Race and Class Affect Teacher Perceptions of ADHD Medication Use
Study uncovers teachersā attitudes surrounding ADHD medication use and examines the influence of race and social class on teacher beliefs.
A Different Mental Health Approach Could Have Saved My Mother
In this piece forĀ The Independent, Nick Webb tells the story of his mother's suicide and explains how a more trauma-informed, community-oriented approach to mental...
A Case Against Antidepressants
FromĀ Newsroom: University of Auckland researchers make a case against the chemical imbalance theory of mental illness, arguing that biological explanations and treatments for emotional...
Study Confirms Higher Suicide Risk for Sexual Minority Adolescents
Researchers report that sexual minority adolescents have considered, planned, and attempted suicide substantially more than their heterosexual peers.
Congress Did Something Extraordinary for Vulnerable Children
FromĀ The Intercept: A new piece of legislation attempting to revolutionize the foster care system recently passed despite significant opposition. The Family First Prevention Services...
Drug Treatment of ADHD ā Tenuous Scientific Basis
FromĀ Tidsskriftet: Over the past three decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of ADHD. Recent systematic reviews reveal...
Experts Stress Importance of Social Networks for Psychosis and Bipolar Interventions
Researchers develop a novel approach to mapping personal well-being networks for those diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) that incorporates social ties, connections to place, and meaningful activities.
Susie Orbach’s Guide to Books to Understand Yourself
In this pieceĀ forĀ The Guardian, Susie Orbach argues that we should not turn to the DSM to understand ourselves, but instead to the work of...
Spending on Social Services Improves Health Outcomes
Canadian study finds that social service spending is associated with a decrease in mortality and increase in life expectancy.
One Psychologist’s Mission to Save Talk Therapy
In this episodeĀ of WBUR'sĀ On Point Radio, psychologist Enrico Gnaulati explains why long-term psychotherapy has been devalued ever since the release and marketing of Prozac....
I’ve Been Waiting for This Since I Was a Child
In this piece forĀ Canterbury Christ Church University, Nell Butler highlights theĀ significance of the recently released Power Threat Meaning Framework. A trauma survivor herself, Butler...
Multisystemic Therapy No More Effective than Standard Care for Antisocial Behavior
Study counters previous evidence supporting multisystemic therapy, finding adolescents are just as likely to have out-of-home placements when receiving multisystemic therapy versus management as usual.
Reflections on the Torture Parents and the Pedophile Olympic Doctor
Parents should be very cautious about entrusting their children to any institution ā private boarding schools, ballet schools, training facilities away from home. We are all best off raising our adolescents subject to our oversight, rather than entrusting them to others. Those who should protect us from trauma are harming our children.
Study Finds Heavy Metal Music Beneficial to Mental Health
A new study highlights the role heavy metal music plays in the mental health of adolescents facing adversity.
Self-Evident
In this piece forĀ Aeon, Serife Tekin argues that contrary to antirealist perspectives emphasizing the illusion of selfhood, there is such a thing as the...
Problem Behaviors are Medicalized in White Children and Criminalized in Black Children
Race often determines whether school punishment or therapy and drugs will be used to address childrenās problem behaviors.
When Algorithms Are Running the Asylum
FromĀ Neo.life: The emergingĀ discipline of computational psychiatry, which aims to use machine-learning algorithms to recognize patterns of mental distress and identify treatments that may be...
A Nurse’s Response to the Power Threat Meaning Framework
In this piece for theĀ Critical Mental Health Nurses' Network, Jonathan Gadsby speaks to the potential of the Power Threat Meaning Framework to transform the...
Schema Therapy: Working With Complex Clinical Presentations
FromĀ The British Psychological Society: Dr. Susan Simpson provides an introduction to schema therapy and its uses in treating people who have been diagnosed with...
Targeting Hypocrisy Reduces Islamophobia and Collective Blame of Muslims
Interventions calling attention to participantsā hypocrisy proved effective in reducing Islamophobia and collective blame of Muslims for individual acts of violence.
Challenging the Relentless Rise of Depression in Young People
In this piece, Dave Traxson discusses the social and cultural factors contributing to the rise of depression among young people in Britain, arguing that...
After a Turbulent Childhood, on a Path to a Healthier Life
In this pieceĀ forĀ The New York Times, Emily Palmer describes the life journey thus far of Charles Louis, from being prescribed two psychiatric medications in...
Should We Screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences?
One author outlines the foundations of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research, addressing its dimensions, limitations, and potential future directions.
Large Study Finds Epigenetic Changes Associated with Trauma Explained by Smoking
A new study suggests that epigenetic changes that have been associated with trauma may actually be due to environmental toxins.
All in the Family: 4 Steps Toward Healing Adverse Childhood Experiences
It turns out that our stress response and inflammatory modeling are set early in our childhood. While ourĀ infant microbiomeĀ certainly lays a foundation, our beliefs and the thoughts that run like a ticker tape under our life experience cannot be underemphasized. How can we heal our pasts?
