“Tylenol in Pregnancy Tied to Behavior Problems in Children”
For the New York Times’ Well blog, Nicholas Bakalar reports on a new study, in JAMA Pediatrics, that found that using acetaminophen (Tylenol) during...
“UK Tribunal Orders Disclosure of Clinical Trial Data”
“Many people with have been attempting to make sense of the seemingly bizarre claims made by the authors of the PACE Trial since...
“Brain on Fire” to Premiere at Toronto Film Festival
A new movie about the experience of madness caused by anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8-18....
“The Lobotomy Files: Forgotten Soldiers”
The Wall Street Journal published a large multimedia report on documents revealing a time when the US lobotomized some 2,000 veterans. “Besieged by psychologically...
“Antidepressants Can Save Lives but They Made Me Want to Kill”
For the Independent, film maker Katinka Blackford Newman describes her experience with antidepressant-induced psychosis. “When I tell my story, people tell me cases like...
“5 Ways Drug Makers and the Health Care Industry Are Shaping Campaigns”
For STAT, Sheila Kaplan reports how the pharmaceutical industry is lobbying presidential candidates and making major contributions, even to candidates who have criticized the...
“Woman Hospitalized Involuntarily Wants Legal Aid for Mental Health Hearing”
A Canadian woman is attempting to assert her right to a lawyer in order to fight an involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. While homeless, the patient...
“Open Forum: The Emergence of Mental Health Self-Direction – An International Learning Exchange”
The 2015 International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership brought together 45 participants, from seven countries, to share best practices, discuss challenges, and lay the groundwork for...
“How We’re Missing the Real Story on Mental Health in Massachusetts”
MIA contributor Sera Davidow writes an opinion piece in the Boston Globe critiquing those who argue fiercely for more access to mental health treatment...
NEJM Editorial Doubles Down on Resistance to Data Sharing
The New England Journal of Medicine came under fire earlier this year when editors wrote that new efforts for transparency and open data would...
Spiritual Emergency: After Decades of Practising as a Psychotherapist, I am Convinced that our...
James Carpenter, an adjunct professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, writes in Aeon, "Most of modern psychiatry...
“Driven to Suicide by an ‘Inhuman and Unnatural’ Pressure to Sell”
Today’s New York Times features a story of a drug salesman, Ashish Awasthi, who committed suicide when he felt he couldn’t keep up with...
“What if Addiction Is Not a Disease?”
For The Chronicle of Higher Education, David Schimke reports on how debate erupted at a substance abuse conference over whether or not addiction should...
Psychologists Suggest Mental Health is Based on Environment
In a new review for Molecular Psychiatry, psychologists Elaine Fox and Chris Beevers examine the connection between mental health genetics and cognitive biases. “'If...
“‘ADHD: Half Century of Misdiagnosis?’”
The Charlotte Observer announces the September arrival of New York Times writer Allen Schwarz's “ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of An...
“Leading Psychological Myths”
For MinnPost, Susan Perry presents Christian Jarrett’s list of the 10 most “erroneous psychological intuitions are widely believed among the public and are...
“The Drug Docs”
In part six of a seven-part “Drugging Our Kids” series by The Mercury News, Karen de Sa and Tracy Seipel unveil California’s top foster...
“Stop Calling Trump ‘Crazy.’ It Demeans Those With Mental Illness.”
Patrick Kennedy writes in the Washington Post "we ought to stop casually throwing around terms like 'crazy' in this campaign and our daily lives. The president of...
“Study Finds Mental Health Patients No Better Off Behind Locked Doors”
The Lancet Psychiatry published a study last week finding no benefit to locking up patients in mental health hospitals. Data on 145,000 patients found...
“’Mental Illness’ Not a Factor in Most US Gun Violence, Study Finds”
Beth McGinty, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, just completed a study showing that most people with mental illness in...
Ohio Mental Health Services Publish Video Tribute to Pat Risser
Pat Risser, an award-winning human rights activist and mental heath advocate, passed away passed away in June. The Ohio Department of Mental Health and...
“Here are 20 Drug Combinations that you Should Absolutely Avoid”
"Most opioid-related fatalities, for example, do not involve opioids alone but opioids combined with other drugs, typically sedatives such as benzodiazepines or alcohol," says an article in...
“The Myth of Human Adult Neurogenesis?”
Neuroskeptic discusses a recent paper claiming that there is very little evidence for adult neurogenesis – the ongoing creation of new neurons. “The authors...
“Health News Review and What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media”
HealthNewsReview.org founder Gary Schwitzer talks to New York Magazine on the media coverage of medical research. “We in journalism have to look in the mirror...
“Institutional Corruption Blamed for Dramatic Increase in Drug Adverse Events and Deaths”
Pharmaguy investigates the rise of adverse event reports filed each year and reports on a new article in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics ("Institutional...
