How to Really Help LGBT Teens Thrive
FromĀ The Atlantic: Although acceptance of LGBT individualsĀ is growing, LGBT teens still on average experience lower life satisfaction and more depression than their straight peers,...
Doctors Tortured Patients at Ontario Mental-Health Centre
FromĀ The Globe and Mail: A judge has recently ruled that patients at a mental health facility in Ontario were tortured by doctors over a...
Dealing With Changes in Psychiatry Through the Years
In this guest post forĀ Shrink Rap, Dr. Maher critiques the ways psychiatry has changed over the years. While psychiatryĀ used to be humanistically, psychodynamically oriented,...
Malignant Normality
In this pieceĀ forĀ Dissent Magazine, Robert Jay Lifton discusses how society's normalization of evil has led physicians and healthcare professionals to legitimize and participate in...
Fixing Genes Won’t Fix Us
FromĀ The Boston Globe:Ā Scientists'Ā focus on biology and genetics research downplays the role ofĀ socioeconomic factors in causing distress andĀ health problems.
"Science is threatening a new era of...
Are Pharmaceutical Companies to Blame for the Opioid Epidemic?
FromĀ The Atlantic: As opioid abuse rises, some attorneys general and advocates are filing lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for misleading doctors and the public about...
Stories from the Psych Ward: Why Drugs Aren’t the Cure
In this piece forĀ Elephant Journal, one man tells his story of being locked up and forcibly drugged in the psych ward, and how he...
A Traumatic Experience Can Reshape Your Microbiome
FromĀ Science of Us: A recent study suggests that our guts may harbor evidence of traumatic life experiences many years after the fact, impacting our...
Can Psychoanalysis Treat Psychosis?
A video recording of the 2nd Lambeth and Southwark Mind Annual Lecture held in conjunction with BLOCK336 is now available. In this lecture, DorothƩe...
Drug Policy Alliance Member Targeted by Philippine President
From theĀ Drug Policy Alliance: Last week, Drug Policy Alliance Board Member Dr. Carl Hart visited the Philippines to speak at a drug policy forum....
Integrating Spirituality, Clinical Care Effective for Mental Health
FromĀ Healio: Preliminary research results presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Diego, California suggested that integrating spirituality into mental heath services...
Hold Your Heads Together to Reduce Prejudice of Mental Health
FromĀ Openforwards: The biomedical model of mental illness does not reduce prejudice against those who are suffering from mental health concerns. Words like "illness" and...
Using Paint, Pen on Paper or Song to Revisit Trauma
FromĀ The Conversation: The literary, visual, and performing arts can play an important role in helping people process trauma, especially for those who have difficulty...
The Case Against Empathy
In this interviewĀ forĀ Vox, Yale psychologist Paul BloomĀ provides a critical perspective on empathy and explains why empathy may be harmful in the long run.
"My beef...
Thomas Insel Leaves the Google-Spawned Verily for a Start-Up
FromĀ Wired: Thomas Insel, neuroscientist and former head of the National Institutes of Mental Health, is leaving his role at the Google-spawned health science company...
NEJM Special Report on Addressing the Opioid Crisis
FromĀ National Institutes of Health: NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow have co-authored a special report on a new public-private...
Corrupt Health Care Practices Drive Up Costs and Fail Patients
FromĀ The Huffington Post: Corruption is insidiously pervasive in our healthcare system and dramatically increases our health expenditures. Patients are increasingly being given unnecessary treatments...
Big Pharma Might Be Intentionally Confusing You
FromĀ Benzinga: The FDA has suggested that drug commercials may intentionally list potential side effects in such a rapid-fire, overwhelming way that the warning messages...
Childhood Anxiety Disorders Are Treatable With Therapies
FromĀ MinnPost: According to psychologist Hal Pickett, childhood anxiety is best reduced through self-care and common-sense therapies such as getting enough sleep, maintaining a balanced...
Risk of Psychosis Greater for People from Ethnic Minorities
FromĀ The Guardian: A new UK study shows that people from ethnic minorities have up to a five times greater risk of psychotic disorders than...
Ohio Attorney General Sues Prescription Opioid Manufacturers
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine hasĀ filed a lawsuit against five leading prescription opioid manufacturers and their related companies in Ross County Court of Common...
Here’s How Witnessing Violence Harms Children’s Mental Health
FromĀ The Conversation: Witnessing violence, via both media coverage of disturbing events and in-person aggression, can have a serious, long-term impact on children's mental health.
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Is Mindfulness Meditation Good for Kids?
FromĀ Vox: Mindfulness-based interventions are increasingly being introduced in schools and touted as helpful methods of reducing students' anxiety and attention problems. However, the research...
Who Names Diseases?
FromĀ Aeon: The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued new guidelines requiring diseases to be named for generic descriptive terms, instead of regional or politically...
The Surprising Science of Fidgeting
In this piece forĀ The Conversation, Harriet Dempsey-Jones provides a variety of possible explanations for why we fidget, as well as the increasing popularity of...
