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Can Infertility Lead to Mental Illness?
Infertility is the general term used to describe an inability to conceive a child despite conscious efforts to do so. This inability can stem from reproductive problems in a woman or in a man. Both men and women can develop significant psychological problems as a consequence of infertility, and in turn, some researchers believe that the presence of significant psychological problems can increase a person’s risks for the onset of infertility. According to the results of a study published in 2012 involving almost 100,000 individuals, women who remain infertile after seeking help for their condition have significantly increased risks for developing some form of diagnosable mental illness.
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Moms Addicted to Adderall
The pressure to be a highly successful multi-tasking mother, wife, and employee has driven some moms to steal drugs from their own children and fall into a spiral of addiction. Many women have admitted to using their child’s attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication, Adderall, to help them keep up their energy and feel good about the work they can accomplish.
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Undiagnosed Mental Health Issues and Self-Medication in Women
Women and men face very different concerns when it comes to mental health disorders. Not only are men and women more prone to different types of disorders, they frequently experience different symptoms of the same disorders. In addition, women and men often take different approaches when it comes to dealing with mental and physical symptoms that may indicate a mental health issue.
Drug Detox During Pregnancy
Drug use negatively impacts lives beyond that of the user. This is never truer than when a woman addicted to drugs becomes pregnant. Even though her drug use has serious harmful effects for her unborn child, pregnant women addicted to drugs sometimes avoid drug detox. Although the woman’s fears about drug detox may be understandable, many of them are not based on facts.
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Drug Combinations Permeate the Placenta and Put Baby at Risk
The fact that illegal drugs can physically hurt the body is not new knowledge, but the extent to which this damage can occur is still being studied. For some the damage could be very minor. For still others, the damage may go beyond themselves.
Research Finds Link Between Women on Welfare and Substance Abuse
New research has identified a link between substance abuse and psychiatric disorders in urban single mothers. Science Daily featured the results of a study that found that these women were more at risk than those in the general population.
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