âKidsâ Anxiety â itâs a Normal Part of Growing upâ
Psychology professor Line Caes writes for The Conversation: âWhile itâs important to acknowledge childrenâs worries and reassure them that things are okay, children at...
âTurning Back the Clock 1 Hour Takes a Toll on Mental Healthâ
The Washington Post reports on a study out of Denmark finding that âthe transition from summer time to standard time were associated with an...
âPharma May Have Defeated Prop 61, But State Battles Over Pricing Continueâ
STAT reports on the continuing struggles of state governments to reign in pharmaceutical costs in the wake of failed efforts in California.
âWhat Will President Trump Mean for Science?
Sarah Kaplan for the Washington Post reports that while âTrump has pledged to cut federal spending he hasnât offered details on how this will affect funding for scientific research.â
“A River of Lost Souls Runs Through Western Coloradoâ
The Washington Post investigates the epidemic of suicide and the overuse of psychiatric drugs that is sweeping through towns in Colorado.
âLA Hospital Pays $450,000 After ‘Dumping’ Homeless Patientâ
The city of Los Angeles âsued the Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center in April 2015, stating that its employees had driven the 38-year-old...
âFDA Issues Guidelines for Female Libido Pills After Learning Some Hard Lessonsâ
From STAT:Â It âlooks like the FDA is using this guidance to keep another company from trying to get a female sexual desire drug approved...
âNot All There: My Motherâs Lobotomyâ
In a First Opinion featured story for STAT, Mona Gable tells the story of her mother, who had a lobotomy at age 33 as...
âDisparities and High Costs Fuel the Health Care Crisisâ
For the Boston Globe, Jeffrey Sachs examines Americaâs health crisis and finds its roots in inequality. âAt the core of the crisis of health...
âThe Only Cure for OCD Is Expensive, Elusive, and Scaryâ
The Atlantic features a story about the availability of effective treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Â âMany OCD sufferers and their families say finding the...
âHealthcareâs Dirty Little Secret: Results from many Clinical Trials are Unreliableâ
For The Conversation, a team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen report that a substantial number of research trials produce unreliable results. âIf that...
âIs the FDA Too Cozy With Drug Companies?â
TIME magazine covers a new report suggesting that many medical reviewers who work for the FDA go on to work for the drug companies they...
âInstagram Launches New Tool to Offer Mental Health Supportâ
âInstagram is launching a new tool that allows users to anonymously flag posts about self-harm or other mental health issues. Once a picture is flagged,...
âIn a Tight Race, Pharmaâs Favorite Senator gets a Little help from his Friendsâ
STAT reports that Senator Richard Burr, who has consistently protected the pharmaceutical and biotech industries from regulation, is getting a boost in funding from...
âBBC Radio Covers Prescription Drug Addictionâ
The BBC has today broadcast a program on BBC 5 Live which reports on the BMAâs call for a 24-hour national prescription drug helpline. CEP co-founder...
âReadying for Pricing Fight, Drug Lobby to add $100 Million to Coffersâ
STAT reports that the drug industryâs top lobbying group is attempting to boost its funds in anticipation of a show down with regulators. Clinton...
âHearing Voices is More Common Than You Might Thinkâ
MIA contributor John Read writes for The Conversation: âPsychiatryâs diagnostic bibles, the American DSM-5 and the World Health Organisationâs ICD-10, portray auditory hallucinations as...
âClinton Campaign Questioned FDA Commissionerâs Ties to Pharmaâ
Emails from Hillary Clintonâs campaign, released by WikiLeaks last week, show that her campaign weighed whether or not to attack Robert Califf for being...
âHow Your Gut Influences Your Mental Healthâ
In this video from BigThink, Dr. Emeran Mayer, author of The Mind-Gut Connection, describes the gut as our âsecond brain.â âBy far the largest...
âSanders Seeks Ariad Data on Cancer Drug Price Hikesâ
For STAT, Ed Silverman reports on the former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' ongoing fight against pharmaceutical companies. Sanders sent Ariad Pharmaceuticals  a letter asking for...
âLargest Nursing Home Pharmacy Pays $28 Million to Settle Kickback Chargesâ
âOmnicare, which is the nationâs largest nursing home pharmacy, agreed on Monday to pay more than $28 million to resolve charges of seeking kickbacks...
âHow Gaps In Mental Health Care Play Out In Emergency Roomsâ
NPR covers research finding that 6 percent of all emergency room visits involve psychiatric symptoms.
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âWhat Side Effects? Most Consumers Donât Read Drug Risk Informationâ
For Pharmalot, Ed Silverman reports on a recent study suggesting that people do not pay attention to the risk information on prescription drugs.
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âGeneration Adderallâ
In a major piece for the New York Times, Casey Schwartz discusses the difficulty of getting off of prescription stimulants after abusing them for...
âWho Killed the Psychosis Challenge Study?â
The Fear and Loathing in Bioethics blog discusses the history of âpsychosis challengeâ or âsymptom provocationâ studies that were exposed by Robert Whitaker and...
