“Drugged Up: Psychiatry is over-reliant on chemical cures. It’s Time to Look at the...
Psychiatrist Bob Johnson writes in IAI News, "If ever there were a case for an outside body to let the light in, then it’s...
“California Doctor Convicted of Murder in Overdose Deaths”
“A Los Angeles-area doctor was convicted of murder in a landmark case for killing three patients who overdosed on what a prosecutor called 'crazy,...
The Cinema Shooting and the Psychiatric Defense
Behaviorism and Mental Health analyzes he circular reasoning that results in psychiatric diagnoses and the psychiatric defense.
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“Mental Illness Still Hurts, no Matter What you Call it”
"(Director of the NIMH Thomas Insel's) announcement is nothing short of a cataclysm in mental health. Imagine that you have a child who's been...
Employment Lawyers Worried about DSM Diagnostic Expansions
An article in HRHero, a legal resource for human resource professionals, expresses concern about the expanding diagnostic categories in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual...
The Dangers of Getting “Diagnosed”
-"When we treat diagnosis as simply a medical issue, we mask the tremendous social power involved in putting a name to human suffering."
“Concern over anti-psychotic drug given to soldiers”
ABC News discovers that the military is resorting to antipsychotics to quiet traumatized soldiers, rather than treating the trauma.
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“NIH-Funded Trials Dip, Industry Trials on the Rise”
"Every year since 2006 in the U.S., the amount of new medical research in humans that’s funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has gone down, while the number of industry-funded trials has gone up, a new study shows.”
“What The Hell Is Actually Going On?”
A cogent, insightful blog by MentalHealthCop reviews the literature for and against psychiatric treatment, including Creating Mental Illness by Allan Horwitz, research by Richard Bentall,...
“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...
“Promoting Amphetamines for Over-Eating – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?”
-Roy Poses critically analyzes the research and concludes that "uncritical media reports that parroted drug company executives" have led to "overenthusiastic promotion of the latest wonder drug."
University and Petitioners Debate Ethics of Animal Psychiatric Experiment
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is engaged in a public debate with a medical doctor who posted a petition on Change.org that has gathered nearly...
“Dr. Lieberman’s Latest”
Behaviorism and Mental Health takes note of a new blog by Jeffrey Lieberman, the president of the APA, in which he claims both that...
“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...
Video Interview with Justina Pelletier
Fox CT has posted a video of their full 17-minute interview of teen Justina Pelletier by journalist Beau Berman, shortly after Justina's release from...
“Bernie Sanders Blasts FDA Commish Nominee Califf”
Democratic Presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders, questioned the nominee for FDA commissioner, Robert Califf, during yesterday’s Senate hearing. Sanders remarked that we need a commissioner who will stand up to the pharmaceutical companies and protect American consumers. Of Califf, he added, “with regret, I think that you are not that person.”
“Do we Need to Change the way we Are Thinking About Mental Illness?”
Britain's Guardian offers "experts on both sides of the debate over the classification of mental disorders" an opportunity to make their case.
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“Income Inequality Is a Health Hazard – Even for the Rich”
“Wealth in the United States can buy many things: education, homes, vacations. It can even buy the best doctors and diet, but it can't buy health.” Why not? Asks Yessenia Funes. Researchers find that inequality in society leads to shorter lives for everyone.
“In the Gun Debate, Mental Illness Doesn’t Predict Dangerousness”
Massachusetts State Representative Paul Heroux' Huffington Post blog concludes that "We need to realize that high-profile events are high-profile because they are unlikely. And trying to...
Insel’s Best of 2014
National Institute of Mental Health Director Thomas Insel reviews his list of the best discoveries and developments in mental health in 2014.
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Affordable Care Act Will Expand Mental Health Services Into More Areas of People’s Lives
Since many more Americans now have mental health coverage as a result of the US Affordable Care Act, mental health services will soon begin...
Certify All Election Candidates’ Mental Health?
-A second prominent Russian politician is proposing that all candidates for elections should have to produce a psychiatrist's certification of their mental health.
Advocate for Outpatient Committal Recants
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Tom Burns recants. Burns is described as a psychiatrist who was long one of the strongest...
But How Much Better Are The Expensive Placebos?
-The Washington Post reports on a study that found that "expensive" placebos were more effective than cheap placebos.
Mental Health Rights, Pharma, and the Election
Jim Gottstein writes in Pharmalot about developments in the mental health rights field, how pharma has contributed (positively or negatively), and how the upcoming...
