“Why are More Children Being Prescribed Antidepressants? Funding Cuts”
Eleanor Morgan writes in the Guardian opinions that the long waiting times for talk therapy and the increasing use of drugs in the UK...
Senate to Decide on Funding of National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Senator Cory Booker is circulating a letter in the Senate to support for the President’s budget request for funding the National Child Traumatic Stress...
“Can Adderall Abuse Trigger Temporary Schizophrenia?”
From the Daily Beast: "Amphetamines come with a host of negative side effects, most commonly insomnia and irregular heartbeat. But in less common cases, the...
“No Evidence Ritalin Makes a Difference Long Term for ADHD Kids”
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that, three years into an Australian study that is following 178 children with ADHD and 212 children without ADHD, the...
“Is It Really A.D.H.D. or Just Immaturity?”
The New York Times considers new research from Taiwan that suggests the possibility that the relative neurocognitive immaturity of younger children in a school cohort,...
“ADHD: Should We Be Medicalising Childhood?”
London's Telegraph reports: "Despite the fact that Ritalin, which works by stimulating a part of the brain that modifies mental and behavioural reactions, is...
“Half of US Preschoolers Diagnosed with ADHD Get Drugs, Is that Necessary?”
Laura McClure for Ted.com explains why giving amphetamines to children for behaviors deemed abnormal is a societal and public policy issue. “It’s a little...
“A Child’s First Eight Years Critical for Substance Abuse Prevention”
This week, the National Institute of Health (NIH) released a summary of new research on the effects of early childhood on substance abuse and...
“Electric Shock Therapy Led to Sunderland Patient Having Permanent Fit”
Update: Elsie Tindle has sadly passed away after a forced electroshock treatment triggered an epileptic fit and permanent brain damage. The psychiatrist, Eugene van...
Video: “Antidepressants Made Things Worse”
BBC news conducts a video interview with a young man named George. He was prescribed antidepressants when he was 15, after only a five-minute...
“Study Links Mobile Device Addiction to Depression and Anxiety”
A study published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior found that addictions to mobile devices are linked to anxiety and depression in college students....
“Psychosis: With Early, Informed Intervention, There’s Hope”
Columnist Nev Jones writes about the lack of adequate care for people in the US experiencing a first-episode of psychosis. “Evidence-based (or informed) psychotherapies...
“Sweat is the Best Antidepressant”
The University of Toronto recently opened a Mental Health and Physical Activity Research Centre to work with individual students, and to study the link...
Video: “Psychiatry Must Stop Ignoring Trauma, with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk”
In this video for Big Think psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk explores his field's long, complex, and stubborn history with trauma. “Psychiatry is still...
“Antidepressants Linked to Tooth Implant Failure, New Study Finds”
Researchers from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) found that antidepressants weaken bone growth which can disrupt procedures like tooth implants....
“Document Claims Drug Makers Deceived a Top Medical Journal”
The New York Times reports that two major pharmaceutical companies may have mislead the editors of a prestigious medical journal in an effort to...
“The Mystery of When to Stop Antidepressants”
Researchers are studying whether psychological treatments can prevent relapse after patients go off antidepressant medication, reports the Wall Street Journal, noting that "SSRIs have long been...
“Mind, Myth and Madness”
Are psychiatric diagnoses real, or are they the cause of an apparent global mental health crisis? Researchers Richard Bentall and Simon Baron-Cohen, and psychiatrist Dinesh Bhugra...
Julie Montagu’s Husband and Prescription Drug Dependence
Julie Montagu, the future Countess of Sandwich and reality TV show star, talks about the medical mistake that left her husband bedridden. “Racked by...
“Deciding on Assisted Death in Context of Mental Illness Highly Complex, Experts Say”
“One of the most contentious issues sparked by Canada's upcoming right-to-die legislation is whether people with mental illness should be eligible to seek a...
“It’s All In Her Bed (Or, Don’t Shoot the Massager)”
The drug watch blog Evidencer.org takes on Flibanserin (Addyi) the first drug claiming “to enhance women’s sexual drive…”
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“Will Pfizer Overcome Generic Antidepressant Market?”
Pfizer’s patents on Xanax, Zoloft, and Effexor have run out and generics are now coming to market. The company is also facing lawsuits from...
“Mental health patients to Bernie Sanders: Don’t compare us to the GOP candidates”
The Washington Post reports that Bernie Sanders' remark likening the "antics" of Republican candidates during recent debates to people with mental health challenges has drawn an...
“Explaining Rage: A Q&A with R. Douglas Fields”
Scientific American MIND talks to the author of Why We Snap about the incident that sparked the idea for this book and what readers can do to...
“Who’s Deluded?? Fact-checking the ‘ReachOut Psychosis’ Show for Schools”
Rob Wipond won't rest until he's publicly commented on ReachOut Psychosis, an “educational” show touring British Columbia schools, that "traffics in a shocking abundance of...
