the library
Everything we publish, in one place. Every claim on every page cites a named primary source; where the honest answer is an absence, the absence is printed rather than filled in.
medications A–Z
37 medications — each page carries the FDA approval journey with label quotes, safety signals with the caveats above the numbers, and who pays for prescriptions (Medicare, Medicaid, and the commercial absence).
- alprazolam
- amphetamine
- aripiprazole
- atomoxetine
- buprenorphine
- bupropion
- buspirone
- citalopram
- clonazepam
- desvenlafaxine
- diazepam
- duloxetine
- escitalopram
- esketamine
- fluoxetine
- gabapentin
- guanfacine
- hydroxyzine
- lamotrigine
- lisdexamfetamine
- lithium
- lorazepam
- lurasidone
- methylphenidate
- mirtazapine
- modafinil
- olanzapine
- paroxetine
- quetiapine
- risperidone
- sertraline
- temazepam
- trazodone
- venlafaxine
- vortioxetine
- ziprasidone
- zolpidem
legal & safety records
The litigation and recall record per drug, stated precisely: settled is never adjudicated, verdicts carry their reductions, and verified negatives state their coverage window.
the system, counted
How the headline numbers of mental health are actually produced — prevalence, trial durations, diagnosis counts — with every method break annotated.
- how many adults take psychiatric medication? — every federal number with its definition attached
- how autism got counted — every method break annotated in CDC’s own words
- how childhood ADHD got counted
- how long psychiatric drugs were tested — every study horizon in the library, counted
- the longest trial behind each approval — trial weeks beside patient counts, drug by drug
- LGBTQ+ mental health in the data
- the DSM: the book, the money, the count
- what the DSM is for
- the mental health lexicon — nineteen terms where usage outran evidence
follow the money
Who funds the research, the education, the advocacy, and the coverage — from federal filings and the organizations’ own disclosures. Payments are facts, not verdicts; the framing travels with every number.
- how your doctor gets paid — look up any US physician’s industry payments
- who funds psychiatric drug research
- who funds doctors’ education
- who funds mental health advocacy
- who funds the nonprofits
- pharma and the news
health questions, answered from primaries
The questions people actually search, answered from trials, labels, and regulators — including the ones where the honest answer is “the evidence is thin.”
- do any supplements actually work?
- does ashwagandha work for anxiety?
- does CBD help anxiety?
- St John’s wort: the interaction list
- is kratom dangerous?
- SSRI sexual side effects
- ketamine vs esketamine: FDA status
- psychedelic therapy: the FDA status table
- AI mental health tools: FDA status
- what each medication is approved FOR
- postpartum depression: the evidence
- depression & anxiety in pregnancy
- depression and trauma after miscarriage
- does infertility cause depression?
- sex, fertility, and mental health
- male loneliness: what actually moves it
- AI vs human support
glossary
34 plain-English definitions — the vocabulary needed to read medication evidence and litigation coverage precisely, each with a worked example from this site’s own record.
- peer support
- emotional support
- support group
- active listening
- social isolation
- co-regulation
- mutual aid
- anonymous support
- boxed warning (black box warning)
- off-label use
- discontinuation syndrome
- half-life
- pivotal trial
- open-label extension
- effect size
- number needed to treat (NNT)
- placebo response
- FAERS (FDA adverse event reporting system)
- bioequivalence
- recall classes (class I, II, III)
- MDL (multidistrict litigation)
- bellwether trial
- settled vs. adjudicated
- dual-eligible (medicare under 65)
- pay-for-delay
- REMS (risk evaluation and mitigation strategy)
- relative vs absolute risk
- intention-to-treat vs per-protocol
- wait-list control
- warning letter (FDA)
- complete response letter (CRL)
- sentinel surveillance
- survey response rate
- confidence interval
tools
Interactive, free, and no email required.
- how your doctor gets paid — Open Payments lookup with company pivots
- therapy cost calculator
- what do you actually need? — six questions, no email
the evidence library
Every study behind the pages above, individually summarized and scored for trust — design, funding, venue, sample size, preregistration.
Browse the scored evidence library → — or start from the blog and our experts.