NIMH to Host Live ECT Q&A on March 17th
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) will hold a live Facebook event on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on Thursday, March 17, 2016 from 4-5 PM...
“ADHD Meds Tied to Lower Bone Density in Kids”
A new study found that children taking ADHD drugs had, on average, lower bone density than their peers. This included children on common stimulants...
APA to Celebrate Women of Color in Psychology
Beginning next weekend, Saturday, March 12th, the American Psychological Association (APA) is going to live stream #IamPsyched! – “an interactive pop-up exhibit that empowers...
“To Stop Trans Kids from Killing Themselves, Shocking Study Says ‘Accept Them’”
“The transgender community has disproportionately high levels of depression and anxiety,” Diana Tourjee writes for Broadly. “A new study shows that trans kids who...
“Toward a Social Justice Therapy: Let’s Keep Talking”
Can psychotherapy help dismantle oppression? “Social justice focused, analytic therapy- the kind of therapy I strive to do- is one that can support the...
“Reducing Future Suicide Attempts by Forging Connection”
A new study published Tuesday in PLOS Medicine may offer evidence for an intervention for people who have already been hospitalized for a suicide attempt. The...
Most Drug Makers Report Incomplete Side Effects to the FDA
"The regulatory system for reporting side effects caused by prescription drugs is producing its own kind of side effect — incomplete information about injuries...
“Big Pharma’s Animated Ads To Get FDA Scrutiny”
The U.S. FDA on Tuesday announced plans to study the use of animation in television commercials for prescription drugs, expressing concern that cartoon characters may...
“People with Schizophrenia Hear Voices- Their Own”
For Slate, Eliezer Sternberg outlines research suggesting that auditory hallucinations are actually “subvocal speech” produced by the patient themselves. When a schizophrenic patient hears...
“Doctors on Social Media Fail to Disclose Conflicts of Interest”
“A STAT examination of hundreds of social media accounts maintained by health-care professionals finds that while they often tweet medical advice, they almost never disclose potential conflicts of...
“Study Shows Addyi is Not ‘Female Viagra’ by Any Stretch of the Imagination”
Pharmaguy covers a study published in JAMA this month which found that Addyi, the new drug approved by the FDA to treat low sexual...
“’Tortured Artist’ Meme Lacks Good Evidence”
“That vision of the ‘tortured artist’ — the belief that there is a strong link between creativity and mental illness — is deeply embedded...
“Opioids and Benzos Not a Good Combination, Health Directors Say”
“Health Commissioner Leana Wen will join other health directors across the country today in asking the federal government to require a ‘black box warning’...
“The FDA Now Officially Belongs to Big Pharma”
“Robert Califf's ties to Big Pharma run deep and the Obama nominee for the FDA just sailed through the U.S. Senate.”
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“New Issue of Recovery to Practice”
The March issue, “Practicing Recovery: Implementing and Measuring a Recovery Orientation,” features contributions by Larry Davidson and Sandra Steingard on recovery-oriented approaches to mental...
“Open Dialogue: Finland’s Alternative Approach to Mental Illness”
"Almost 30 years ago a group of clinicians in Finland decided to treat psychosis differently. Their approach, known as Open Dialogue, has impressive recovery...
“Royal College Calls for an End to ‘Bashing’ Psychiatrists”
“President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor Sir Simon Wessely is launching a campaign to support medical students and trainee doctors by exposing...
“The Teenage Brain: A Silver Lining to all that Misbehavior”
“While adolescents will take more risks in the presence of their peers than when alone, it turns out that peers can also encourage them...
“Too Many PA Foster Children are on Psychiatric Meds”
For Philly.com, staff writer Stacey Burling reports on the PolicyLab analysis of psychiatric drug use among Pennsylvania children on Medicaid. “Many children in foster...
“Delray Beach: Xanax, Addiction and Death”
“The anguish, anxiety and nightmares were unbearable,” the former film executive Tod Abrams had wrote in a note to his family. “It was only...
“Antipsychotic Linked to GI Side Effects”
A new study found that patients treated with the antipsychotic clozapine experienced gastrointestinal side-effects. “The study findings may help explain morbidity and mortality from...
Yet Another External Review Finds Shocking Flaws in Psychiatric Research at the University of...
Last year, eleven years after the suicide of Dan Markingson in a University of Minnesota drug study, external investigations found evidence of coerced study recruitment, troubling conflicts of interest, shoddy scientific review, deep mistrust of U leaders, and a climate of fear and intimidation in the Psychiatry Department. U leaders solemnly promised the people of Minnesota that they were finally going to clean up the mess. Last week, yet another investigation found that nothing has changed.
“Is There a Link Between Autism and Anorexia?”
“Emerging research shows that people with either autism or anorexia have difficulties understanding and interpreting social cues, and tend to fixate on tiny details...
“How Nazi’s Defense of ‘Just Following Orders’ Plays Out in the Mind”
For PBS NewsHour, Joshua Barajas reports on a “modern day Milgram experiment,” which shows that people obeying commands feel less responsible for their actions....
