The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
In this piece for The New Yorker, Junot Diaz reflects on the impact of his experience of childhood sexual abuse and the ways that therapy...
Even When Iâm Psychotic, Iâm Still Me
From The New York Times: I canât divide myself into the ableist Sick Me and Healthy Me, or Sick Me and Real Me. I also believe that hallucinations hold truth, though a hard truth to stay with for very long.
Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes
From The New York Times: The government doesnât publicly divulge the use of antipsychotics given to residents with a schizophrenia diagnosis, so this label is falsely used as a way to give residents more drugs.
“A Little ‘o’⌔: 1BoringOldMan
1BoringOldMan notes the distance traveled from Robert Spitzer's Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) to Thomas Insel's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC), concluding "we have a faulty...
âInvisibilia: For An Artist, A Room Of His Own Is A Lifesaverâ
In this Invisibilia bonus, Angus Chen tells the story of William Kitt, who spent 34 years homeless and maddened by drug-induced hallucinations before getting...
Suicide Rate for Teen Girls Hits 40-Year High
From TIME: According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate among teen girls reached a 40-year high in 2015. From 2007...
“Drop the Language of Disorder”
Peter Kinderman, John Read, Joanna Moncrieff and Richard Bentall write, in Evidence-Based Mental Health this month, that "While some people find a name or...
Over Half of Antidepressant Users Experience Withdrawal When They Stop Medication
From STUFF: More than half of antidepressant users had withdrawal when stopping the medication and a third reported addiction issues, a study finds. Only one per...
What It Was Like to Be a Black Patient in a Jim Crow Asylum
From Mother Jones: "You see a society that was comfortable discarding people," says author Antonia Hylton. "I think a lot of families are still allowing loved ones who are suffering to slowly disappear."
“The Doctor/Patient Relationship Comes First, Last, and Always”
Allen Frances traces the history of empathic listening from Philippe Pinel in the early 19th century, through his own recent conversation with Eleanor Longden....
Maybe Women are More Moody, Maybe Drugs are Not a Good Response
-An interview with psychiatrist Julie Holland about her new book, "Moody Bitches."
C.O.P.E. Strives To Better Safeguard Children From Psychiatric Drugs
From The British Psychological Society: "C.O.P.E.  is a group of child mental health professionals... primary aim is to change public policy in key areas of child...
“The 100 most followed psychologists and neuroscientists on Twitter”
The British Psychological Society's Research Digest has compiled a list of what it claims to be the 100 psychologists and neuroscientists who have the...
Am I a Safe Driver on Psychiatric Medications?
MIA Blogger Monica Cassani reviews the growing scientific evidence about the dangers of driving while under the influence of prescription psychiatric medications on her...
“ADHD: Should We Be Medicalising Childhood?”
London's Telegraph reports: "Despite the fact that Ritalin, which works by stimulating a part of the brain that modifies mental and behavioural reactions, is...
‘Cannot Be Trusted…Causing Harm’: Top Medical Journal Takes on Big Pharma
From The Age: The BMJÂ says doctors are being unduly influenced by industry-sponsored education events and industry-funded trials for major drugs.
Existential Psychologist Rollo May on Freedom
From Brain Pickings: In his 1981 book Freedom and Destiny, existential psychologist Rollo May explores how to attain self-liberation, a process that requires that we learn...
Three Experts Discuss the Role of Insanity in Our Legal System
Three leading legal scholars speak to Pacific Standard about the nature and history of the insanity defense, as well as its impact on our criminal...
Teenage Antidepressants “Doing More Harm Than Good”
From BBC: A leading UK psychiatrist, Dr. David Healy, speaks out about the dangers of the growing prescription of antidepressants to young people under age...
Study: Increasing Min. Wage by $1 Could Reduce US Suicide Rates
From CNN: A new 25-year observational study also found that a $2 increase could have prevented an estimated 40,000 suicides alone between 2009 and 2015.
We Can Heal the Shock We Carry
From Darcia Narvaez/Kindred Media: Dr. Stephanie Minesâ book We Are All in Shock: Energy Healing for Traumatic Times guides readers in self-healing through an integration of trauma psychology, neuroscience, and energy medicine.
I Know Antidepressant Withdrawal Is Real. Why Didnât Doctors?
From The Guardian: Why, when the health of so many people is at stake, did it take so long to listen to patients?
What Is It Like to Be Sectioned?
From ShortList: "'I asked to go out for a cigarette but was told that if I tried to leave I would be sectioned against...
Are Drug Companies Grooming New Customers in the Womb?
From The Baltimore Sun: Over time, studies have shown that antidepressants during pregnancy are linked with congenital defects as well as increased incidence of depression...
The Cruelties of Self-Help Culture
From The New Statesman: I've been dreaming of a self-help book that is honest about the system we live in, the emotional challenges of surviving it, and the realities of failure, but that offers us practical ways to navigate the real challenges that most people face.
