In Chronic Patients, Antipsychotics Have Limited Efficacy in Reducing Symptoms

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A large review and meta-analysis of 167 studies across 60 years dissects placebo-controlled randomized controlled trials of antipsychotic drugs.

Mental Health, Inc.

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FromĀ Kirkus Reviews: In his new bookĀ Mental Health, Inc., Art Levine reports on the dire state of the U.S. mental health system. "The author delivers the...

In Texas, People With Mental Illness Find Work Helping Peers

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FromĀ Kaiser Health News: Peer support for people diagnosed with serious mental illness is becoming increasingly common. In places like Texas, where there is a...

Significant Growth of Antipsychotics Market Foreseen

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FromĀ Persistent Market Research: The global antipsychotics market is expected to grow significantly by 2021, with especially high growth rates in Europe and Asia. However,...

Is There Institutional Racism in Mental Health Care?

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FromĀ BBC News: Black people are overrepresented in the UK's mental health system and are at an increased risk of being forcibly committed, diagnosed with...

The Virtual Couch: Is Online Therapy Going Viral?

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FromĀ Alternet: Applications that provide online counseling, such as BetterHelp and Talkspace, are increasing in popularity. While some studies support the effectiveness of virtual therapy,...

United Nations Report Calls for Revolution in Mental Health Care

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In a new report, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr. Dainius PÅ«ras, calls for a move away from the biomedical model and ā€œexcessive use of psychotropic medicines.ā€

Stories from the Psych Ward: Why Drugs Aren’t the Cure

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In this piece forĀ Elephant Journal, one man tells his story of being locked up and forcibly drugged in the psych ward, and how he...

Thomas Insel Leaves the Google-Spawned Verily for a Start-Up

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FromĀ Wired: Thomas Insel, neuroscientist and former head of the National Institutes of Mental Health, is leaving his role at the Google-spawned health science company...

Trump’s Pick to Run Mental Health

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FromĀ STAT: President Trump has nominated Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, a proponent of increasedĀ psychiatric treatment for those diagnosed with serious mental illness, to run the Substance...

Anticonvulsant Implicated in Birth Defects in up to 4,100 Children, French Study Finds

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Between 2,150 and 4,100 children suffered from severe malformations connected to valproate prescription.

Could ‘Treatment Resistance’ be an Effect of Antidepressants?

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Previously taking antidepressants could make individuals less likely to respond to treatment for bipolar II depression.

Might Antidepressants Create Treatment Resistance?

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FromĀ Psychiatric Times: A recent study of individualsĀ diagnosed with bipolar II disorder found that patients who haveĀ taken antidepressants in the past areĀ less likely to respond...

Fighting the fog of Mental Illness

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In this special report for theĀ Journal Sentinel, Meg Kissinger tells the story of Amanda Farrell, a woman labeled severely mentally ill who eventually recovered...

Yes, Your Sleep Schedule is Making you Sick

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From The New York Times: Clinicians have long known that sleep schedules and levels of exposure to sunlight can have a significant impact on...

Brain Scans Cannot Differentiate Between Mental Health Conditions

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A new study analyzing over 21,000 participants found that differences in activation of brain regions in different psychological ā€œdisordersā€ may have been overestimated, and confirms that there is still no brain scan capable of diagnosing a mental health concern.

Certain Antihypertensive Drugs Linked to Mood Disorders

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A new study suggests that some antihypertensive drugs are associated with increased risk of bipolar disorder and depression, while other antihypertensive drugs are actually associated with decreased risk.

Study Finds High Risk for Suicide Following Psychiatric Hospitalization

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Patients are at an increased risk for suicide during the three months immediately following discharge from an inpatient psychiatric hospital.

Bipolar Diagnosis Linked to Childhood Adversity

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With the ties between traumatic childhood experiences and mental health issues, should we continue to focus on biological approaches?

Pilot Study Adapts Open Dialogue for US Health Care

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In an article for Psychiatric Services, psychiatrist Christopher Gordon and his colleagues report on the results of a one-year feasibility study attempting to implement...

Well-Being Therapy: A Guide to Long-term Recovery

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If a patient has high cholesterol or sugar, the doctor may prescribe a drug to lower what is too high, but he/she generally adds some suggestions: for instance to avoid certain types of food, to do more physical activity, to refrain from smoking. But if someone has a low mood and sees medical help, the doctor--particularly if he or she is a psychiatrist--will likely just prescribe a drug and not encourage any ā€œself-therapy.ā€ The problem with his approach to care is that psychiatric drugs, even when they are properly prescribed, may help very little in the long run and create a number of additional problems

Reclaiming My Voice

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Everything was not okay, but how could I possibly explain? That I donā€™t belong here. That I am a phony, a fraud. That I am damaged beyond repair and unsuitable for this work. I felt it happening again: the pressure building in my chest and the tears burning my throat at the prospect of someone discovering my deepest, darkest secret. The precursor to my entire life falling apart.

A Moment Passed Too Often

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What if, in that moment, nothing happened? What if I was given a second to collect myself enough to engage in the conversation surrounding my future? No one asked me what I would like to do. I was never given the chance to regain my equilibrium before I was drugged and bagged for the next decade.

Making the Case Against Antidepressants in Parliament

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On Wednesday, May 11, there will be an inquiry by a work group in the U.K.ā€™s Parliament into whether increases in the prescribing of antidepressants are fueling a marked increase in disability due to anxiety and depression in the U.K. I wrote about a similar rise in disability in the United States in Anatomy of an Epidemic, and the All Party Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence, which is the Parliamentary group that organized the debate, asked me to present the case against antidepressants.

Mental Health Documentary “Healing Voices” Premiers Across 130 Communities in 8 Countries

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The producers of ā€œHealing Voicesā€ Ā­ā€ a new social action documentary about mental health Ā­ā€ are releasing the film via community screening partners in...