Science Clowns Com | Science Clowns News – Science Clowns Information

mental health

06/22/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

SICK: Children under six are being prescribed antidepressants by doctors

What sort of world are we living in when children below the age of six are being given antidepressants? A rather sordid one if the National Health Service (NHS) figures are anything to go by. Of the 198,906 prescriptions of antidepressants handed out to those under 18 in the UK, a shocking 12,756 of those […]

05/22/2017 / By Earl Garcia

JUNK SCIENCE: Climate change now being blamed for mental health problems… is there anything it doesn’t cause?

Climate change not only affects the environment, but may also adversely impact mental health, according to a collaborative report by the American Psychological Association, Climate for Health and ecoAmerica. According to researchers, natural disasters may spur trauma and shock in individuals due to loss of property, livelihood, or relatives. In turn, traumatic experiences may give rise to anger, terror […]

1 of 1