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Updates on critical psychiatry postings across the Internet.

ā€œAmid Public Feuds, A Venerated Medical Journal Finds Itself Under Attackā€

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The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has come under intense scrutiny for delayed corrections and controversial editorials and articles. ā€œThe Journal and its...

ā€œ5 Ways Drug Makers and the Health Care Industry Are Shaping Campaignsā€

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For STAT, Sheila Kaplan reports how the pharmaceutical industry is lobbying presidential candidates and making major contributions, even to candidates who have criticized the...

ā€œThe Only Cure for OCD Is Expensive, Elusive, and Scaryā€

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The Atlantic features a story about the availability of effective treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Ā ā€œMany OCD sufferers and their families say finding the...

Some Physical Conditions Are Linked With Increased Suicide Risk

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FromĀ The Huffington Post: New research shows that 17 physical health conditions, including sleep disorders and diabetes, are associated with an increased suicide risk. Patients...

Jerome Adams Nominated as New U.S. Surgeon General

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FromĀ STAT: President Trump has nominated Indiana's health commissioner, Dr. Jerome Adams, to be the next surgeon general. Adams has played a critical role in...

Rise in Children With Mental Health Concerns After Terror Attacks

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FromĀ The Guardian: According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the number of children and young people seeking mental health support has spiked since recent...

“Psychosis Risk Syndrome is Back to Haunt Us”

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Allen Frances adds to his catalog of DSM-5 mistakes with the return of the controversial - and ultimately rejected - "Psychosis Risk Disorder", under...

Here’s a Surprising Extreme Heat Risk for 1 in 6 Americans

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From NBC News:Ā "White is among the one in six Americans who take psychiatric medications. Many can interfere with the activity of the hypothalamus, a...

The Weight of Trauma: Racial Profiling Has Lasting Effects

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From St. Louis Public Radio: "A studyĀ from theĀ Journal of Mental Health CounsellingĀ found that 81 percent of the African-Americans who reported racial discrimination were more...

“I often have paranoid feelings towards mental health practitioners”

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"I often have paranoid feelings concerning mental health practitioners even though these are the professionals who apparently are trying to help," writes Jack Bragen...

“Randomized Controlled Trials in Environmental Health Research: Unethical or Underutilized?”

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-Simon Fraser University health scientists argue that we need to start doing more randomized controlled trials to better understand the negative impacts of environmental pollutants on human bodies and brains.

“Zap Mama: My Long, Slow, Dizzy Breakup With My Antidepressant”

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-Salon assistant editor Joanna Rothkopf describes her year of failed efforts to get off the antidepressant Zoloft.

Why Black Psychology Matters

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From Psychology Today: Black psychologists such as Joseph White articulated the principles of a positive and strengths-based psychology prior to the formation of positive psychology.

ā€œThe Great ā€˜Mental Illnessā€™ Hoax: Rampage Killings and the Gun Cultureā€

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Over at CounterPunch, Carl Boggs takes on the knee-jerk mental illness response that pervades the airwaves after every mass shooting. He writes: ā€œWhat the mental-health fixation lacks is any semblance of historical or social context. Given the persistence of U.S. imperialism and militarism ā€” and mounting fascination with combat and guns in a society transfigured by its warfare state ā€” Washington remains a thriving center of global violence: repeated armed interventions abroad have found their domestic parallel in the worldā€™s largest prison system, a deepening gun culture, home-bred terrorism, police atrocities, and a media culture filled with spectacles of warfare and bloodshed.ā€

Chris Cornell’s Family Settles Lawsuit With Doctor Over Rocker’s Death

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From Fox News: The Cornell familyĀ alleged that prescribed medication, especially lorazepam (Ativan), led to erratic behavior from the Soundgarden frontmanĀ before his death by suicide.

ā€œTaking Media Out of Social Occasionsā€

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ā€œSocial mediaā€™s link to jealousy and depression is well-chronicled,ā€ Kara Baskin writes in the Boston Globe, ā€œand the recent holidays ā€” when all sorts of unsavory emotions bubble forth anyway ā€” amplify it.ā€

Science Vs Podcast Looks at Antidepressants and Placebos

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ā€œDo antidepressants work? Thereā€™s an intriguing body of research that suggests the power of antidepressants doesnā€™t come from chemicals in the drugs, but from...

The General who Went to war on Suicide

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FromĀ Politico Magazine:Ā Having struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts himself, Major General Dana Pittard developed a unique approach to suicide prevention in the military: expanding...

Scott Gottlieb Confirmed as Head of the FDA

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FromĀ Pacific Standard: This past Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Scott Gottlieb as head of the Food and Drug Administration. "Although some Senate Democrats had worried about...

Integrating Spirituality, Clinical Care Effective for Mental Health

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FromĀ Healio: Preliminary research results presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Diego, California suggested that integrating spirituality into mental heath services...

“Concern over anti-psychotic drug given to soldiers”

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ABC News discovers that the military is resorting to antipsychotics to quiet traumatized soldiers, rather than treating the trauma. Article ā†’

“Mental Illness: is ‘Chemical Imbalance’ Theory a Myth?”

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Canada's The Star traces the "chemical imbalance" story's fall from bedrock scientific principle to marketing device, at the same time that a $70 billion...

How Big Pharma Deceives You About Drug Safety

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FromĀ The Conversation: A Saskatchewan judge recently rejected a proposed settlement between the Canadian provinces and Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, over the opioid...

Early Birds Less Prone to Depression

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From Medical Xpress: "Middle-to-older aged women who are naturally early to bed and early to rise are significantly less likely to develop depression, according...

AP Exclusive: Washington Psychiatric Hospital Called “Hell”

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FromĀ WSMV: "Despite a shakeup in leadership and vows to correct problems, the hospital continually puts patients at risk, according to a recent surpriseĀ federal inspection....