“Coercive Mental Health Legislation Threatens Rights of People”
“Hailed as a rare bipartisan victory, the Murphy Bill lets politicians falsely claim progress against gun violence while stigmatizing people with 'mental illness,' undermining...
“Beyond Anger”
Writing for Aeon, the famous philosopher of ethics, Martha Nussbaum addresses how philosophy can lead us out of a politics and culture of anger....
“Kindness Contagion”
For Scientific American, researcher Jamil Zaki highlights a form of positive conformity: the contagiousness of kindness. “By emphasizing empathy-positive norms, we may be able...
“3 People Charged in Billion-Dollar Health Care Scam”
“Three people have been charged in a $1-billion health care scam that used Miami nursing homes to cheat thousands of patients and prescribe unnecessary treatments for...
NPR: “Gun Violence And Mental Health Laws”
On NPR’s Morning Edition, Lauren Silverman debunks the assumption that mass shooters are usually ‘mentally ill,’ and that mental health policy can substitute for...
“You Won’t Believe the Outrageous Ways Big Pharma Has Bribed Doctors to Shill Drugs”
For the Influence, Martha Rosenberg looks into all of the ways Big Pharma attempts to market its drugs to physicians. “They used to wine...
“Chelsea Manning Facing Punishment After Suicide Attempt”
Truthdig reports that convicted whistleblower Chelsea Manning is now facing consequences for attempting suicide earlier this month, including the potential for solitary confinement. According...
“Psychiatrist Uses a ‘Fever Machine’ to Treat Depression”
Sarah Beller reports that Arizona psychiatrist Charles Raison is attempting to revive the idea of treating mental distress with high temperatures. “Even as Americans...
“European Regulator Recommends Suspending Numerous Drugs Over Clinical Trial Problems”
Pharmalot’s Ed Silverman reports that a number of generic drugs, sold by Novartis and Teva Pharmaceuticals, may be pulled off of the shelves after...
“Is Addiction Really a Disease?”
Neuroscientist and psychologist Marc Lewis, author of “The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not A Disease,” suggests in the Guardian that treating addiction as...
“Selling Side Effects: Big Pharma’s Marketing Machine?”
Drug Watch releases an in-depth investigation into the marketing practices of pharmaceutical companies in the United States. “Companies spend billions advertising to doctors to...
“The Secret Documents That Detail How Patients’ Privacy is Breached”
“When the federal government takes the rare step of fining medical providers for violating the privacy and security of patients’ medical information, it issues...
“Medical Groups Push to Water Down Requirements for Disclosing Industry Ties”
Pharmalot’s Ed Silverman reports on a Senate bill aimed at loosening requirements around the reporting of financial conflicts of interest between companies and physicians....
“Why are Doctors Plagued by Depression and Suicide?”
For STAT news, Judith Graham reports on the escalating crisis of depression, burnout, and suicide among physicians. “Male doctors are 1.4 times more likely to kill...
“With Coercive Control, the Abuse Is Psychological”
“Coercive control describes an ongoing and multipronged strategy, with tactics that include manipulation, humiliation, isolation, financial abuse, stalking, gaslighting and sometimes physical or sexual...
The ONION: “New Antidepressant Makes Friends’ Problems Seem Worse”
“This drug allows depressed patients to concentrate exclusively on their friends’ troubles and mentally magnify them, enabling them to, for example, construe an insignificant...
“Has Psychology Sold Out to Psychiatry?”
On his "From Insults to Respect" blog, psychologist Jeff Rubin examines the APA’s participation in the labeling practices promoted by psychiatry. “It just so...
“‘Acting Out’ or Suffering from Trauma?”
Eve Troeh and Mallory Falk explore the use of trauma informed curriculum in the New Orleans school system following Hurricane Katrina. “Consider the everyday...
“Vast Majority of Americans Want to Criminalize Data Fraud”
Retraction Watch highlights a new study, “Public Attitudes Toward Data Fraud And Selective Reporting in Science,” finding that the public overwhelmingly believes that data fraud...
“Learning to Live with the Voices Inside Your Head”
For ABC’s All in the Mind, Lynne Malcolm and Olivia Willis report on the latest research showing that hearing voices may be far more...
“Invisibilia: For An Artist, A Room Of His Own Is A Lifesaver”
In this Invisibilia bonus, Angus Chen tells the story of William Kitt, who spent 34 years homeless and maddened by drug-induced hallucinations before getting...
“Evolutionary Forces Are Causing a Boom in Bad Science”
From the New Scientist: “Paul Smaldino and Richard McElreath at the University of California Davis used an evolutionary theory-based computational model to analyse the problem of bad...
“Childhood Adversity Hurts Our Mental and Physical Health”
Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, a recipient of a 2013 MacArthur Foundation genius award, wrote: “ ACE Scores should become a vital sign, as important as height, weight,...
“Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds? By Hilary Rose and Steven Rose”
"It’s an appealing idea: the notion that understanding the learning brain will tell us how to maximise children’s potential, bypassing the knotty complexities of...
Placebo: A Groundbreaking, Clinically Proven Treatment
In this Shouts & Murmurs video from the New Yorker placebo pills get the full drug advertisement treatment.
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