“We Need a Better Explanation for the Surge in Autism”
The Washington Post says "The latest numbers from the Center for Disease Control showing a steep rise in the number of children with autism...
“How to Take Kids Off Medication: Tips for Making Sure Your Child Makes a...
The Child Mind Institute advises that "When you're considering medication for a child with emotional or behavioral problems, how you start is very important....
“Neoliberalism and the Machinery of Disposability”
Truthout, in an essay withĀ relevance to MIA readers,Ā digs into contemporary processes wherein "the collective sense of ethical imagination and social responsibility toward those who...
“The Medicalization of “Ups and Downs”: The Marketing of the New Bipolar Disorder”
Joanna Moncrieff writes in Transcultural Psychiatry, "The concept of bipolar disorder has undergone a transformation over the last two decades. Once considered a rare...
“What the Tamiflu Saga Tells us About Drug Trials and Big Pharma”
The Guardian tells us that "We now know the government's Tamiflu stockpile wouldn't have done us much good in the event of a flu...
“How to Stop Violence”
Slate magazine chalks up one for the argument that "Mentally ill people arenāt killers. Angry people are . . .Ā Violence is not a product...
“Profile: James Davies”
The Psychiatric Bulletin offers an interview with James Davies, author of Cracked, Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good,Ā and co-founder of the...
“Experiencing Mental Illness Made Me a Better Politician”
Edward Davie writes in the Guardian "... it has been a long time since I had a drink, medication or counselling. Still I think...
“Are Doctors Diagnosing Too Many Kids With ADHD?”
Salon.com points out that "While data point to at least some over diagnosis (of ADHD), at least in boys, the extent of this problem...
“If Glaxo’s CEO Wants to be Mr. Clean, He Needs to Pick up a...
FiercePharma and 1 Boring Old Man peer into the Glaxo glasnost campaign, and find it in need of a little... revisioning. Ā 1 Boring Old...
“Debunking Alcoholics Anonymous: Behind the Myths of Recovery”
"Myths have a way of coming to resemble facts through repetition alone," say the authors of "The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind...
“Emotional Child Abuse Has to be Banned ā The Science Backs up our Instincts”
The U.K.'s Guardian newspaper concludes that "The government is right: children need love as much as they do vitamins ā and a lack of...
“Misinformation About the Findings of āPaternal Age at Childbearing and Offspring Psychiatric and Academic...
Stanford-trained psychologist corrects the public record on recent research linking paternal age with increased risk of psychiatric disorders.
Misinformation about the findings of āPaternal Age...
“Big Pharmaās Relationship With Your Doctor Needs Some U.S.-Style Sunshine”
The Toronto Globe and Mail prescribes a bit of Obama medicine for Canada's health care system: "By the end of this year, President Barack...
“5 Reasons It’s So Hard to Combat Anxiety and Depression and What You Can...
Alternet tells us that "Negative emotions can be a challenge, but there are effective ways to cope."
5 Reasons It's So Hard to Combat Anxiety...
“Controversial Paxil Paper Still Under Fire 13 Years Later”
From Wednesday's Brown Daily Herald: "Two weeks ago, Edmund Levin and George Stewart, members of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, sent...
“Biologism in Psychiatry: A Young Manās Experience of Being Diagnosed with ‘Pediatric Bipolar Disorder'”
TheĀ Journal of Clinical Medicine explores pediatric bipolar disorder through the eyes Ā a young American, whose story "revealsĀ several issues that afflict contemporary psychiatry, particularly in...
“An Illness, Inherited?”
Novelist Jenni Fagan writes in the New York Times of being gestated in a psychiatric hospital, told she may have inherited schizophrenia, growing up...
“Can Psychiatric Drugs Cause Long-Lasting Negative Effects?”
The Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry presents this interview with Dr Joanna Moncrieff, aĀ psychiatrist and senior lecturer at University College, London.
SeaWorld Uses Benzodiazepines to Control Killer Whales
The Daily Beast dives into the debate over SeaWorld's use of benzoiazepines to stop their killer whales from "acting aggressively toward each other in...
“11 Things We Do That Make Us Miserable“
Huffington Post suggests that, along with increasing our happiness, "Sometimes equally important is identifying whatĀ habits we have that negate all of the positive mindset...
“Is Depression Just Bad Chemistry?“
From Scientific American: "A commercial sponsored by Pfizer, the drug company that manufactures the antidepressant Zoloft, asserts, āWhile the cause is unknown, depression...
“New fMRI Study Sheds Light on Effectiveness of fMRI Studies“
A new study has raised new questions about how MRI scanners work in the quest to understand the brain. The research, led by Professor...
“Stop Forced (Involuntary) Treatment Becoming the Law of the Land. Act Now”
Beyond Meds provides the information you need if you want to stop section 224 of HR 4302 - A list of senators, and a...
“When Soul Informs Psychotherapy”
Psychologist Laura Kerr, Ph.D., writes about the role of attachment theory as an antidote to the "emotionally detached, analytic approach to relationship" that has...
