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Polypharmacy: How Multiple Medications Can Cause Psychiatric Symptoms in Older Adults
When an aging parent suddenly becomes confused, withdrawn, paranoid, or agitated, families usually assume the cause is dementia, grief, or “just getting older.” Sometimes the real cause is sitting in
- by Dana Hinders
The late afternoon shift catches families off guard. Your mother is calm and pleasant at lunch, and by 5:00 p.m. she’s pacing the hallway with her coat on, insisting she...
- by Dana Hinders
Grief and depression can look nearly identical from the outside. They often come with the same tears, the same exhaustion, and the same withdrawal from daily life. But grief tends...
- by Dana Hinders
Anosognosia is a brain-based inability to recognize one’s own illness. The term comes from Greek roots that roughly translate to “without knowledge of disease.” It describes a neurological symptom in...
- by Dana Hinders
Why would someone hurt themselves on purpose? It’s a question that comes wrapped in fear and judgment, but the answer is usually simpler than people expect: pain that has nowhere...
