Dan Fisher: “Outpatient Commitment Would Harm Patients in Need”
Dan Fisher's letter to the editor, regarding the wave of calls for outpatient commitment, in the Boston Globe.
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“Why Paul Steinberg Has It All Wrong (and Should Stop Seeing Patients)”
Beyond Meds publishes Giovanna Pompele's critique of a New York Times' op-ed written by psychiatrist Paul Steinberg, who's proposed solution to violence such as that...
“10 Medical Conditions That Share Symptoms With ADD/ADHD”
Health Central offers a slideshow detailing medical conditions that "can make it even harder" to get an accurate ADD/ADHD diagnosis.
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The Connection Between Psychiatric Medications & Violence: Rooting Out the Causes of the Newtown...
Emma Bragdon compiles the evidence on the connection between antidepressant medication and violence for Elephant Journal. (Free registration required).
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How Many Billions a Year Will the DSM-5 Cost?
An article by Allen Frances in Bloomberg examines the economic impact of the DSM's increasing pathologization of human behavior.
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Medicated America
Beyond Meds features an article by Paul Woodward that reviews the "false assumption" that "the primary weakness in the mental health system is lack of...
Thoughts About Depression From Under the Sheets
Scientific American guest writer Nicole Baganz, a neuroscientist from Vanderbilt University, explores the connections between depression, "sickness behavior", and the immune system.
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Continued Reflection On Labels And Defining One’s Identity: The DSM Should Not Be One’s...
Kim Wombles continues to reflect, in Science 2.0, on the significant harm caused by those in control of psychiatric labeling.
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“The Importance of Friends”
An article in Psychiatric Times reflects on Harry Stack Sullivan and the importance of friendship.
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“Were It Not For His Own Drug-Induced Hallucinations, Oliver Sacks Might Not Have Taken...
Alternet reflects on the predicates of Oliver Sacks' renowned sympathy for his patients' altered realities.
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Replicating Milgram’s Shock Experiments
A replication of Stanley Milgram's seminal experiments in obedience - replacing a scientific pretext with the opportunity to participate in a reality T.V. show...
“Squishy…”
1 Boring Old Man Reflects on Paradigm Shifts in Psychiatry and His Own Life
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“Brain Region Found That Does Absolutely Nothing” (Humor)
"Some neuroscientists are disappointed by the regions’ lack of response ... 'We tried everything we knew, with over 20 different participants. IQ tests, memory...
“What’s So Special about Mirror Neurons?”
Scientific American reviews the claims and counter-claims of the role that "mirror neurons" play in "mental illness."
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“Scandal Shows Mental Health Inpatient Voice is Crucial”
The U.K.'s Guardian writes, of lessons learned from the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal, that "the individuals who society finds easiest to ignore are the...
Nail Biting may be OCD in DSM-5
Along with hair-pulling and skin-picking, nail biting is under consideration to be included as an OCD-spectrum disorder in the the DSM-5. "The beauty is that...
Today’s Greatest Mental Health Need: Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Programs
Dr. Peter Breggin blogs in the Huffington Post on the need for programs to support psychiatric drug withdrawal, rather than more diagnosis and medication.
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“The ‘Seriously Mentally Ill’ are NOT Dying 25 Years Earlier Because of Failure to...
Alt_Mentalities corrects the record on why people with mental health diagnoses are dying young.
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Judge Drug Companies by Actions, Not Promises
Ben Goldacre writes about Glaxo's, as well as the pharmaceutical industry's, history of broken promises regarding access to clinical trial data.
1 Boring Old Man on the Glaxo Pledge
1 Boring Old Man theorizes (with a nod to Bob Fiddaman) that the recent appearance of data from study 329 and Glaxo's pledge to...
A World Without the DSM
AltMentalities publishes a letter dreaming of a "world, much like our own, (where) there is still suffering. There is still poverty, crime, crushing...
Will Hall speaks to the APA
Beyond Meds offers an audio recording of Will Hall "a living example of someone who now thrives as a result of trusting his gut...
“Szasz Turned Psychiatry on it Head”
The Baltimore Sun reflects on "the kind of author no one reads but everyone knows about. That's unfortunate. Too many mental health professionals haven't the foggiest...
Data Access: The World-Wide Wait
1 Boring Old Man revisits the Robert Gibbons articles in light of David Healy's presentation to the APA last week; "His papers had no...
Health is not “Alternative”
Beyond Meds lays bare the irony that "practicing simple healthy habits is called 'alternative' health and/or medicine."
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