“Gut-brain Link Grabs Neuroscientists”
The journal Nature reviews research into "the idea that intestinal bacteria affect mental health."
"Now there is hard evidence linking conditions such as autism and...
Sunday Humor: Ask Your Doctor
PharmaGossip has published a couple of comics, "Ask Your Doctor" and "Drug Trials." No spoilers before the jump.
There's also a 90-minute documentary on how...
Special Issue of Nature Takes on Depression
The November 13th issue of the journal Nature is titled "The Great Depression," and includes various feature stories and commentaries about research into depression,...
Free Online Course in Fundamentals of Neuroscience
Harvard University's HarvardX has posted a "Fundamentals of Neuroscience" online course for free public use. Lessons include video content, interactive content, virtual lab content,...
Does Telling People to Count their Blessings Help Anyone?
In the PLOS Blog Mind the Brain, James Coyne provides a detailed critical evaluation of a recent meta-analysis of "positive psychology" interventions for depression.
"Going...
Doctors Frustrated With Electronic Medical Records
"Disappointing" and "tragedy" are some of the descriptives everyday doctors are using to describe the expanding use of electronic medical records, according to The...
“Clients and Suicide: The Lawyer’s Dilemma”
If their clients admit to having suicidal feelings or show evidence of serious psychological problems, how do lawyers' legal responsibilities to their clients change...
What Do Meditation Mental Health Studies Really Tell Us?
Catherine Kerr of the Contemplative Studies Initiative provides a critique of positive findings in her own area of research. "Is the general public overvaluing...
“Toward a new architecture for global mental health”
McGill University's Laurence J. Kirmayer and Duncan Pedersen examine the core controversies that dog the "global mental health" agenda in a freely available editorial...
Sunday Humor: The Abilify Umbrella, Second by Second
Pointless Planet breaks down an animated YouTube commercial for the antipsychotic medication Abilify, and provides commentary on the visual story second by second.
"A depressed...
“The Rise of All-Purpose Antidepressants”
A short article in Scientific American Mind reviews the rapidly expanding array of diverse ailments and conditions for which antidepressant drugs are being prescribed.
"As...
Repercussions of Europe’s New Regulations for Release of Clinical Trial Data
In two posts on PLOS Blogs, Tom Jefferson of the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group in Italy reviews the European Medicines Agency’s new regulations...
Most Psychologists Still Believe In Recovered Memories
Pacific Standard features a recent story of a man whose daughter accused him of abuse, but by the end of the court proceedings had...
“ADHD Brains are the Most Creative”
In AlterNet, Scott Barry Kaufman reviews the evidence that people who've been diagnosed with ADHD often have higher than average levels of creativity. He...
“Mother’s Little Anti-Psychotic Is Worth $6.9 Billion A Year”
In the Daily Beast, Jay Michaelson struggles to make sense of the fact that the antipsychotic Abilify is America's top-selling drug, even while its...
“Learning to Live With the Voices in Your Head”
In the The Atlantic, journalist Ric Morin explores alternative perspectives on and approaches to schizophrenic and psychotic experiences through a lengthy interview with psychiatrist...
Farming with Pesticides Linked to Increased Suicidal Depression
Exposure to pesticides is linked to significant increases in suicidal depression in farmers, according to a study by US National Institute of Health researchers...
Electronic Brain Stimulation Devices Catching On — But How Safe are They?
ScienceNews looks at the growing use of at-home, do-it-yourself electric brain stimulation devices to improve math or problem-solving skills or help lift depression.
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Could “Brain Training” Help with “Schizophrenia Storms”?
NPR Shots discusses a new study examining whether people struggling with schizophrenia sensory overloads can train their own brains to more effectively deal with...
“Plan for Your Next Breakdown”
Start shopping for the best hospitals, doctors and therapies while you're feeling good, suggests Lisa Keith on her PsychCentral blog Bipolar Lifehacks, because when...
Suicide Warnings on Antidepressants Debated in NEJM
In the New England Journal of Medicine, Richard Friedman and Marc Stone present very different arguments about the reliability of the body of research...
What Do Antidepressants in Drinking Water Do to Birds?
Ever higher levels of pharmaceutical drugs are turning up in drinking water supplies, and an op-ed in the UK Mirror discusses a study that...
Samaritans’ Online Suicide Surveillance App an Ethical Minefield
In Gigaom, privacy and security journalist David Meyer discusses the release of a new app from the UK Samaritans called "Radar." The app monitors...
Does Social Psychology Have a “Liberal Bias”?
In The New Yorker, Maria Konnikova explores the ideas of Jonathan Haidt, who argues that the field of social psychology has a broad bias...
Sunday History Channel: 1,000 Case Records from Victorian Asylum Released
The Wellcome Library has digitized and publicly released for free viewing the complete records of over 1,000 people who were incarcerated at the Ticehurst...
