How to Stop Violence
FromĀ Slate: While many people are quick to blame those diagnosed with mental illness for mass shootings, the reality is that violence results fromĀ anger. Children,...
The Town That’s Found a Potent Cure for Illness ā Community
FromĀ The Guardian: In 2013, general practitioner Helen Kingston launched the Compassionate Frome Project, which provides the town's patients with social services and community support...
Majority of Counselors Lack Training to Treat Racial Trauma, Study Finds
The percentage of clients who have experienced racial trauma far exceeds the percentage of counselors who are trained to identify and treat it.
Johann Hari Continues to Speak Out
Johann Hari, British journalist and author of the new bookĀ Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depressionāand the Unexpected Solutions, continues to speak out...
Not Your Great-Grandfather’s Psychoanalysis
From theĀ Monitor on Psychology: One of the greatest misconceptions aboutĀ psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapy is that it has remained unchanged since Freud introduced it. In...
ADHD More Severe in Children Exposed to Pollution and Economic Deprivation
ADHD behaviors were linked to the presence of both high levels of pollutants and persistent economic deprivation at birth and through childhood.
Difficult Decisions About Antidepressants
In this piece forĀ Research with Plymouth University, Richard Byng discusses the difficulty that both doctors and patients experience in discerning theĀ effectiveness of antidepressants in...
Loneliness is a Warning Sign to Be Social
FromĀ Nautilus: Numerous research studies demonstrate the strong correlation between social isolation and significant emotional and physical health risks. The pain of loneliness can serve...
The Female Subject in Psychiatry From Pathology to Prozac
In this piece forĀ The New Inquiry, Sophie Putka chronicles the mental health profession's long history of pathologizing, diagnosing, and medicating women's emotions.
"With Freudās claims...
Critiques of a New Research Study on Antidepressants
A new meta-analysisĀ claimingĀ to prove once and for all that antidepressants areĀ an effective treatment for moderate to severe depression was published just a few days...
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...
The Foods That Can Help and Harm Your Brain
FromĀ The Guardian: Nutrition can have a major impact on the health of our brains, including our risk for dementia and cognitive decline. Here is...
Puerto Rico’s Mental Health Crisis (Podcast)
FromĀ The New York Times: Months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island is experiencing a severe mental health crisis. Public health officials say...
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...
We Need to Broaden the Philosophical Landscape of Social Work
In this piece forĀ Community Care, Anjum Shah argues that social work academics need to pay more attention to the work of the philosopher Frantz...
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....
Football Destroyed My Husband’s Mind
In this op-ed forĀ The New York Times, Emily Kelly, the wife of former NFL player Rob Kelly, shares the devastating impact that a professional...
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.
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.
How Neoliberalism is Damaging Your Mental Health
FromĀ The Conversation: Neoliberal policies and conditions may be at least partly responsible for the growing mental health crisis and decline in collective well-being in...
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...
