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NEW! June 11/13 — Rise in off-label use of antipsychotic drugs for B.C. youth soars, study says. See also

May 31/13 — Time for a paradigm shift in psychiatric diagnosis

May 21/13 — Benzodiazepines may increase risk of CAP, mortality

May 21/13 — Parental depression, maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy, and risk of autism spectrum disorders: population based case-control study

May 21/13 — Hypnotics' association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study

April 22/13 — Addiction to prescribed drugs: round table discussion

April 22/13 — Parental depression, maternal antidepressant use during pregnancy, and risk of autism spectrum disorders: population based case-control study

April 22/13 — Drug Reactions: The effectiveness of antidepressants

April 9/13 — Diagnosis: Human

April 9/13 — Top 10 drug advertising spends predict your doctor's “flavour of the month.”

April 8/13 — 'Deceitful' Big Pharma accused of putting lives at risk.

March 26/13 — Editorial: Assessing drugs a vital function.

March 26/13 — Drug reactions send 26,000 seniors to hospital.

March 26/13 — OUse of high potency statins and rates of admission for acute kidney injury: multicenter, retrospective observational analysis of administrative databases.

March 26/13 — RxISK blog added to our Self-Help Resources.

March 18/13 — Open letter to Brown University re journal article misrepresenting efficacy and safety of paroxetine.

March 13/13 — Rethinking Depression (this three-part CBC series airs March 7, 14 and 21).

March 13/13 — Adjunctive atypical antipsychotic treatment for major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis of depression, quality of life, and safety outcomes.

February 21/13 — An interesting take on overprescribing: drugged fish may upset dynamics of marine life.

February 13/13 — Overdoing Prevention: Beware of regular check-ups, healthism by numbers and genetic profiling.

February 8/13 — Inappropriate long-term use of antipsychotic drugs is common among people with dementia living in specialized care units.

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