Which parts of six month winters, rampant racism, chilling effects on civil rights and an extremist legislature escape you people?
Dr. Steve Manlove, a former Custer resident and practicing psychiatrist for 31 years, agrees that depression plays a big role in suicide, saying suicide attempts are almost always connected to depression and feelings of hopelessness.Read more here.
A study recently published in the Journal of Rural Health found the suicide rate for farmers is not only the highest of any occupation in America, it's spiking because of a lack of ready access to mental health care services.
Still another study just concluded cannabis is an effective antidepressant therapy for some patients while keeping it illegal creates paranoia, anxiety and stigmatization. Cannabis is an effective treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
Even the South Dakota State Medical Association contends that although "marijuana and dronabinol decreased pain" the fact that it is illegal makes it less effective as a therapy.
Although there are different schools of thought concerning the efficacy of marijuana to treat certain medical conditions and concerning whether its possession and use ought to be decriminalized altogether, the fact remains that it is a violation of federal law and South Dakota law to possess or distribute it for any purpose.Read that here.
South Dakota is among the worst states for opioid abuse.
Meth use is a symptom of South Dakota's statewide hopelessness as the state's residents stare down another punishing, relentless, and unforgiving winter.
Dr. Nancy Babbitt: "As a primary-care physician in Rapid City, I know that many of my patients who own guns and live with a mental health disorder" https://t.co/xdm5PvG4wE #sdleg— interested party (@larry_kurtz) February 22, 2018
SD suicides reached record high in 2017 /// the state’s number one challenge is the hopelessness and 3rd world conditions within our borders. https://t.co/YPuKXeI1tt— stevehickey (@stevehickey) January 15, 2018
Attorney general proposes harsher meth dealing penalties / harsher penalties don’t work in the drug war. SD prisons are too full already. We need new ideas. Natives use meth to feel good. Can you blame them?? We should replace meth with what??? https://t.co/e5NWxA0lye— stevehickey (@stevehickey) January 4, 2018
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