Mentally Ill Prisoners Are Held Past Release Dates, Lawsuit Claims
From The New York Times: The men are no longer in prison because they committed offenses, but because the state has determined they are likely to become homeless once released.
The International Antidepressant Withdrawal Crisis: Time to Act
From Psychiatric Times Letters: Underestimating the problem is not going to help patients get the accurate information, and the withdrawal support services, they need and deserve.
#MeToo! Believing Women and Freud’s Assault on the Truth
From Indybay: Freud became aware that many patients had been sexually abused as children, but abandoned this belief due to rejection by his professional peers.
New CA Surgeon General Puts Spotlight on Early Childhood Adversity
From California Health Report: The impact of stress and trauma on people’s physical and mental health looks set to become a central focus of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration.
Students Learn From People They Love
From The New York Times: The bottom line is this, a defining question for any school or company is: What is the quality of the emotional relationships here?
‘She Was Unrecognisable’ – Families Warn of Fatal Effects of Antipsychotic Drug Clozapine
From The Guardian: Clozapine is heavily restricted in other countries but concerns about its potentially fatal side-effects in the UK appear not to have been heeded.
Consumers May Be Unaware of Suicide Risks of Popular Prescription Drugs
From ABC7: Time has passed and with it the public awareness of what drugs like Zoloft, Paxil and Prozac can cause a person to do.
Placing Juveniles in Solitary Confinement Makes Them Worse
From USA TODAY: "You may be really destroying these kids emotionally and mentally... Some of these kids may not be able to recover."
When Doctors Don’t Listen
From SAPIENS: I know how fragile life is in the throes of illness and how easily it can be clipped with the shears of domination and misunderstanding.
How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
From Buzzfeed News: "Burnout combines an intense yearning for a state of completion with the tormenting sense that it cannot be attained."
The FDA Is Still Letting Doctors Implant Untested Devices Into Our Bodies
From The Washington Post: Medical devices and implants, many untested in humans, are associated with 1.7 million injuries and more than 80,000 deaths over the past decade.
FL Psychologists Could Prescribe Medication Under New Bill
From WJCT: If passed, Florida would become the sixth state to allow psychologists to prescribe medication. Similar bills have been passed in IA, ID, IL, NM and LA.
Sharp Rise Seen in Kids’ Mental Health ER Visits
From WebMD: Mental health issues are sending more and more kids and teens to hospital emergency rooms, and that increase has been most dramatic among minorities.
In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes On Tricky Public Health Role
From The New York Times: Facebook, critics said, has assumed the authority of a public health agency while protecting its process as if it were a corporate secret.
Harsh Nazi Parenting Guidelines May Still Affect German Children of Today
From NPR: The Nazis wanted children who were tough, unemotional and unempathetic, and they understood that withholding affection would support that goal.
Virginia Study Finds Increased School Bullying in Areas That Voted for Trump
From NPR: "If these conversations are happening on the TV and at the dinner table... these kids will take this perspective and they're going to play out in the schools."
Lown Institute’s 2nd Annual ‘Shkreli Awards’ Reveals Worst in Health Care in 2018
From Lown Institute: "It’s hard to ignore the epidemic of corruption and greed in health care when you see these stories all together."
Co-Responder Teams Changing How Minn. Police Deal With Mental Health Calls
From MinnPost: "We can really take the time to listen to somebody; hear what they’re going through; help them feel a little bit understood… it can make a big difference."
How PhRMA Finally Lost: The Inside Story of the Group’s Biggest Lobbying Failure in...
From STAT: On January 1, it became official: A change took effect that will cost the industry nearly $12 billion over the next 10 years.
Dadirri: Australian Aboriginal Practice of ‘Deep Listening’ for Trauma Release, Healing
From Ultra Kulture: For centuries we’ve largely ignored the wisdom of those among us who are still directly connected to ancestral ways of knowledge.
Voices, Visions and Other Realities: Psychosis365, Now Live
From HUMANE Clinic, Adelaide, Australia: A new project by the HUMANE Clinic provides an alternative to the challenging and often unfounded perceptions of what our society calls "psychosis."
Psychiatric Hospitals With Safety Violations Still Get Accreditation
From The Wall Street Journal: Psychiatric hospitals kept their accreditation after patients said they were raped or assaulted; died by suicide; slept on chairs due to crowding; and more.
Boys Need More Help With Mental Health. Why Aren’t They Getting It?
From NBC News: "Mental health has become a crisis among America’s youth, and experts say the unique challenges and needs of young men are not...
A Tale About the Inside: Human Rights Violations From a Typical Stay in an...
From Everything Matters: Beyond Meds: This facility was in violation of all Georgia State and Federal Statutes protecting patients under the Disability Act. There are patients being violently abused there right now.
Cops Who Left Two Mental-Health Patients to Drown Charged With Manslaughter
From The Daily Beast: Flood, who was driving the vehicle, will also be charged with two counts of reckless homicide for allegedly taking what he knew to be a dangerous route.
