more psychologically disordered than those who falsely believe they are free.”

Exploring the common side effects of SSRIs [antidepressants] and the nightmare of quitting them BY A Midwestern Doctor

 

For the roughly 50% of people who experience SSRI withdrawals, one of the most challenging things is how incredibly slowly they have to stop taking them. A major reason for this is due to the non-linear relationship between an SSRI dose and its binding to the brain (e.g., its striatum).

How Socialist is Sweden? A guest post from Johan Norberg | Bet On It substack

 

  

 

Indeed, on other indicators than taxes and spending, Sweden is on average slightly more capitalist than the US. If Scott Sehon wants to imitate Sweden, he would have to liberalize several markets, reform social security and introduce private accounts, introduce school vouchers, get rid of most occupational licensing, introduce budget rules that demand a surplus over a business cycle, abolish inheritance and property taxes, and actually reduce corporate taxes a bit.

The Fall of a Superstar Psychologist | Source: Quant

"Dan Ariely is a titan in the field of behavioral economics. His work has been published in numerous peer reviewed journals and repeatedly cited in academia and popular media. He has consulted for top companies and governments internationally. While still revered in the mainstream, academics are beginning to question the foundations of Ariely's work. Are his most influential findings robust, and more importantly, could they be fraudulent?"

Tinnitus and OCD: Why Are They Both So Hard to Ignore? SOURCE Pscychology Today

Copyright Fletcher Wortmann, 2023. Please credit the original author, Fletcher Wortmann, and Psychology Today.

"Unfortunately, in these scenarios, the human mind can be its own worst enemy, and attacking the problem directly just makes matters worse. Instead of focusing brainpower on immediately fixing the problem, you'll need patience, commitment, and unconventional thinking to gradually relieve the symptoms over time. But relief is possible."

 

The Frightening Truth About Youth Suicidality and Fentanyl by Michelle P. Maidenberg Ph.D., MPH, LCSW-R, CGP SOURCE: Psychology Today

"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug overdose deaths in the United States increased 28.5 percent between April 2020 and April 2021. In a 12-month period, ending in January 2022, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses/poisonings; 67 percent of these deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl."

A Shocking 30% Of High School Girls 'Seriously Considered' Suicide Last Year by Tyler Durken SOURCE: Zero Hedge

Why Ghosting Is Bad for Our Mental Health by Glenn Geher Ph.D. SOURCE: Psychology Today

"People who reported relatively high ghosting experiences tended to score as having borderline personality tendencies, low levels of satisfaction with life, emotional instability, and insecure attachments to others. In other words, basically, the adverse outcomes associated with a high number of estrangements that we'd found in our prior research (Geher et al., 2019) were generally replicated in the ghosting study."

LA's New Mayor Declares 'State Of Emergency' Over Homelessness by Tyler Durden's SOURCE: Zero Hedge

"According to a three-day study conducted earlier this year, just under 42,000 people experienced homelessness in the city of LA, according to the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). At least 69,144 people experienced homelessness in the same-named county - a 4.1% increase over 2020, and a 1.7% rise in the city itself"

Terminally Online Always connected, rarely together. SOURCE: Jack Raine's Young Money

 

Collective Intelligence Will Outsmart You by Tim Leberecht SOURCE: Psychology Today

"Collective intelligence is on the rise—and it is, in fact, much more effective than our individual brains. That’s the main argument that neuroscientist and bestselling author Hannah Critchlow presents in her new book, Joined-Up Thinking, in which she claims that a connected group of brains will almost always produce better results than the so-called lone genius: in how we collaborate and create value, run our organizations, and tackle the biggest challenges to our societies and species"

Facebook Caused Poor Mental Health From the Beginning by Alexander Danvers Ph.D. SOURCE: Psychology Today

  

Facebook was causing poorer mental health from the start, 

before these innovations were rolled out.