Causation Theories

Are diagnoses of mental disorders among children and adolescents in developed countries disproportionate to disease prevalence trends?

The youngest children in a class are more likely to receive an ADHD diagnosis than their peers.

Psychologists and people with experience of psychotic symptoms publish a report on new ways of understanding psychosis.

Psychiatrists and medical doctors don’t ask who was hitting who and how often in your family. These questions would largely put them out of business and invalidate their industries. These questions would make a mockery of their many years of schooling and many prescription pad options. But these questions would also heal.

Officials at a school that was more focused on ADHD diagnoses described children’s behavior in terms of individual illnesses, taking children out of the context of their social interactions, race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

Childhood victimization associated with experiences of psychosis later in life, and in persons without childhood victimization, there is a bidirectional association between psychosis and adult victimization.

New research on a brief self-compassion focused course aimed at the college students.

Increasing the minimum wage - even modestly - can lead to less cases of child abuse in the home.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs have gained popularity in U.S. schools in recent years. A new study examines the nature and longevity of their impact on students.

Re-conceptualizing the Clinical-High-Risk/Ultra-High-Risk Paradigm: A critique and reappraisal

People who are more likely to believe that others’ views will change to match their own over time are less likely to engage in actions to facilitate that change

Results reflect moderate to strong evidence in support of the non-pharmacological school-based interventions reviewed in the study.

A new article, just published online in the journal Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, presents research suggesting that the diagnosis of ADHD is philosophically inadequate.

Researchers present loneliness as a health threat facing a growing number of Americans.

Leading human subjects ethics researcher questions exploitation of uninsured minorities in experimental drug trials.

In a philosophically rigorous article, Spanish researcher Marino Pérez-Álvarez examines the logic of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Cross-cultural data suggest that happiness involves feeling the emotions one deems as right, in accordance with personal and cultural values.

The following are some excerpts from my journal about my inpatient experience. Please know that the people in that hospital often reached out to one another in beautiful ways, but overall felt frustrated and stressed due to an oppressive and sterile environment with little positive reinforcement.

Recalling past exposure to violence worsens short-term memory and cognitive control.

New research questions whether the diagnosis of ADHD even meets the criteria for a disorder, as set out in the manuals used by the medical and psychiatric fields.

14-year study of a rural sample in China shows those who were married had higher rates of remission from schizophrenia.

Systematic review suggests social prescribing benefits individuals with mental and physical health issues, but more program evaluations are needed.

Attempts to bridge the gap between research and practice result in a family therapy approach which employs clients as co-researchers.

School aged children exposed prenatally to psychotropic medication show poorer outcomes in cognitive ability.

Researchers suggest that treatment is more effective and healthcare costs are reduced when contextual care is implemented that addresses social and economic needs.