Jerome Adams Nominated as New U.S. Surgeon General
From STAT: President Trump has nominated Indiana's health commissioner, Dr. Jerome Adams, to be the next surgeon general. Adams has played a critical role in...
This Most “Denigrated” of Professions: Lieberman Interviewed On NPR
-Former American Psychiatric Association president Jeffrey Lieberman talks about "the most distrusted, feared and denigrated of all medical specialties."
“Treating the Brain and the Immune System in Tandem”
-The Globe and Mail looks interviews researchers about the growing interest in inflammation as a source of serious psychological distress in some individuals.
Schema Therapy: Working With Complex Clinical Presentations
From The British Psychological Society: Dr. Susan Simpson provides an introduction to schema therapy and its uses in treating people who have been diagnosed with...
Talking Madness With Robert Whitaker
On Friday, June 9th, Robert Whitaker participated in a discussion with Lois Holzman about psychiatry, the medicalization of distress, and alternative practices. Click here to...
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...
“Forget the Headlines – Schizophrenia is More Common Than You Might Think”
Despite the headline, this article in The Guardian reviews the notion that schizophrenia is "a wide range of often unrelated conditions, all of which...
State Sees Boom in Number of Psychiatric Beds
From The Boston Globe: Massachusetts has seen a significant increase in its number of psychiatric institutions since 2015. However, many psychiatric patients are still waiting for...
Kids Perform Better When Dressed as Batman
From World Economic Forum: A recent study found that children aged 4-6 maintained better focus and were less easily distracted while performing boring tasks when dressed...
Dr. Nardo on the Curse of Insel’s Legacy
In his reaction to Dr. Makari’s Opinion piece in the ‘Times, entitled Psychiatry’s Mind-Brain Problem, Dr. Nardo articulates why the legacy of NIMH director Thomas Insel is so dangerous. “He may have kept the researchers from spinning off and following some idiosyncratic path, but he did it by forcing them to follow his own idiosyncratic path.”
In Brattleboro, a New Kind of Police Patrol Offers Addiction Treatment, Not Jail
From SentinelSource.com: Looking for alternatives to arrest, police departments in Brattleboro and elsewhere are using their 24/7 presence and regular contact with drug users to refer them to treatment and other resources.
Critics Push WHO to Remove Transgender from List of Mental Illnesses
The World Health Organization (WHO) currently lists being transgender as a medical condition and mental illness. Critics argue that the world’s leading health organization...
Brain Drugs and Corporate Climbers
-There's rising use of "cognitive enhancement" and energy-increasing psychiatric drugs among stressed workers and ambitious executives.
Reports of the Death of Psychiatric Drug Research Have Been Exaggerated
-Forbes reports on the "boom" in psychiatric drug research that is going on, after a short period where onlookers were claiming that pharmaceutical companies were leaving the business.
College Tuition Sparked a Mental Health Crisis. Then the Hospital Bill Arrived.
From KHN: A student from Mumbai with an interest in comedy discovers that college tuition, hospital bills, and psychiatric treatment are all very bad jokes in America.
Maybe Women are More Moody, Maybe Drugs are Not a Good Response
-An interview with psychiatrist Julie Holland about her new book, "Moody Bitches."
Three Philosophers Win Guggenheim Fellowships
From Daily Nous: The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation announced this week the winners of its 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships. Three fellowships were awarded to philosophers, including...
Number of Children Going to ER With Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts Doubles, Study Finds
From CNN: The average age of a child at the time of evaluation was 13, and 43% of the visits were in children between 5 and 11.
“How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Premature Aging”
For Time, Jeffrey Kluger reports on a new study suggesting that “adverse experiences in childhood can hasten the telomere burn-down, leading to premature aging...
Scottish Report: Poverty and Mental Health Strongly Linked
-People from Scotland's most deprived areas are more than three times as likely to be treated for mental illness than those in more affluent communities.
‘I Felt Kidnapped.’ Another Patient Comes Forward After Investigation Into MI Doc
From WXYZ: "I no longer trust medical professionals to have my well-being at heart," says Sarah Guarino, after she was held against her will by Michigan psychiatrist Nagy Kheir.
“The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional Learning”
Beyond Meds reminds us, with this presentation by Richard Davidson, that "medicine (by using psych drugs) cannot do the things we can actively choose...
ACEs and Toxic Stress: How We Can Heal Children’s Brains
From Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc.: "As a trauma and emotion-centered psychotherapist, I am relieved that children are now being screened for toxic stress. Thinking...
The Drug-based Approach to Mental Illness Has Failed
Science writer John Horgan interviews Robert Whitaker about his book Anatomy of an Epidemic, the long-term impact of psychiatric drugs, and promising alternatives to...
Deemed “Mentally Incompetent,” Hundreds of Alabamians Disenfranchised
From AL.com: "Policies concerning whether people with mental disabilities and people who have been placed under conservatorship can vote vary greatly from state to state. Some...
