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Why We Need Sociology at the Heart of Mental Health Discourse
Bruce Cohenās new manifesto challenges the dominance of biomedical models in psychiatry and urges a deeper reckoning with the social structures shaping mental health.
Disability-Inclusive Policy Influenced by Power, Politics, and Perception
A study in PLOS Global Public Health finds that disability-inclusive policymaking must confront its epistemic blind spotsāand meaningfully engage disabled communities to drive real change.
Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): Why Donāt We Know More About It?
Persistent antidepressant withdrawal is a debilitating experience, but little research exists about its prevalence and treatment.
Indigenous Healing Practices Challenge the Ground Psychology Stands On
Far from cultural add-ons, these traditions reveal how Western psychologyās assumptions about mind, health, and healing may be too narrow to serve a diverse world.
From Behavior Control to Justice: Rethinking School Social Work
A new paper challenges the punitive and pathologizing roots of school social work and proposes a justice-oriented alternative rooted in abolitionist thinking.
PTSD Treatments Work Equally Well, But Who They Work For Still Varies
EMDR performs just as well as other therapies in reducing PTSD symptoms, but new findings suggest that sociodemographic factors like employment and gender still shape outcomes.
Study Reveals Emotional Burden and Moral Distress Faced by Peer Support Workers
The study explores how peer support workers in Poland experience emotional and moral distress, with recommendations for organizational changes to reduce these challenges.
Antidepressant Withdrawal Is Common and Debilitating
Those using antidepressants long-term were more likely to experience withdrawal and to have severe withdrawal symptoms.
More Evidence That Antidepressants Work Via Placebo Effect
Antidepressants were more effective for depressed patients who were more āoptimistic.ā Still, only 30% responded to SSRIs.
The Climate Doom Paradox: Awareness Without Agency Fuels Anxiety
A growing number of people are overwhelmed by climate change not just physically but psychologically. New findings show that awareness without outlets can isolate but shared action can help.
People in Crisis Want Respectful, Personalized Support from Mental Health Professionals, Study FindsĀ Ā
A new qualitative study finds that service users in psychiatric crisis prioritize respectful, individualized support over standardized interventions.
From Stereotype to Slur in Three Clicks: Inside AIās Mental-Health Hate Machine
Researchers trace how AI chatbots escalate mild stereotypes into full-blown attack narratives, raising alarms about tech already creeping into digital therapy and clinical decision support.
Coercion in Psychiatric Wards Tied to Worse Recovery, Spanish Study Finds
Investigators found that these experiences increase the risk of suicide and repeated hospitalization, fueling demands for compassionate, collaborative crisis services.
Survivor Accounts Reveal Longstanding Failures in Healthcare Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Historian Ruth Beecher examines survivorsā own words to show the persistent failures of doctors, nurses, and psychiatrists to offer real help.
Disease Model of Addiction Lacks Empirical Support, New Study Finds
A new Lancet Psychiatry article argues that the brain-disease model of addiction lacks empirical support and obscures the social causes of substance use.
Profiting from Distress: How Outsourcing Mental Health Undermines Public Schools
A new Canadian study finds that privatized mental health programs in schools may erode public education, reinforce stigma, and ignore systemic roots of distress.
Beyond the Clinic: Community-led Mental Health Programs Offer Hope
A review of 35 studies finds that mental health initiatives built with community participation show promise, though lasting impacts on quality of life remain uncertain.
Half of Those Who Take Antidepressants Are Labeled āTreatment Resistantā
Millions of people are trying multiple antidepressant drugs without success, and psychiatry labels them ātreatment resistant.ā
Objectivity Isnāt Neutral: How Standardization in Psychiatry Can Undermine Epistemic Justice
A new article in Synthese identifies how psychiatric diagnostic tools contribute to the marginalization of patient voices.
Can You Tell If a Mental Health Message Was Written by AI? Most People Canāt
A new study finds AI can convincingly mimic peer support, raising difficult questions about authenticity, trust, and what we lose when the language of care is generated by machines.
Who Speaks for Global Mental Health? New Study Exposes Narrow Power Base
Dominated by Western, male, and psychiatric voices, the global mental health field remains fragmented and lacking in lived experience perspectives, researchers find.
Study Links Economic Hardship and Family Trauma to Teen Mental Health Issues
Norwegian researchers trace rising adolescent depression and behavioral issues to both poverty and adverse experiences at home.
The Certainties of Therapy-Speak Are Contributing to Our Social Collapse
A Lacanian and psychosocial critique challenges the assumption that more self-knowledge always leads to more freedom.
How Psychiatric Labels are Used as Tools of Abuse in Family Court
Even as diagnostic categories face scrutiny, theyāre being used in courtrooms to make life-altering decisions about parenting and custody.
ADHD Drugs Linked to Cardiomyopathy
Presented at a major cardiology conference, the study suggests a 57% increased risk of heart muscle disease after 8 years of stimulant use.
