Cultural Confusion: The Shifting Line Between Sane and “Unsane”
FromĀ STAT: An unprecedented number of Americans have been diagnosed with a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder. Does this represent an increase in psychological distress...
Minority Groups Found Less Likely to Get Mental Health Care
FromĀ California Healthline: Although people of color are much more likely to suffer from severe psychological distress, they are less likely to receive mental health...
The Enduring Myth of the Mad Genius
FromĀ Wellcome Collection: It has long been assumed that great writers and artists must be touched by madness. However, no link between artistic talent and...
Temperamentally Blessed
FromĀ Aeon: The finding that only one in five people avoid any kind of mental health problems or psychiatric diagnoses through their lives has prompted...
Here’s How to Beat Anxiety Without Medication
FromĀ The Independent: The medication that is frequentlyĀ prescribed to treat anxiety often does not work in the long-term. According to a new study, a variety...
Xanax Nation
In this blog post, Andy White highlights the role Xanax plays in silencing political dissent and keeping the public complacent. Instead of expressing anger...
Physical Activity and Exercise May Prevent Depression, Study Finds
Everyday exercise, regardless of intensity, can prevent the development of depressive symptoms.
Popular Drug Reveals the Issue of “Off-Label” Use
FromĀ The Washington Post: Despite major lawsuits and detailed reports pertaining to severe health risks associated with the antipsychotic Seroquel, the drug remains one of...
The Mind-Expanding Ideas of Andy Clark
In this piece forĀ The New Yorker, Larissa MacFarquhar profiles the philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark, whose work argues that our minds are inseparable...
Older Patients Being Prescribed Risky Anticholinergic Drugs
FromĀ MinnPost: A new University of Minnesota study has found that anticholinergic drugs, including antidepressants, continue to be prescribed to millions of older Americans despite...
The Industrial Revolution Left Scars That Can Still Be Seen Today
From theĀ Harvard Business Review: While the Industrial Revolution brought about unprecedented technological and economic progress, it has also left a negative psychological impact.Ā Research shows...
Existential Therapy Assists Patients Withdrawing From Psychiatric Drugs
Confronting existential anxiety through āBasal Exposure Therapyā shows promising results in people withdrawing from psychotropic drugs.
Why Nutritional Psychiatry is the Future of Mental Health
FromĀ The Independent:Ā The roleĀ that nutrition can play in improving our mental health is often overlooked. Research suggests that we should devote more resources to dietary...
Art and Images in Psychiatry
Between 2002 and 2014,Ā JAMA PsychiatryĀ published monthly essays by Dr. James C. Harris exploring the role of visual arts in representing emotional distress, trauma, life...
Psychiatrists Warn Policymakers Benzodiazepine Overuse Could Lead to Next Epidemic
Although opioid addiction and overuse have garnered significant national attention, similar trends in benzodiazepine overprescription and overuse continue to go unnoticed.
Royal College of Psychiatrists Accused of Misleading Claims
FromĀ The Herald: A group of mental health experts and patients have submitted a formal letter of complaint accusing the Royal College of Psychiatrists of...
Medicine Can Soothe a Troubled Mind, but Not Without Costs
FromĀ The New York Times: In a new book,Ā Blue Dreams, psychologist and patient Lauren Slater critiques the drug-based model of psychiatric care, debunking the chemical...
Benzodiazepines: Our Other Prescription Drug Epidemic
FromĀ STAT: Although benzodiazepines are some of the most commonly prescribed psychiatricĀ medicationsĀ in the U.S., few people realize how dangerous and addictive these drugs can be.
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What Is “Normal” Anyway?
FromĀ Scientific American: Although "normal" technically means average or typical, both researchers and the general public often view normality as a standard we should all...
The Usefulness of Dread
FromĀ Aeon: Although anxiety may be a major source of discomfort and suffering, it can also play an important role in the development of our...
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...
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....
One Woman’s Fight to Overcome Prescription Drug Addiction
Christine Cobb speaks to theĀ Lancaster Guardian about how she became addicted to prescription drugs and her horrific experience with benzodiazepine and SSRI withdrawal.
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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...
All Mental Disorders Are Brain Disorders…Not
In this blog post, Eiko Fried disputes the pervasive assumption that the most common psychiatric diagnoses are biologically based brain disorders, asserting that the...
