Why it’s Healthy to be Afraid in a Crisis
From The Guardian: "As a mental health professional, I disagree with the message in Paul Daley’s article (We face a pandemic of mental health...
Video: More Harm than Good Conference on Psychiatric Drugs
On September 18th the one day "More Harm than Good Conference" brought together many of the leaders of the critical psychiatry movement. While the event has passed, the video and slides from the conference have been made available on the council for evidence-based psychiatry website.
Your Psychiatrist Might be Wrong
From Pakistan Today: Psychiatry may lack scientific objectivity in comparison with other fields of medicine.
"The mind sciences – psychology or psychiatry – have always been...
“Anti-Psychiatry Prejudice? A response to Dr. Lieberman”
A doctor (an infectious disease specialist) responds to Jeffrey Lieberman's defense of the DSM, saying "Rather than respond to critics of the APA’s new...
U of Buffalo Studies Show Protective Effects of Maternal Love
From The Buffalow News: Even for children born to parents who used alcohol, cocaine or other drugs, a supportive, respectful primary caregiver lowered their future health and relationship risks.
“Mental health patients to Bernie Sanders: Don’t compare us to the GOP candidates”
The Washington Post reports that Bernie Sanders' remark likening the "antics" of Republican candidates during recent debates to people with mental health challenges has drawn an...
“Is It Really A.D.H.D. or Just Immaturity?”
The New York Times considers new research from Taiwan that suggests the possibility that the relative neurocognitive immaturity of younger children in a school cohort,...
In Opioid Battle, Cherokee Want Their Day in Tribal Court
From The New York Times: The opioid epidemic is wreaking havoc on Cherokee families and putting Cherokee children at risk. Now, the Cherokee Nation has...
Invitations to Crucial Re-orientation
In this lecture for the Forum for Existential Psychology and Therapy, Søren Hertz, a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Denmark, challenges our tendencies on to focus on individual...
Knowledge of Other Cultures is Changing the Field of Psychology
From The Conversation: Human behavior and mental processes have long been thought to be universal. However, recent studies show that culture plays an important role...
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
Gianna Kali reviews the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, "one of the largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life...
An Overlooked Factor in the Opioid Crisis
From It's Not Just an Opioid Crisis: The media are saturated with coverage of the familial and community devastation that has resulted from the opioid...
Biotech Exploits a Loophole in a Federal Transparency Law
From STAT: A small biotech company, AveXis, recently offered a $3,000 honorarium along with paid airfare and lodging to several experts to attend a so-called...
What Does a “Trauma-informed Community” Look Like?
Tarpon Springs, Florida, is the first city in the US to declare itself to be a "Trauma-informed Community." Jane Ellen Stevens of ACES (Adverse...
“Gottesfeld Indicted for Alleged Cyber Attack on Hospital”
Martin Gottesfeld was charged in October in relation to the hacking of Boston Children’s Hospital in 2014 following the alleged mistreatment of one of...
New Official Guidance: People Should Come Off Antidepressants Slowly
From MetroUK: The guidance from RCPsych is catching up to what many patients have been saying for years: antidepressant tapering should take much longer than a few weeks.
“Is Teaching Kids Empathy Just as Important as Teaching Them Math?”
The Pacific Standard spoke with Joan Cole Duffell, executive director of Committee for Children, about the importance of social-emotional development on children, both as...
GPs Must Pause Before Diagnosing, Prescribing Antidepressants
From the Irish Examiner: This whole system needs rethinking and remodelling in order to avoid more and more people being prescribed drugs for lack of alternatives.
Why Mental Health Researchers Are Studying Psychedelics All Wrong
From Salon: The rigidity of reductive clinical research belies the organic and expansive nature of the psychedelic experience.
Mental Health Advocates Launch Campaign to Stop Continued Electroshock of 22-Year-Old MN Man
From Mindfreedom: Charles Helmer was force-shocked on March 26 and, unless the advocacy campaign is successful, he will be force-shocked on April 9 and every two weeks afterwards.
She Tweeted That Alan Dershowitz Might Be Acting Crazy. So Yale Fired Her.
From Intelligencer: The case of Dr. Bandy Lee involves conflicting interpretations of the Goldwater Rule, which itself has long been controversial.
This is the Truth About Personality Disorders
From The Independent: Armchair diagnoses of personality disorders are a rising trend, from speculations that President Trump has narcissistic personality disorder to viral articles about discerning...
Seeking Emotional Moderation in an age of Extremes
From Science of Us: Temperament, or emotional moderation, may be an important component of psychological well-being and healthier relationships.
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“Their Brains had the Telltale Signs of Alzheimer’s. So why did They Still Have...
Sharon Begley for the STAT examines new research which raises “doubts about conventional approaches to diagnosing and finding treatments for Alzheimer’s.”
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Third of Men With Poor Mental Health Blame Jobs, Says Mind
From BBC: According to survey results from the UK mental health charity Mind, a third of men experiencing poor mental health attribute their suffering to workplace...
