“Psychiatric Drugs and Veteran Suicides”
US Congressman David Jolly has introduced a bill calling for studies on the link between veteran suicides and psychiatric drugs. The International Society for...
Mental Health Providers with “Understanding of Aboriginal Approaches” Wanted
-"Aboriginal youth are nine times more likely to be depressed and three times more likely to think about suicide compared to non-aboriginal youth."
“Document Claims Drug Makers Deceived a Top Medical Journal”
The New York Times reports that two major pharmaceutical companies may have mislead the editors of a prestigious medical journal in an effort to...
“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. 1 Boring Old...
“‘They’re Waking Up’: Reducing Drugs for Dementia Patients Yields Dramatic Results”
Canada's Global News reports that "A couple of years after a national initiative began to reduce the use of anti-psychotic medication, some people are...
Consumption of Psychiatric Drugs in UK Continues to Climb
-The Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry reports that antidepressant use in the UK has increased 7.5% since 2013, and over 500% since 1992.
“MIT’s Misleading PR Headline on Autism”
Last week a headline from MIT news proclaimed “Neuroscientists reverse autism symptoms.” The Health News Review points out why this headline is misleading.
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“Maybe Companies Should Chill on Employee-Happiness Programs”
Will Davies, author of The Happiness Industry, does a Q&A on the ways companies are misusing psychological research on happiness. “I think that one thing that often gets lost in lots of the discussions of happiness (especially in the business world) is the possibility that happy work may mean less work.”
Surgeon General Targets Rising Suicide Rate, But Not Drugs Linked to Suicide
An Op-Ed in Op-Ed News discusses the disconnect between concern about rising suicide rates in the general population (and the military) and awareness 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...
“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...
“Safe Babies Courts” Reduce Trauma Impacts
-ACES Too High News examines what makes "Safe Babies Courts" different than normal courts.
“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,...
How Much Do Average People Know About the Risks of Screening?
-Despite an "epidemic" of "expanding disease definitions that medicalize more people," most Australians have no idea that overdiagnosis is a problem.
“Does Sexual Aggression Alter the Female Brain?”
In a recent rodent study out of Rutgers University, researchers found elevated stress hormones and reduced learning and maternal behaviors in female rodents who...
“Attention Deficit After Kids’ Critical Illness Linked to Medical Tubes”
Past research has revealed the children who get hospitalized in the intensive care unit are more likely to develop the symptoms associated with ADHD....
The Hot Stove Project
The Hot Stove Project seeks to increase dialogue across different perspectives, by integrating individuals who are presently marginalized due to "mental health issues."
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“Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, and Psychotherapy: The Question of Politics”
Psychiatric Times explores "the general possibility of psychiatry being defined by the political environment in which it operates… "
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Off-Label Prescribing Increases Risk of Adverse Effects
The first systematic investigation of the adverse effects associated with prescribing drugs “off-label” found that the common practice of using drugs for conditions for which they are not approved increases the risk of adverse effects.
“Psychiatrists in Short Supply Nationwide”
Low pay and limited respect have contributed to a "shortage" of psychiatrists in the United States, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "Because of low...
“The Violent Side Effects of Antidepressants that Many Ignore”
Dr. Mercola reviews the history of psychiatric medications' connection to mass shootings, potential violence and worsened depression, and the APA's recent recommendation to "reconsider...
The Test Result that Gets You Locked Up Indefinitely
-People who've been arrested for sexual offences can end up indefinitely incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital, depending on their answers to a ten-question form.
Brain Prepares Multiple Actions Before Decision
According to new research summarized by ScienceDaily, there is evidence that the brain prepares for multiple possible actions before a decision is made.
“It’s All In Her Bed (Or, Don’t Shoot the Massager)”
The drug watch blog Evidencer.org takes on Flibanserin (Addyi) the first drug claiming “to enhance women’s sexual drive…”
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“From the Streets to the Rx Pad: Do Party Drugs Have a Place in...
Psychiatric Times reflects on the rise of ketamine as an antidepressant, MDMA (ecstasy) for the treatment of PTSD, and cannabis' use for neuropathic pain...
