“A Preliminary Taxonomy of the Voices Inside Your Head”
-BPS Research Digest reports on growing efforts to understand the voices that virtually everyone hears in their heads.
The Time I Didnât Get Enlightened: My Silly Visit to the Emergency Psychiatric Facility
From Dan Latner/Medium: Iâm baffled that such a pleasurable and transformative experience as I had was immediately pathologized as a mood disorder.
Kaiser Clinic Launches 4-Question ACE Survey Pilot for Adults
From ACEs Too High News: "In July, medical residents in family medicine at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose, CA, began screening adult patients for...
Overdose Deaths Soar Across Country Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
From The Appeal: "COVID-19 really highlights the risk factors [for deaths of despair] that we know are most prevalent: unemployment, social isolation, disconnection. Those are huge risk factors."
FDA Approves Pill That Digitally Tracks if Patients Have Ingested it
The FDA has approved Abilify MyCite, a pill with a sensor that digitally tracks whether patients have taken their medication.
"The system works by sending...
Calls for Segregated Mental Health Wards to Reduce Sexual Assault Risk
From ABC News Australia: Sexual violence against women in Australian mental health wards is going unchecked, despite service providers' awareness of the problem.
Drugs, Money and Misleading Evidence
From Nature: Itâs time to take trials out of the hands of pharmaceutical makers, argues the latest in a long line of books on corruption and the pharmaceutical industry.
Inequality is Bad For Your Health
From Pacific Standard: In a recent study featuring a group of American twins, twins who experienced greater levels of inequality showed more physiological signs of...
âWe Are Engaged in Something Much More Complex Than a Debate About the Evidenceâ
From The BPS: The current debate in mental health poses a challenge to power, and as we know, few people or institutions will give up power voluntarily. Dr. Lucy Johnstone
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.
Hyping Biological Nature of Mental Illness Worsens Stigma
From The Baltimore Sun: "There are essentially two ways of looking at those conditions called 'mental illnesses.' We could regard them as more extreme...
âB.C. Care Homes Provide Antidepressants Without Diagnosesâ
New data reveals that the majority of care homes in British Columbia, Canada are giving out prescriptions for antidepressants and antipsychotics without a diagnosis....
“Do the Lives of the Mentally Ill Matter to the Supreme Court?”
-Slate reports on proceedings as the US Supreme Court considers whether police should have to "accommodate" people who seem to have a mental disability.
âThe Drugs That Built a Super Soldierâ
"During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military plied its servicemen with speed, steroids, and painkillers to help them handle extended combat,â Lukasz Kamienski writes...
Civil Rights Advocates Call U.S. Child Welfare System a ‘National Problem’
From The Imprint: A new report says the child welfare system fails to adequately address the needs of families and often harms the very kids it's designed to protect.
Creating a Guide for Parents During Lock Down â by Children
From Dulwich Centre: A number of narrative practitioners have consulted children in their lives to create a guide for parents during lockdown.
“What to Ask Your Doctor Before Going on Antidepressants”
Roger Colvin, PhD, considers the problem of withdrawal from antidepressants for the Huffington Post.
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Abuse Survivors Fight for Justice After Police Drop Investigation at Child Mental Health Unit
From The Independent: Survivors of the Hill End Hospital Adolescent Unit in St Albans, UK, said they were sexually abused, filmed during strip searches, beaten, punched and sedated as a punishment.
How to Build a Culture of Good Health | Gabor Maté, MD
From Yes! Magazine: The medical profession is traumaphobic, and the results for patient careâwhether physical or psychiatricâare devastating.
Radical Project Rejected âMental Illness,â Embraced Communal Healing
From Aeon: Philadelphia House, co-founded by R.D. Laing and still operating in London, offers an alternative to confrontational treatment methods and medical interventions.
My Drug Dealer Was a Doctor: A Story of Withdrawal
In this piece for Medium, Michael E. Lee tells his story of experiencing the horrific withdrawal effects of Effexor, and how he healed from his...
âBernie Sanders Blasts FDA Commish Nominee Califfâ
Democratic Presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders, questioned the nominee for FDA commissioner, Robert Califf, during yesterdayâs Senate hearing. Sanders remarked that we need a commissioner who will stand up to the pharmaceutical companies and protect American consumers. Of Califf, he added, âwith regret, I think that you are not that person.â
Free Online Course: Psychology and Mental Health- Beyond Nature and Nurture
MIA contributor, Peter Kinderman, from the University of Liverpool, is teaching a free online course that explores new perspectives on the ânature vs nurtureâ debate, and how we are affected by life experiences.
âDrugs in the Drinking Water? Don’t Ask and Officials Won’t Tellâ
"There's no doubt about it, pharmaceuticals are being detected in the environment and there is genuine concern that these compounds, in the small concentrations...
âSuffering from the Symptoms of Neoliberalismâ
In this podcast with the New Books Network, author Paul Verhaeghe discusses his book, âWhat About Me?: The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based...
