Mental Health System: Open Letter to the Media
"We, a group of people with first-hand experience of the mental health system...saw how abuse, corruption, and exploitation were covered up, while victims and critics of the system were silenced and marginalized."
âDoctors Say Exercise Can Relieve Depression Symptomsâ
âDoctors say one of the best anti-depressants isn't even a drug, it's exercise,â CNN reports. âExperts say many cases of depression can be treated effectively with, for example, a pair of running shoes.â
Trump Orders VA to Buy “a Lot of” Esketamine for Veterans
From MilitaryTimes: The president said the drug has shown a 'tremendously positive' effect in early testing and he is optimistic it can help with mental health problems in the veterans community.
Psychiatric Drugs Unmasked
Mad in America founder Robert Whitaker talks to psychiatrist Hannah Spier on her podcast "Psychobabble."
âDoctors Have Become Less Empathetic, But Is It Their Fault?â
Physician and medical sociologist David Scales explores why there seems to be less empathy from doctors in clinics and hospitals and why studentâs empathy...
Resistance Recovery With Dr. Michael Cornwall: The Legacy of John Weir Perry
From Resistance Recovery: Piers Kaniuka and Dr. Michael Cornwall discuss Jungian psychiatrist John Weir Perry and efforts to provide sanctuary spaces for people in psychosis in the 1970s and '80s.
Britney Spears Speaks Out Against ‘Abusive’ Conservatorship: ‘I Want to Be Heard’
From CNN: The pop star says she was forced to perform, given no privacy, and made to use birth control, take medication and attend therapy against her will while the conservatorship has been in place over the last 13 years.
Sunday History Channel: Did Ancient Buddhist Tales Prophesy the DSM-5?
On the Sri Lankan social media platform LankaWeb, medical doctor Ruwan M. Jayatunge recounts stories of difficult states of mind described in the ancient...
Why Nature is Good for Your Mental Health
From HuffPost Canada: Nature can positively impact people's mental health in major ways. People who spend time outdoors tend to get more exercise, which elevates...
WHO Online Launch Event Jun. 10: Rights-Based Transformation in Mental Health
From the World Health Organization: Many mental health services around the world are failing people. There is a different path that countries and services can take.
For-Profit Psych Hospital Corp. US HealthVest Brings Peril to 3 States
From The Seattle Times: No private mental-health care operator in Washington state in recent years has pushed to expand as rapidly or racked up as many serious violations as quickly.
RxISK: Medications Compromising COVID Infections
From RxISK: "In the present situation of pandemia by SARS-CoV-2, it is imperative to avoid pneumonia or pneumonitis and related risk factors as much...
APA Questions Announcement to Bar Trans People from Military
From the American Psychological Association: The APA has challenged President's Trump announced ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military, citing research showing that...
Woman Shares How Coming Off Antidepressant Ruined Her Life
From Metro: Originally prescribed the antidepressant Venlafaxine for migraines and persistent low moods, Tabitha Dow shares some of the persistent, debilitating symptoms she continues to...
âStudy Finds Risks for Teens of Mothers Who Took Certain Antidepressantsâ
âAdolescents whose mothers took certain antidepressants while pregnant with them are more than four times as likely to become depressed by age 15, compared with...
The Many Unknowns of Schizophrenia
Psychiatrist Chris Gordon writes in the New York Times "What we call schizophrenia is probably a syndrome with many causes, and with a wide...
âPsychiatric Drugs Killing More Users than Heroin, Cocaine, Say Health Expertsâ
A groundbreaking article for The Province is âsounding the alarm over the heightened risk of death linked to the use of psychiatric drugs.â They report on...
Mental Health Patient Becomes Best Mental Health Nurse
From ABC Australia: Matthew Ball, a mental health nurse with lived experience of hearing voices, psychiatric diagnosis, and hospitalization, was recently named the Australian College...
New Antidepressant Shows Little Benefit, Significant Risks
Patient Drug News advises avoiding use of the antidepressant Vortioxetine (also called Brintellix or Trintellix), because the most recent evidence from the FDA shows...
Cultural Confusion: The Shifting Line Between Sane and “Unsane”
From STAT: An unprecedented number of Americans have been diagnosed with a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder. Does this represent an increase in psychological distress...
Capitalism Is Driven by Mental Illness
Psychedelics are useful not for the hallucinations they provide, but for the hallucinations they dispel.
Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization
From VICE: "A chat bot is no substitute for human empathy, and we believe this decision will cause irreparable harm to the eating disorders community," said the Helpline staff in a statement.
Government Accountability Office Criticizes Federal Mental Health System
-The US Government Accountability Office says it is "in the dark" about the effectiveness of federal mental health programs.
Dear Scott Gottlieb: Add New Warnings to Paxil Labels
From STAT: Scott Gottlieb, Trump's pick to lead the FDA, should consider pursuing a stronger warning label for the antidepressant Paxil. Paxil's label currently does...
Response to ‘Aligning Computational Psychiatry to the HVN’
"...whilst the CP model may very well resonate with numerous voice-hearers, I wonder if there may also be limitations inherent to it. Firstly,...
