Childhood Trauma Can Impact Our Gut Bacteria
From Technology Networks: A history of trauma or abuse has been reported in up to half of adults with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), at a prevalence twice that of patients without IBS.
âCuring Naughty Children With Drugsâ
Dr. Max Pemberton âThe Mind Doctorâ weighs in on the Cochrane review which questioned the evidence for Ritalin for ADHD. He writes: âHistory is...
âNIH-Funded Trials Dip, Industry Trials on the Riseâ
"Every year since 2006 in the U.S., the amount of new medical research in humans thatâs funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has gone down, while the number of industry-funded trials has gone up, a new study shows.â
âTo Stop Trans Kids from Killing Themselves, Shocking Study Says ‘Accept Them’â
âThe transgender community has disproportionately high levels of depression and anxiety,â Diana Tourjee writes for Broadly. âA new study shows that trans kids who...
âPsychiatrist Gets 9 Months for Accepting Kickbacks from Drug Firmâ
Chicago Psychiatrist Michael Reinstein received a sentence of nine months in prison for taking an estimated $600,000 in kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies in exchange...
âThe Myth of Self-Controlâ
Brian Resnick talks to psychologists who say that developing willpower might not be the most effective way to get positive results. âIf we could...
Pierre Janet and the History of Psychological Treatments
In this piece for Holistic Elephants, Bernard Guerin discusses Pierre Janet's book Psychological Healing: A Historical and Clinical Study, which describes a variety of mental health...
“Power failure: Why Small Sample Size Undermines the Reliability of Neuroscience”
An article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience about low sample sizes suggests, according to The Guardian, that "the likelihood that any claimed effect (based on...
“Too Much Medicine Is Bad For Our Health”
Calling it "easily the most important meeting I ever attended," psychiatrist Allen Francis writes in Psychiatric Times about the âPreventing Overdiagnosisâ conference at Dartmouth.
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“Study Ignites Debate Over Non-Drug Treatment For Schizophrenia”
"Last month," says WBUR Boston, "the Lancet published a study looking at the effects of cognitive therapy on patients with schizophrenia who refused to take medication...
“Preventing the Onset of Psychosis: Not Quite There Yet”
Robert Heinssen and Thomas Insel of the National Institute of Mental Health argue in Schizophrenia Bulletin that the balance of evidence does not support...
âOntario Justice System âPunishesâ Mental Illnessâ
The Toronto Star reports on a 40-page analysis of the criminalization of mental illness released by the John Howard Society of Ontario last week. The crime and justice non-profit claims that âjails have replaced asylums as repositories for people who donât have adequate resources to cope with community living,â with the unintended consequence that people in need of treatment âare forced to navigate a system that was never intended to be therapeutic.â
Driving Ourselves Crazy: Car Culture as Collective Madness
From Mental Hellth: The dominant belief is that cars form a welcome and irreplaceable part of modern life and that their benefits outweigh the negatives. What advantages, though, do they really bring?
“âADHD: Half Century of Misdiagnosis?â”
The Charlotte Observer announces the September arrival of New York Times writer Allen Schwarz's âADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of An...
Political Neuroscience: “Growth Mindsets” and Disability
From Neuroskeptic: The British government is launching a new initiative, the "Health and Work Conversation," a one-hour conversation in which welfare claimants receiving financial support...
Two’s a Crowd: Guattari and Deleuze
In this piece for Aeon, Edward Thornton chronicles the friendship and collaboration between the radical psychoanalyst Félix Guattari and the postmodern philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
"'How could two...
“Dr. Liebermanâs Latest”
Behaviorism and Mental Health takes note of a new blog by Jeffrey Lieberman, the president of the APA, in which he claims both that...
“I Overmedicated my Kid: No, it Isnât ADHD â Big Pharmaâs Attention Obsession Puts...
Physician Daniela Drake writes on Salon that "When we rush to prescribe boatloads of Adderall, we miss lesser-known disorders holding kids back. I know...
What’s Happening in Mental Health Services? | Asylum Magazine
From Asylum Magazine: Perhaps we need to spend less energy arguing about 'models' of mental health care and turn our attention to challenging the abuse of power.
âThe Teenage Brain: A Silver Lining to all that Misbehaviorâ
âWhile adolescents will take more risks in the presence of their peers than when alone, it turns out that peers can also encourage them...
How an Ancient Singing Tradition Helps People Cope With Trauma
From YES! Magazine: Lament singing, an ancient tradition once observed for spiritual purposes during funerals, weddings, and times of war, is now seeing a revival in...
Why We Need to Get Better at Critiquing Psychiatric Diagnosis
In this piece for Mind Hacks, Vaughan Bell, a long-term critic of psychiatric diagnosis, points out the major flaws and logical fallacies in some of...
“Andrew Solomon, Poster Child for Psychiatric Misdiagnosis”
Beyond Meds highlights a reappraisal of Andrew Solomon, whose book "The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression" is often pointed to as testimony for the...
Psychiatrist Discovers Who Was Secretly Paying the Psychiatrists Who Mocked Her
Young psychiatrist Jean Kim argues that psychiatrists need to reflect more on the morality of their work, then gets "laughed out of the room"...
“Unexpected Advantages of Anxiety”
PsyBlog discusses various studies that show "unexpected advantages" to having somewhat higher levels of anxiety. Many people feel that those who are more easily...
