“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, a 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 what 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, “While 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...
“Thirty Years Later: Still Cured of Schizophrenia”
Psychiatrist Ira Steinman tells the tale on the ISPS (International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Schizophrenia) website of hearing from a former...
MIA Correspondent Rob Wipond Interviewed About Cindi Fisher
MIA Reports correspondent Rob Wipond discusses the community of Madinamerica.com, and the story of Cindi Fisher's efforts to free her son from forced drugging...
“Justina Pelletier’s Case: Sure, Parents Can Make Their Kids Sick”
Psychiatrist Keith Ablow of Fox News writes "That’s why Boston’s Children’s Hospital, in making a play to take over the life of Justina Pelletier,...
Thomas Szasz: Does Mental Illness Exist?
A conversation with Thomas Szasz, published on March 28, 2014. Â He discusses the question of whether mental illness exists and whether it is possible...
“Not a Peep”: 1BoringOldMan Uncrosses His Fingers
Having had an open letter on his website linked through a pair of crossed fingers on his website for some time, 1BoringOldMan gives up...
“The Surprising Reason Americans Might Feel Helpless and Depressed”
Alternet attributes America's depression epidemic to corporations and right-wing politics, which feed our sense of learned helplessness, exploiting "the various ways that we all...
“The Ugly Ducklings of Science”
Neuroskeptic explains "the ability of researchers to eventually squeeze support for a theory out of initially negative data," a problem that, though sometimes outright...
“The Drugging of the American Boy”
Esquire discovers that "By the time they reach high school, nearly 20 percent of all American boys will be diagnosed with ADHD. Millions of...
“Cultivating the Next Generation Of Psychiatrists”
1BoringOldMan on the declining rolls of APA membership, his own early disaffection with the organization, and a hidden force in shaping its history: "People...
“Yoga Lowers Inmates’ Aggression and Anxiety”
"Incarcerated thieves, drug dealers and murderers may not be the typical group you imagine doing yoga," says Scientific American, "but recent studies show that...
“Can What You Eat Affect Your Mental Health? New Research Links Diet and the...
The Washington Post writes that "“Traditional diets — the kinds of foods your grandmother would have recognized — have been associated with a lower...
“Is the World More Depressed?”
Tanya Luhrmann writes in the NY Times that, although diagnosis and pathologization of human experience has increased, "there is reason to believe that mental...
“Study Ignites Debate Over Non-Drug Treatment For Schizophrenia”
"Last month," says WBUR Boston, "the Lancet published a study looking at the effects of cognitive therapy on patients with schizophrenia who refused to take medication...
“For Depression, Prescribing Exercise Before Medication”
The Atlantic writes "Aerobic activity has shown to be an effective treatment for many forms of depression. So why are so many people still...
“The Psychological is Political”
Joanna Moncrieff writes in Occupied Times that "The concept of mental illness is useful partly because it provides a conveniently elastic justification for control and...
“Escaping the Asylum Mentality”
Rufus May writes about leaving Britain's National Health Service after 18 years of trying to create change from the inside, writing "I now want...
“Strength-Based Approaches to Community Healing”
Keris Myrick, MIA blogger and President of the NAMI board of directors, writes in Clinical Psychiatry News about community-based solutions that are working, and mentions...
