Monthly Archives: December 2017
The Need to Address Suicide in Prisons
Rates of suicide in prison are significantly higher than in the general population.
Psychotherapy is THE Biological Treatment
Psychotherapy addresses the brain in the way it actually develops, matures and operates. The process for brain change involves deactivation â disuse, not utilizing the old brain map; and then creating a new one. Psychotherapy can deactivate maladaptive brain mappings and foster new and constructive pathways.
The Important Drugs Debate Question That Nobody’s Asking
In this piece for Vice, Max Daly explores the impact of societal attitudes toward drug use and drug users on the drug policy debate over prohibition...
Quebec Launching a Publicly Funded Psychotherapy Program
From CBC News: The Quebec government has announced that it will be making a recurring investment of $35 million into the province's first publicly funded...
Licensed to Bill: How Doctors Profit From Injury Assessments
From The Globe and Mail: Doctors are making millions of dollars a year by providing independent medical evaluations of accident victims for the auto-insurance industry....
Drop the Stigmatizing Term “Schizophrenia”
Dr. Brian Koehler is petitioning the American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization to drop the stigmatizing term "schizophrenia." Click here to sign the...
‘Father of Black Psychology’ Joseph L. White Dies at 84
From Times Union: Joseph L. White, a psychologist, social activist, and teacher who helped pioneer the field of black psychology, has died at age 84.
"In the...
When the Mad Research the Mad
In this piece for Asylum Magazine, Sue Phillips, Penny Stafford, and Shirley Anne Collie discuss their involvement in a participatory action research project evaluating the...
Police Violence Victims at Increased Risk of Psychotic Symptoms
Researchers examine links between police victimization and psychotic symptoms in a topical new study.
New Book Takes Aim at the Mental Health Industrial Complex
Iâve been around the block a few times, so I was not shocked by the revelations in Art Levineâs absorbing and well-researched new book, Mental Health, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens. But I was certainly appalled.
National Survivor User Network Video
In this video, Sarah Yiannoullou, Managing Director of NSUN, and Raza Griffiths, NSUN London Network Coordinator, discuss the importance of including and centering the voices and...
Researchers Find Oddities in High-Profile Gender Studies
From Ars Technica: Psychologist Nicolas Guéguen's numerous research studies in the field of social psychology have yielded results that demonstrate and fuel binary models of...
Badiou, the Event, and Psychiatry, Part 2
In the second part of a two-part series on philosophy and psychiatry, Vincenzo Di Nicola describes an alternative model of psychiatry that rejects some of...
Scientists Clarify Risks of Augmenting with Antipsychotic Medications for Depression
The researchers found that while antipsychotic drugs may be slightly more effective than alternative antidepressants, they come with a much higher side effect burden.
From âRecoveryâ to âTransformation and Recoveryâ
Just ârecoveringâ oneâs previous way of functioning is not so likely to work, because usually something wasnât working prior to the psychosis. It was that which set off the psychosis, and if that isnât changed, any ârecoveryâ may not be worth much, as the problems, and so the need to transform, will likely still be present.
This is What Self-Care Really Means
In this piece for Thought Catalog, Brianna West redefines self-care as actions we take to build a life that feels fulfilling, not a reprieve from...
Anyone Can Be Trained to Hallucinate
From Flipboard: In a recent study on auditory hallucinations, all participants â not just those who had been diagnosed with psychosis â experienced conditioned hallucinations. The study...
Is the FDA Withholding Data to Protect a Drug Manufacturer?
From Scientific American: The FDA seems determined to prevent the public from accessing valuable data about the safety, efficacy, and potential adverse effects of the...
Misconceptions About Brain Science Very Common, Study Finds
Researchers investigate commonly held misconceptions about brain research among Americans.
A Massachusetts Benzo Bill That Mandates Informed Consent
H. 3594 would require pharmacists to distribute pamphlets containing information on benzodiazepine misuse and abuse, risk of dependency and addiction, handling and addiction treatment resources. This would be a major legislative response to the prescribing patterns for these drugs today.
The Disillusioned Psychiatrist
Many of us have become disillusioned with our profession. We have experienced a loss of meaning, purpose, connection, and hope. As the field has moved away from the wonder and pathos of human existence, and taken on a model that reduces life to tick boxes and pill dispensing, we have lost touch with what makes us human.
Physician Wellness Programs are Lipstick on a Pig
From KevinMD: Many U.S. physicians are suffering from burnout and increased suicide risk. Physician wellness programs hold individual physicians responsible for becoming "well" rather than addressing the toxic health...
Dr. George Atwood: Shattered Worlds, the Experience of Personal Annihilation
Dr. George Atwood has devoted a substantial part of his life to the study and treatment of what he refers to as âso-called psychosisâ and has authored or coauthored several books, including The Abyss of Madness published in 2011 and more than one hundred articles.
Are Nurses the New Sales Reps? Doctors Should be Aware
From STAT: According to a recently unsealed lawsuit, Eli Lilly has illegally hired nurses to promote its diabetes treatments to physicians and patients for the...
Stop Shock Now: Psychiatryâs War Against Women and the Elderly
As a movement strategy, electroshock must be clearly framed and understood as a blatant human rights violation â a profound and devastating crime against peopleâs health and lives. Here are three possible action proposals in our continuing struggle to abolish electroshock.
