“Who’s Deluded?? Fact-checking the ‘ReachOut Psychosis’ Show for Schools”
Rob Wipond won't rest until he's publicly commented on ReachOut Psychosis, an “educational” show touring British Columbia schools, that "traffics in a shocking abundance of...
“We Are All Hoarders, But…”
-How much is hoarding rooted in consumerism?
On the Quest to Understand Computational Psychiatry
Boston WBUR public radio intern Suzanne Jacobs goes on a journey to find out what “computational psychiatry” is, and has some difficulty determining if...
Mindfulness of Body Linked to Heightened Resilience
“To handle stress and adversity more effectively, we should probably pay closer attention to what is happening inside our bodies,” Gretchen Reynolds writes in the New York Times Well blog. “To me, this study says that resilience is largely about body awareness and not rational thinking,” said Dr. Martin Paulus, the scientific director of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, Okla., and the senior author of the study.
“French Drug Trial had Three Major Failings”
The drug trial that led to the death of one participant and brain damage to several others last month had three major shortcomings, according...
“The Halfway Houses Keeping Mental Health Patients Out Of Hospital”
For Buzzfeed, Laura Silver reports on the UK recovery houses where mental health patients in psychiatric crisis can work toward a meaningful recovery and avoid institutionalization. Unfortunately, she finds that funding for these houses is under increasing threat.
“What the Quest to Map the Brain Tells Us About Government-Funded Science Revolutions”
In the Pacific Standard, Elena Goory asks: “What does it look like, right now, when the government tries to revolutionize an entire field of...
What Are the Mental Health Effects of Climate Change?
This MedScape Psychiatry Minute video reviews new research concluding that climate change increases the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders....
“Hearing Voices Workshop Gives Insight Into Schizophrenia”
CBC News reports of the "growing demand" for "Hearing Voices That Are Distressing" workshops in Winnipeg.
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Unregulated Troubled Teen Industry Still Profiting
The Fix reviews the past and present of the estimated $2 billion/year industry of trying to "improve" the behaviors and attitudes of "troubled teens."
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Are We Entering a New Era for Treatment Choice for Schizophrenia?
Domain-B, noting that "There is now incontrovertible evidence that has established that far from psychosis being incomprehensible, there is a clear link between schizophrenia...
“Sebastian Seung’s Quest to Map the Human Brain”
-A neuroscientist hopes to identify the exact place inside a brain where a particular memory is held.
Review of “All We Have to Fear: Psychiatry’s Transformation of Natural Anxieties Into Mental...
The American Journal of Psychiatry's Kenneth Kendler calls All We Have to Fear: Psychiatry’s Transformation of Natural Anxieties Into Mental Disorders "a coherent, well-argued and...
“A More Comprehensive Approach to Ethical & Effective Prescribing”
Psychiatrist Mark Ragins writes in Community Psychiatrist about a new approach to his practice, "Prodded by Robert Whitaker’s books, I feel the need to...
“U.S. Doctors Advised to Screen Child Patients for Signs of Hunger”
The American Academy of Pediatrics came out with new recommendations that suggest doctors screen all of their child patients for hunger. About 16 million children in the US live in food scarcity and poverty that can lead to physical health issues as well as behavioral issues, which can then be misdiagnosed.
Campaign Against Drugging of Foster Children
-The US National Center for Youth Law has launched an "action campaign" to persuade government officials to reduce the psychiatric drugging of children in foster care.
“The Impact of Shift Work on Health”
Medical News Today provides an overview of the research on the effects of shift work on the physical and mental well-being of employees. "Although...
Continued Reflection On Labels And Defining One’s Identity: The DSM Should Not Be One’s...
Kim Wombles continues to reflect, in Science 2.0, on the significant harm caused by those in control of psychiatric labeling.
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Washington Post: “Predicting Violence is a Work in Progress”
The Washington Post, reviewing the problem of predicting violence in relation to mental illness, quotes Jim Gottstein: "One of the problems that happens when...
“ADHD Drugs Could Harm Kids’ Sleep”
Children diagnosed with ADHD who are prescribed stimulant drugs have more sleep problems than those with ADHD that do not take these drugs.
Hearing Voices Researched at Edinburgh Book Festival
Researchers from Durham University's Hearing the Voice project are attending the Edinburgh International Book Festival through August as part of a study, asking both...
“MHRA Consultant Calls for Antidepressant Use in Young”
Bob Fiddamen dissects the issue of suicidality, bizarre behavior and antidepressants in light of BMJ Open's publication of "Suicide-related events in young people following...
“Mental Health Bill Caters to Big Pharma and Would Expand Coercive Treatments”
Oryx Cohen at TruthOut explains why the "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 2646) - commonly known as the 'Murphy Bill' - appears to cater more closely to the desires of pharmaceutical companies than to the actual needs of people in psychological distress, perhaps because of Murphy's connections to key lobbyists." "If the Murphy Bill is passed, psychiatric hospitals and pharmaceutical companies will reap huge financial benefits as a result of increased hospitalization and forced treatment."
“Guns and Mental Illness”
New York Times columnist Joe Nocera writes that E. Fuller Torrey "believes that the country should involuntarily commit more mentally ill people, not only...
“This Microchip Will Deliver Drugs in Your Body by Remote Control”
-Motherboard reports on an implantable chip that can hold hundreds of doses of drugs and be activated by remote control.
