Why Are Ketamine Ads Following Me Around the Internet?
From The New York Times: A pandemic-related loosening of telehealth laws in 2020 allowed for the prescribing of controlled substances remotely, and this led to an increase in the availability and marketing of ketamine and other drugs.
How Mindstrongâs Rush to Roll Out a âSmoke Alarmâ for Mental Illness Led to...
From STAT: The start-up, cofounded by Tom Insel, claimed to have developed a "biomarker" that could analyze users' typing speeds, typos, and tapping and scrolling patterns for early signs of cognition and mood changes.
Head of FDA’s Neuroscience Unit to Depart
From Fierce Biotech: The embattled regulator, Billy Dunn, has been accused of having had a too-cozy relationship with the pharma company Biogen prior to the approval of their Alzheimerâs drug Aduhelm.
The 9-Question Survey Doctors Use to ‘Diagnose’ Depression Was Created by an Antidepressant Manufacturer
From Insider: The PHQ-9 â the quick tool that made many primary care doctors more comfortable prescribing antidepressants â was designed by a "marketing man" working for Pfizer.
‘More Like Spin-the-Bottle Than Scienceâ: My Mission to Find Proper Treatment for My Sonâs...
From The Guardian: After years journeying through the traditional healthcare system, could radical alternatives save my son from an endless cycle of hospital stays and drugs?
Waking From Sleep: Natural Spirituality | Steve Taylor, PhD
From Spirituality and Psychology: "Higher states of consciousness" or "spiritual experiences" represent a way of seeing and relating to the world which was once normal to human beings, but which we have lost.
The Importance of Recovering Our Feeling Nature | Pete Walker, MFT
From The Tao of Fully Feeling: Individuals who choose or are coerced into only identifying with "positive" feelings often wind up in an emotionally lifeless middle ground â bland, deadened, and dissociated in an unemotional "no-man's-land."
Defining What It Means to Care | Leah Harris
From The Progressive Magazine: We want to think of mental health facilities as safe, compassionate places to get help in a crisis. But unless youâve been a patient in one of these places, it can be difficult to grasp just how carceral and punitive they often are.
Medication Overload: More Older Adults Than Ever Are Taking Multiple Drugs
From Next Avenue: More than 40% of older Americans take five or more prescription drugs, a phenomenon known as polypharmacy, entailing a 200% increase over the past 20 years.
Investigation Spotlights Rise of For-Profit Ethics Boards in Research
From The Washington Post: An emphasis on speed and profit may be leading some institutional research boards to be less focused on potential harms to human subjects, a watchdog report has found.
Some Moms Are Microdosing Mushrooms for Anxiety and Depression
From The Washington Post: âThere is no magic pill or plant that allows you to bypass the healing of childhood trauma," says therapist Brooke Novick. But "this sacred medicine, when used with intention, respect and care, can powerfully support us on our paths of healing and evolution.â
âDescartesâ Errorâ: Why Facts and Feelings Are Inseparable
From Medium/Farid Alsabeh: Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio argues that the link between intellect and affect is much more substantial than we normally think.
Medical Personnel Often Ignore Mental Health Patientsâ Advance Directives
From NC Health News: "The advance directive clearly had medicine that he was allergic to listed on there, and they just disregarded it," said one mother. "So once they did that, he spiraled downward quick."
Data Brokers Are Now Selling Your Mental Health Status
From The Washington Post: For years, data brokers have operated in a controversial corner of the internet economy, but the pandemic-era rise of telehealth and therapy apps has fueled a more contentious product line than usual: Americansâ mental health data.
Obituary of Fred Baughman, Pediatric Neurologist and Prominent Critic of ADHD
Dr. Baughman was the author of the 2006 book The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes Patients Out of Normal Children.
From Nazi Blitzkriegs to ADHD Treatment: What Stimulant Drugs Can and Cannot Do
From CounterPunch: When humans are forced to be cogs in a machineâbe it a war machine, a workplace machine, or a school machineâwe need to become more machinelike, which can be expedited by some psychostimulant drugs.
The Childhood Origins of Narcissism
From Vital Mind Coaching: The core childhood origin/genesis of the ânarcissistic personality' occurs when a child is used by the parent(s) to meet the parent(s)' own needs.
Is It Delusional Paranoia or Heightened Awareness?
From Medium/Rev. Sheri Heller, LCSW: If we are to glean anything from our persecutory fears, let it be that we glean the benefits of distrusting that which should not be trusted.
MAD CAMP July 20-24, 2023 | Seeking Volunteers & Donations | Tickets by March...
From Mad Camp/Madness Radio: Will Hall, Dina Tyler, Monica Cassani and the Mad Camp crew invite planet Earthâs survivors/evaders/transformers of psychiatry to a 5-day summer camp in Northern California.
Gaslighting: What Makes a Person Vulnerable?
From Psychology Today/Peg Streep: Merriam-Webster has named âgaslightingâ the 2022 word of the year. What leaves a person open to this form of psychological abuse?
Childhood: The Unexplored Source of Knowledge | Alice Miller, PhD
From The Natural Child Project: There are many areas where concern with early childhood can represent a liberation from age-old blind alleys.
Is Psychiatry Working? | BBC Sounds
From BBC Sounds: Some people in difficulty, their families, clinicians, psychologists and psychiatrists themselves will tell you there are serious questions about the ways psychiatry understands and treats people in trouble.
Informed Consent for Antidepressants
From The Guardian Letters: Dr. John Read argues people must be told of the high likelihood of emotional blunting and withdrawal effects when they are first offered antidepressants.
When I Was 15, a Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life. This Advice Saved...
From The Washington Post: By the time I left the hospital, I was the scattered wreckage of a teenager, and would spend much of my subsequent adult life avoiding people.
How to Fix the Mental Health Workforce? Peer Counselors Are an Underutilized Resource
From The Seattle Times: Peers build close connections by relating to people in a way clinicians donât, and they can get trained faster and start working, helping close the gaps in a mental health landscape desperate for more staff.
