FDA approves first drug for postpartum mood disorder
Sage Therapeutics wins FDA approval for brexanolone marketed as Zulresso. Neonate exposure through breast milk is low. drug must be given in a controlled, restricted setting over 60 hours. Two clinical trials showed efficacy versus placebo. experts call it a major advance despite high cost and safety concerns.
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Food and Drug Administration
United States
Zulresso
Sage Therapeutics
Cambridge
Mass
Tiffany Farchione
Psychiatry Products Division
FDA
Jess Fiedorowicz
What can I do to help in a family crisis
A personal narrative from 2013 recounts a spouse diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and a family spiraling into crisis. It emphasizes the value of a community network, practical support, and honest self-assessment before offering aid. The author urges considering bandwidth, closeness, and willingness before responding.
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John
Letty
Farm Aid mental health aid grows as farm downturn bites
Across Kentucky, Montana and Florida Farm Aid hotlines report a doubling of calls from farmers needing financial and crisis support. In Wisconsin a parishioner’s death by suicide prompts monthly church basement forums while rural counselors note rising distress amid slumping grain prices and debt. Politicians push rural mental health funding in the 2018 Farm Bill.
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Kentucky
Montana
Florida
Farm Aid
Wisconsin
Dale Meyer
Loganville
Minnesota
Ted Matthews
Willie Nelson
Neil Young
John Mellencamp
Joni Ernst
Iowa
Tammy Baldwin
Ernst
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