Changing the Stories we Tell Ourselves can Change our Lives
In this piece forĀ The Nerdy Herbalist, one woman shares the way that framingĀ her mood experiences as dangerous gifts, not symptoms or disorders, has impacted...
āDriven to Suicide by an āInhuman and Unnaturalā Pressure to Sellā
Todayās New York Times features a story of a drug salesman, Ashish Awasthi, who committed suicide when he felt he couldnāt keep up with...
“How a West African Shaman Helped My Schizophrenic Son”
-MIA Blogger Dick Russell recounts the story of his son and Malidoma SomƩ.
Mental Health in the Age of Coronavirus
From The New York Times: "The pandemic spreads an existential feeling of unsafety, which registers in the neurons around your heart, lungs and viscera....
Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 Explores Poverty + Mental Health
From the British Journal of Photography: One of the categories in this yearāsĀ Wellcome Photography Prize, currently calling for entries, is Mental Health. TheĀ open callĀ is inviting projects like SiĆ¢nĀ Daveyās commission that will counter visual clichĆ©s and stigmas associated with mental health conditions.
The Infant as Reflection of Soul: The Time Before There Was Self
From World Association for Infant Mental Health: By the time most of us reach adulthood, we have not only lost the capacity to regularly access states that we achieved routinely as infants, but we have also lost awareness of that loss.
How Trauma Lodges in the Body
In this episode of On Being, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk discusses the role that bodywork including yoga and eye movement therapy can have...
We Donāt Know If Most Medical Treatments Work, and We Know Even Less About...
From The Conversation: Only one in 20 medical treatments have high-quality evidence to support their benefits, and treatment harms are measured only a third as often as benefits.
Psychiatrists Still Promoting Low-Serotonin Theory of Depression
-A psychiatrist asserts that psychiatrists and pharmaceutical companies never promoted the idea that serotonin deficiencies could cause depression, and suggests that no one at Mad in America has evidence that they did.
āMIT Students Turn Their Brainpower Toward Suicide Preventionā
After seven suicides in two years, students have come together to develop community building interventions including a texting hotline, artificial light boxes, and conversation...
How Literature Teaches Compassion Over Condescension
From Psychology Today: Great works of literature remind us of the humanity of others by allowing us to imagine our way into their woundedness and hear their stories from within.
Call For Abstracts: Philosophical Perspectives on Critical Psychiatry
The Association for Advancement in Philosophy and Psychiatry is issuing a call for abstracts, with a particular interest in submissions from service users. The...
“Is Science Broken?”
-Neuroskeptic previews an upcoming debate, in which he's involved, on the topic of whether science is "broken."
Congressional Inquiry into Alzheimerās Drug Faults Its Maker and FDA
From The New York Times: The agencyās actions "raise serious concerns about FDAās lapses in protocol," the report concluded. Nevertheless, the FDA is now evaluating two other Alzheimerās drugs for approval early next year.
“Suffering From Depression? Take a Course of Surf Lessons! Doctors Prescribe Watersports for Young...
A pilot program of Britain's national health service prescribes surfing lessons for youth with anxiety disorders.Ā 'What is great is it doesnāt feel like therapy...
Woman Shares How Coming Off Antidepressant Ruined Her Life
FromĀ Metro: Originally prescribed the antidepressant Venlafaxine for migraines and persistent low moods, Tabitha Dow shares some of the persistent, debilitating symptoms she continues to...
Why Slashing the NIH Budget is Indefensible
In this op-ed forĀ The Washington Post, Katrina vanden Heuvel critiques President Trump's plan to cut funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by...
“You Calling Me Crazy? The Perils of Misdiagnosis”
-Lisa Di Venuta recounts how a visit to a university counselor about her mild depression quickly got her onto a downward spiral with multiple psychiatric medications and increasing disability.
Thinking of Schizophrenia as Normal Can Be Helpful
Daniel Helman had a psychotic episode at age 20, but has been off all psychiatric medications since 2006 and is now 44. In Schizophrenia...
Police Broke Into Chelsea Manning’s Home With Guns Drawn
From The Intercept: Shortly afterĀ Chelsea Manning posted what appeared to be two suicidal tweets on May 27, police broke into her home with their...
Hearing an Opinion Said Aloud Humanizes the Person Behind it
From theĀ Association for Psychological Science: According to a new research study, people attribute more humanlike qualities to those expressing opinions they disagree with when...
Fighting the fog of Mental Illness
In this special report for theĀ Journal Sentinel, Meg Kissinger tells the story of Amanda Farrell, a woman labeled severely mentally ill who eventually recovered...
The Psychology of Inequality
FromĀ The New Yorker:Ā A number of studies show that much of the damage done by being poor comes not from the conditions of poverty itself,...
Playpen Rats Making Popular Comeback, Defy the Brain-disease Model of Addiction
-University of Queensland addictions experts challenge last year's Nature editorial that claimed there is a scientific "consensus" that addiction is a brain disease.
The Empty Promise of Suicide Prevention
From The New York Times: Antidepressants canāt supply employment or affordable housing, repair relationships with family members or bring on sobriety.
