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We Need to Rethink Involuntary Hospitalization during This Pandemic
From Scientific American: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has worrisome implications for patients receiving involuntary psychiatric care.
Could Sedating Medications Be Making COVID-19 Outcomes Worse?
From Hello Care: The use of psychotropic medications in residential aged care could be contributing to the poor outcomes of residents who contract COVID-19
Think of Mental Disorders as the Mind’s ‘Sticky Tendencies’
From Aeon: We don’t just see the world around us as dry facts, but experience the world as having immanent meaning. The world has meaning FOR us.
How Young Refugees’ Traumatic Pasts Shape Their Mental Health
From Nature: A detailed study shows that young migrants’ risk of developing psychiatric disorders rises stepwise with the number of traumas experienced.
The Curious Incident of the Neuroleptic Prescription
From Matanuska Forensic Science: Developing novel therapeutics to treat thought disorders is long overdue. Rather than defending drugs that do not work, let's learn from them
It Is Becoming Much Harder to Access Mental Health Support Anonymously
From Slate: Now is the ideal time to ensure platforms are designed with the highest ethical standards, and in ways that respect users’ digital rights.
For Winnicott, the Psyche Is Not Inside Us But Between Us
From Psyche: Far from being separate entities that figure out each other externally, we are radically open beings in immediate contact with each other.
COVID-19: What’s Equity Got to Do With It?
From GW Milken Institute School of Public Health: "For the past five years, the Building Community Resilience...
Unleashing the Brain Power of Narrative
From NPR: If you look at the times somebody's beliefs have been changed, it's often because of a story that hit them in the heart.
‘We Are a Sedated Society’: The Rise in Antidepressants During Lockdown
From The Telegraph: One in six of the population is on antidepressants, and the numbers are rising. Are GPs being too "trigger-happy" with prescriptions?
Psychiatry Under the Shadow of White Supremacy
From Nature: How does a culture that enslaved people, encouraged lynching and developed racial segregation decide who is and is not sane?
COVID-19 Has Shocked the Mental Health System Out of Complacency
From The Washington Post: Suddenly, therapists and social workers are meeting people where they are. Treatment is now coming to them.
COVID-19 Mental-Health Responses Neglect Social Realities
From Nature: We need a practice that recognizes the environments that can make people ill, and that supports efforts to do something about it.
Why Psychiatric Wards Are Uniquely Vulnerable to the Coronavirus
From The New Yorker: The coronavirus, and the public-health measures undertaken to slow its spread, is uniquely hostile to psychiatric care.
Experts Warn of Urgent Need for COVID-19 Mental Health Research
From CNN: The crisis could have a "profound" and "pervasive impact" on global mental health, both now and in the future.
Creating a Guide for Parents During Lock Down – by Children
From Dulwich Centre: "So many guideline has been published for parents on staying at home with children...
Why Your Brain Is Not a Computer
From The Guardian: For decades it has been the dominant metaphor in neuroscience. But could this idea have been leading us astray all along?
How the Pandemic Has Proven the Social Model of Disability
From Forbes: The currently disabling conditions give you insight into what it is like to be a social pariah simply because of your body
On Coronavirus Lockdown? Look for Meaning, Not Happiness
From The New York Times: It’s not those who focus on pursuing happiness to feel better; it’s those who cultivate an attitude of tragic optimism.
Global Antidepressants Market – COVID-19 Implications and Growth
From Yahoo Finance: People living with mental health problems are experiencing increased stress levels. This has triggered the demand for antidepressant drugs.
Therapy Under Lockdown: ‘I’m Just As Terrified As My Patients Are’
From The Guardian: Counseling has been good to me, and I hope good for my patients. But what if the premise of it is undone by circumstance?
The Pandemic Will Haunt Today’s Children Forever
From The Washington Post: Stress during this vulnerable period can be especially damaging to children who already have accumulated trauma in their lives and further increases the chance a child will develop anxiety, depression or even schizophrenia.
Health Care Workers Fear For Their Rising Mental Anguish
From Science Mag: Long hours, high risk, and crushing uncertainty about how the pandemic will progress have led to high anxiety among health care workers.
Mental Health Advocate Pat Capponi Spoke Out For Marginalized People
From The Globe and Mail: Pat Capponi believed that people with lived experience should have a seat at the table on matters that concerned them
Universal Basic Income Could Improve the Nation’s Mental Health
From The Conversation: Social psychiatry research in the mid-20th century showed that mental illness was often caused by poverty, inequality and social isolation.
