Life Experience is Key for Certified Peer Support Specialists
FromĀ MinnPost: Peer support specialists can play a crucial role in helping people recover from life challenges including addiction, mental health concerns, and homelessness.
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From Protoscience to Proper Science
FromĀ The Guardian: The field of psychology is fraught with fundamental problems in its research practices, from publication bias to data corruption. The field must...
UK Trials Body Cameras for Staff in Mental Health Wards
FromĀ Engadget: An early trial has found that staff-worn body cameras can reduce confrontation and aggressive behavior, including incidents of physical restraint, in psychiatric hospitals.
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The Truth About Long-Term Antidepressant Use
FromĀ The Guardian: As antidepressant prescriptions rise and have doubled in the past decade, mental health experts are becoming increasingly concerned about adverse effects and...
The Moment the Narrative Changed?
FromĀ The British Psychological Society: BBC Horizon's recent documentary "Why Did I Go Mad?" has been monumental in changing the biomedical paradigm of mental illness....
Lifestyle Changes, Not a Magic Pill, Can Reverse Alzheimer’s
FromĀ Aeon: A recent study at UCLA found that lifestyle changes including diet modifications, exercise, stress management, and increasedĀ sleep can significantly improve the memory and...
Four-Part Series on Drug Abuse, Trauma, and How to Heal It
In this four-part seriesĀ on drug abuse and trauma,Ā Parents Opposed to PotĀ provides an overview of the impact of adverse childhood experiences, how they persist, and...
AHCA Puts Disabled People One Step Closer to Institutions
FromĀ Talk Poverty: Last week, the House passed the American Health Care Act, which wouldĀ cut funding from in-home care programs and community support for seniors...
Introducing the Doing the Right Thing Award
FromĀ STAT:Ā STAT has recently awarded the first-ever Doing the Right Thing (DiRT) Award to the American Diabetes Association and its flagship journal,Ā Diabetes, for championing correct...
If Money can Make you Happy, can Debt Make you Sad?
FromĀ Aeon: WhileĀ research shows that having financial resources contributes to our happiness and satisfaction, borrowing money and being in debt add to our dissatisfaction and...
Mental Health Awareness Month: Seven Things to be Aware of
In this piece forĀ Truthout, Noel Hunter lists seven facts it is important to be cognizant of during Mental Health Awareness Month, from the influence...
Stop Chasing the Drug, Focus on ACEs
FromĀ ACEsĀ Connection: According to Dr. Daniel Sumrok, director of the Center for Addiction Sciences at the University of Tennessee, addiction is a normal response to...
Parents Tinker With Diet to Treat ADHD
FromĀ STAT: Concerned about the potential adverse effects of ADHD medications, some parents are addressing their children's ADHD through nutrition-based approaches.
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Gut Feelings on Parkinson’s and Depression
FromĀ Cerebrum: Modulating the gut microbiota may be an effective strategy to treat both Parkinson's disease and depression.
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Dear Scott Gottlieb: Add New Warnings to Paxil Labels
FromĀ 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...
Can Science Ever Tell us Whether Free Will Exists?
FromĀ The Irish Times: In recent experiments, scientists have identified "unconscious determinants" in the brainĀ that help predict the decisions of research subjects. However, philosophers argue...
Why Social Media can Never Fill the Void in our Depressing Lives
FromĀ VICE: According to Marcus Gilroy-Ware, author ofĀ Filling the Void: Emotion, Capitalism & Social Media, society's widespread use ofĀ social media stems from and is exploited...
The ‘Choosing Wisely’ Campaign is Five Years Old
FromĀ MinnPost: TheĀ Choosing Wisely campaign, which was launched to promote informed consent among patients, is now five years old. The campaign has been very successful...
Staggering Levels of Health Spending in U.S.
From theĀ Center for Health Journalism: In 2015, the U.S. spent a staggering $3.2 trillion on health care.Ā This budget is often spent ineffectively; our spending...
Phony Peer Review: The More we Look, the More we Find
FromĀ STAT: Publishers are increasinglyĀ finding previously published studies that need to be retracted due to fraudulent peer review processes. Springer recently announced the retraction of...
Our Health Care System Still Massively Overtreats Patients
From theĀ Center for Health Journalism: It is a commonly held belief that more medical care is always better; however, overtreatment can be harmful to...
13 Reasons to Watch 13 Reasons Why
FromĀ Acting NT: Many mental health advocates have objected to the Netflix seriesĀ 13 Reasons Why, which centers around the suicide of a teenage girl. Here...
An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety
FromĀ Brain Pickings: According to philosopher Alan Watts, the antidote to human frustration and daily anxiety is mindfulness and staying fully present in the moment.
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The Link Between Opioids and Unemployment
FromĀ The Atlantic: A recent study found that increases in unemployment rates are associated with increased opioid overdoses and emergency room visits.
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Court-Ordered Psychiatric Tests Used as a Weapon
FromĀ Courier Mail: Divorced parents are increasingly ordering involuntary psychiatric examinations against one another to be used as a weapon in custody fights.
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