Around The Web

Updates on critical psychiatry postings across the Internet.

“Four-Year-Old Given Ten Times Suggested Dose of Antipsychotic”

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“The mother of a four-year-old boy is left with a lot of questions after a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy messed up her son's prescription,...

“Human Rights and Critical Ethical Thinking at The Heart of Everything We Do”

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For the British Psychological Society, Peter Kinderman writes: “Psychology cannot claim the ethical moral high-ground. We have seen psychologists complicit in the eugenics movement and in...

“The ‘Extreme’ Side-Effects of Antidepressants”

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"I was getting seizure-like symptoms, where my muscles were jolting around of their own accord," Claire Hanley tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, explaining the...

“Macklemore’s New Song About Opioids, Line by Line”

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STAT does a line by line analysis of the new song “Drug Dealer” by the rapper Macklemore. “My drug dealer was a doctor, doctor,”...

“There’s Such a Thing as Too Much Neuroscience”

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John Markowitz, a clinical psychiatrist and professor, argues that the NIMH’s exclusive focus on neuroscience research is failing patients in The New York Times....

“Personal Responsibility Within Health Policy: Unethical and Ineffective”

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For BMJ Blogs, Phoebe Friesen argues that including “personal responsibility” in health care policy can end up penalizing those who engage in stigmatizing behaviors....

“In Mental Health Care, Are We Treating the Symptom and Not the Cause?”

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In all our focus on improving the mental health care system, are we missing something? Rob Gitin, the co-founder and executive director of At The...

“Neurofeedback and ADHD”

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The Mental Health Review blog discusses several studies comparing neurofeedback to placebo for ‘ADHD.’ “Many parents are being told that neurofeedback will ‘cure’ ‘ADHD’...

“NIH Awards $150 million for Research on Environmental Influences on Child Health”

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The National Institutes of Health announced $157 million in awards in fiscal year 2016 to launch a seven-year initiative called Environmental influences on Child...

“Bad Science Misled Millions with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”

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Doctor’s advice for chronic fatigue syndrome is based on a 2011 study published in The Lancet. “Problem is, the study was bad science. And...

“Psychiatry as a Cultural System”

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On his Critical Psychiatry blog, Duncan Double responds to Gary Sidley’s post on MIA about radical change in our mental health systems.  “I do...

“Worldwide Brain-Mapping Project Sparks Excitement–and Concern”

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Nature magazine discusses the many research programs initiated around the world to “map the brain.” “Joshua Vogelstein, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University in...

“Antidepressant Smoke & Mirrors”

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For the ISEPP website, Frederick Ernst criticizes Peter Kramer’s defense of antidepressants in the Wall Street Journal. “The conclusions he has drawn are simply...

“How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Premature Aging”

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For Time, Jeffrey Kluger reports on a new study suggesting that “adverse experiences in childhood can hasten the telomere burn-down, leading to premature aging...

“America is Obsessed with Happiness — and it’s Making Us Miserable”

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“But the more conversations I have about happiness, and the more I absorb the idea that there’s a glittering happy ever after out there...

“The Psychology of Victim-Blaming”

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In a long-read for The Atlantic, Kayleigh Roberts explores the psychological impulse to blame victims for their misfortune and why it may be particularly...

“Nordstrom Yanks Prescription Pill-Themed Luxury Fashion Line”

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“Caving to pressure, Nordstrom has pulled the plug on a luxury fashion line inspired by prescription pills,” STAT reports. “Critics charge that the collection was irresponsible and in...

“CDC Issues Sweeping New Guidelines to Restrict Opioid Prescribing”

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The CDCs new guidelines are targeted at primary care physicians and family doctors who write the majority of prescriptions for opioids and other painkillers....

The Bonnie Burstow Scholarship in Antipsychiatry Campaign Launched

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An exciting new scholarship has been established by The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at The University of Toronto called "The Bonnie...

“Still Crazy After All These Years: Psychiatric Lock-Down Returns To The US”

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For Activist Post, Janet Phelan reports on the new psychiatric hospitals being built in droves across the US.  She connects the increase in psychiatric...

“Gretchen LeFever Watson: The Deadly Dangers of ADHD Drugs”

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Gretchen LeFever Watson, a clinical psychologist, connects the US opioid crisis to the overdiagnosis of ADHD in a guest editorial for The Virginian Pilot....

“Ghostwriting: The Importance of Definition and its Place in Contemporary Drug Marketing”

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Former ghostwriter, Alastair Matheson, talks to BMJ about how the pharmaceutical industry found a loophole to continue composing articles in medical journals without admitting...

“McCain Introduces Bill to Prevent Overmedication and Suicide Among Veterans”

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Last week, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the Veterans Overmedication Prevention Act in the House of Representatives to prevent the overmedication of veterans and combat suicide...

“Does the FDA have a High Enough Standard for Drug Approvals?”

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Last week STAT hosted a panel of experts, asking “Is the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process broken?” Article →­

“The Drug Industry Thrives on the Revolving Door”

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Sheila Kaplan reports for STAT on a new study finding that more than half of FDA drug reviewers went on to work for the...