“Not Only Trauma but Also the Reversal of Trauma is Inherited”
A new study out of neuro-epigenetics from the University of Zurich investigates how childhood trauma can be passed down to new generations. They found...
Mental Health Services Must Be Prised From the Grip of Psychiatry
From The Irish Times: Our mental health services are designed to protect the privilege and interests of one profession at the expense of people’s mental health. There are better ways, and we all know it.
Yet Another External Review Finds Shocking Flaws in Psychiatric Research at the University of...
Last year, eleven years after the suicide of Dan Markingson in a University of Minnesota drug study, external investigations found evidence of coerced study recruitment, troubling conflicts of interest, shoddy scientific review, deep mistrust of U leaders, and a climate of fear and intimidation in the Psychiatry Department. U leaders solemnly promised the people of Minnesota that they were finally going to clean up the mess. Last week, yet another investigation found that nothing has changed.
Students Sue Oxford University for Mental Health Discrimination
From Express: Catherine Dance, a 24-year-old law graduate, is suing Oxford University's Jesus College for refusing to grant accommodations for her mental health disability and forcing...
Paxil Suicide Retrial Settled by Defendants
In 2014, psychiatrist Peter Breggin was the medical expert in a case involving a Paxil-induced suicide and helped the surviving family win the malpractice suit....
“Hospitals Want to Test Drug with No Consent”
“A group of Boston doctors is proposing to join a study that would provide emergency treatment for brain-injured patients without obtaining the trauma victims’...
What It Means to Have a Trauma of Identity
From Goop: "When people get the opportunity to express themselves and show exactly who they are, including their traumatized past—and be met with love and compassion—that in itself has a great effect."
An Open Letter to the Member Organizations of the Mental Health Professions
From the Coalition Against Medicalized Psychiatry and Psychology (CAMPP): By defending the medical model of human distress, the mental health professions have put themselves in an ethically untenable position that is not worthy of trust or respect.
How Capitalism Is Helping Fuel Our Mental Health Crisis
From Psychology Today/Justin Garson, PhD: We need to better confront the economic and political structures that are making us sick, says psychotherapist and author Dr. James Davies.
Nature Is Healing: Some Canadian Doctors to Prescribe National Parks Passes to Patients
From National Parks Traveler: Evidence shows the health benefits of nature time range from better immune function and life expectancy to reduced risk of heart disease, depression and anxiety.
Facebook Is Predicting If You’ll Kill Yourself. That’s Wrong
From The Guardian: Facebook is taking on the role of a healthcare provider; the suicide predictions are its diagnoses and the wellness checks are its treatments.
“In US Prisons, Psychiatric Disability Is Often Met by Brute Force”
TruthOut reveals that "Turned out by the tens of thousands, scores of patients have been trapped between the worst of both worlds, free to...
Reports of the Death of Psychiatric Drug Research Have Been Exaggerated
-Forbes reports on the "boom" in psychiatric drug research that is going on, after a short period where onlookers were claiming that pharmaceutical companies were leaving the business.
Can Science Explain the Human Mind?
From NPR: A forthcoming series of studies in the journal Psychological Science explores people's beliefs about which mental phenomena can and cannot be explained by science.
"Importantly,...
“Deciding on Assisted Death in Context of Mental Illness Highly Complex, Experts Say”
“One of the most contentious issues sparked by Canada's upcoming right-to-die legislation is whether people with mental illness should be eligible to seek a...
“Operate on This Mother so That we can Take her Baby”
The Telegraph reports on a pregnant Italian mother who, having flown to England for a two-week training had a panic attack which lead to...
Same-sex Marriage Laws Linked to Drop in Teen Suicide Attempts
From MinnPost: Laws legalizing same-sex marriage are associated with a significant drop in teen suicide attempts. In states that legalized same-sex marriage before June 2015, when...
New Survey Reveals Class, Age Divide in Mental Health Crisis
From The Hill: We are in absolute crisis across this country, and it's not getting nearly enough attention let alone anyone doing anything about it in DC.
Dr. Nardo’s Series on Use of Antipsychotics for Depression
On his website, Dr. Nardo details the hidden risks and bad science behind the growing practice of using atypical antipsychotics to augment antidepressant treatment for severe depression. The story of Atypical Antipsychotic Augmentation of Treatment Resistant Depression is a “prime example” “to illustrate how commercial interests have invaded medical practice.” “Besides the obvious dangers of the Metabolic Syndrome and Tardive Dyskinesia, these drugs don’t really do what they’re advertised to do – make the antidepressants work a lot better.”
“Vast Majority of Americans Want to Criminalize Data Fraud”
Retraction Watch highlights a new study, “Public Attitudes Toward Data Fraud And Selective Reporting in Science,” finding that the public overwhelmingly believes that data fraud...
Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation
From NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) Training Institute: Therapist and author Daniel Shaw explores controlling relationships—from cults to couples to families, to other situations involving authority and power, like the therapy relationship.
It Remains Unclear How Head Blows Affect Behavior Over the Long Term
It's not clear how repeated injuries to the head that lead to neurodegeneration actually affect people's behaviors, argue University of Buffalo researchers in The...
“How James Bond is Helping Mental Health Diagnosis”
“The paper, The psychopathology of James Bond, and its implications for the revision of the DSM-007, has just won first prize in the Australian Medical Journal's...
In Memory of Sandra Escher, Pioneer on Voice-Hearing
Sandra Escher, who helped create a foundation for the Hearing Voices movement, recently passed away. She was the first researcher in the field of children who hear voices.
FDA Medical Adviser: ‘Congress Is Owned by Pharma’
From Yahoo! Finance: "Congress is supposed to have oversight for the FDA...the FDA isn’t going to hold pharma accountable, and Congress is getting paid to not hold pharma accountable."
