Feds Open Investigation of SC Group Homes for Adults With ‘Mental Illness’
From The Post and Courier: "Most of them, they’re horrible. It’s nowhere that you would ever want your family member to be," said Kimberly Tissot, executive director of Able SC.
Trump’s Pick to Run Mental Health
From STAT: President Trump has nominated Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, a proponent of increased psychiatric treatment for those diagnosed with serious mental illness, to run the Substance...
“Sebastian Seung’s Quest to Map the Human Brain”
-A neuroscientist hopes to identify the exact place inside a brain where a particular memory is held.
“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...
ABC Radio: Can Philosophy Prevent Overdiagnosis?
Professor Wendy Rogers believes that overdiagnosis itself is an epidemic and that the roots of the problem lie in an insufficient naturalistic disease-theory. Overdiagnosis, she adds, “can be harmful for the patient and also cause waste of a lot of resources.”
“I Overmedicated My Kid: Big Pharma’s Attention Obsession Puts Children at Risk”
Daniela Drake, MD, writes on Salon about her son's misdiagnosis of ADHD - later found to be an auditory processing disorder and an allergy...
Pouring Billions Into Treating Mental Illness Doesn’t Add Up
From The Times of London: Until a proper science worthy of the name can point the way, we should be cautious about throwing too much money at too speculative a profession.
In Ontario, a Battle for the Soul of Psychiatry
From The Globe and Mail: A proposal made by the Ontario Ministry of Health in January would radically limit psychotherapy provided by psychiatrists and family physicians.
“What Side Effects? Most Consumers Don’t Read Drug Risk Information”
For Pharmalot, Ed Silverman reports on a recent study suggesting that people do not pay attention to the risk information on prescription drugs.
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More Play and Less Therapy for Students | Peter Gray, PhD
From Psychology Today: Mother nature designed kids to play, explore, and daydream without adult intervention because that is how kids develop the skills, confidence, and attitudes necessary for mental health and overall wellbeing.
Britney Spears Speaks Out Against ‘Abusive’ Conservatorship: ‘I Want to Be Heard’
From CNN: The pop star says she was forced to perform, given no privacy, and made to use birth control, take medication and attend therapy against her will while the conservatorship has been in place over the last 13 years.
We Need to Talk About Frankie
In this piece for The Cut, Dyan Neary details the story of Frankie Perry, a man whose life was forever altered by being prescribed an...
“New Mental Disorder Aimed At People Who Insist On Eating A Clean Diet”
Natural News takes issue with the new, increasingly promoted "disorder" of "overly" desiring to eat healthy foods.
“Are We Using Antidepressants to Paper Over the Cracks of a Fractured Society?”
The Guardian writes that "Use of antidepressant drugs has become more common than ever before. Perhaps it's time that we looked at the wider causes...
What Is It Like to Be Sectioned?
From ShortList: "'I asked to go out for a cigarette but was told that if I tried to leave I would be sectioned against...
“The Rise of the Medical Scribe Industry”
In JAMA, several Texas medical doctors and health information experts discuss the rapidly expanding number of "medical scribes" being hired by physicians to enter medical information into electronic health records (EHRs). Many doctors are finding electronic health records to be inefficient and unhelpful, they write, yet governments continue to mandate them.
A Review Identifies Characteristics That Increase Burnout Risk
From The British Psychological Society: "Burnout rates were higher in psychologists who were less experienced, and also in those with less subjective confidence in their...
How to Fix the Mental Health Workforce? Peer Counselors Are an Underutilized Resource
From The Seattle Times: Peers build close connections by relating to people in a way clinicians don’t, and they can get trained faster and start working, helping close the gaps in a mental health landscape desperate for more staff.
Most People Who Use Drugs Don’t Become Addicted — And Why That’s Important
--The former CEO of the UK's National Treatment Agency describes the social circumstances of people most susceptible to addiction.
“Another Study Finds Link Between Pharma Money and Brand-name Prescribing”
New findings from Harvard Medical School reveal that Pharma industry payments to physicians in Massachusetts are associated with higher rates of prescribing brand-name drugs that treat...
“A Skeptical Take on Quit-Smoking Drug Chantix”
Philadelphia Inquirer health writer Marie McCullough reports on severe psychiatric disturbances in people taking Pfizer’s smoking-cessation drug Chantix.
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Once Radical Critiques of Psychiatry Are Now Mainstream, So What Remains Taboo?
From CounterPunch: While it is not taboo to report psychiatry’s poor treatment outcomes, it is taboo to blame these poor outcomes on psychiatry.
“Dear Disability or Disease…” — What Would You Write?
-Julio Salazar shares a letter that he addresses to his "PTSD, OCD and Depression," and invites others to submit theirs.
“How the FDA Manipulates the Media”
The Scientific American reports that the FDA offered scoops to major media organizations but, in exchange, the news agencies had to agree only to...
The Loneliness of Having an Illness Science Doesn’t Understand
In this interview for Science of Us, science writer Julie Rehmeyer tells of her struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome, including how the medical system failed her...
