PhD Students at Higher Risk of Developing a Psychiatric Disorder
FromĀ Business Insider: According to a new study, PhD students are almost twice as likely to develop symptoms of poor mental health asĀ the highly educated...
What If We Are All Wrong About Mental Illness?
FromĀ Thoughtful Living: The biomedical model of psychiatry, along with the DSM, is deeply flawed and can often be misleading. To improve, mental health services...
The Politics of Mental Health
In this piece forĀ Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century, Hazel Croft argues for a more radical approach to mental health, exploringĀ the impact of neoliberal...
Depression is Now the World’s Most Widespread Illness
FromĀ Fortune: The global rate of depression has risen more than 18 percent since 2005.Ā In 2015, the World Health Organization estimated that 322 million people...
Many are Depressed Because They’re Expected not to be
FromĀ The Conversation: New studies suggest that Western cultural values - specifically the high value we place on happiness - may be the reason that...
A Glimpse Inside US Mental Health Detention Centre
FromĀ The Sun: New York photographer Lili Holzer-Glier was recently allowed inside the Cook County Department of Corrections in Chicago, where 35 percent of inmates...
Childhood Bipolar Disorder More Rare Than Previously Claimed, Study Finds
Re-examination of meta-analytic claims finds the prevalence of pediatric bipolar disorder is close to zero.
Remains of Missing 24-Year-Old Dad Found in Coast Guard Boat
FromĀ Yahoo! News: Nine months ago, Matt Amsler, a 24-year-old father, mysteriously disappeared after undergoing a bad reaction to antipsychotics. His body has been found...
Marshmallows Aren’t Likely to Fix Low-Income Kids’ Problems
FromĀ BOLD Blog: Starting in the late 1960s, researchers conducted an experiment offering young children a choice between one marshmallow at the present or two...
Quiet Your Anxiety by Talking to Yourself in the Third Person
FromĀ Today: A new study suggests that talking about one's negative feelings and experiences in the third person can help reduce fear and anxiety.
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In Chronic Patients, Antipsychotics Have Limited Efficacy in Reducing Symptoms
A large review and meta-analysis of 167 studies across 60 years dissects placebo-controlled randomized controlled trials of antipsychotic drugs.
New Hope for Depression
In this piece forĀ TIME, Mandy Oaklander provides a comprehensive review of the current status of and potential future directions forĀ the depression treatment industry. The...
Arts Participation May Improve Mental Well-Being and Social Inclusion
Introductory arts courses at Open Arts Essex show improvements in mental well-being and social inclusion for individuals with mental health challenges.
How Complex Trauma Changes a Person
FromĀ GoodTherapy.org: Although not currently listedĀ in the DSM, the diagnosis of complex post-traumatic stress (C-PTSD) has gained widespread acceptance in the mental health community. The...
Depression, Stigma, and our Toxic Culture
FromĀ Medium: Often after the suicide of a public figure, there is an increase in articles published attempting to destigmatize depression by categorizing it as...
New Study Asks Doctors About Barriers to Deprescribing
Researchers interviewed doctors about the barriers that prevent them from being able to decrease excess medications.
How Neglect and Abuse Change Children’s Brains
From theĀ Center for Health Journalism: Different types of childhood adversity shape the developing brain in distinct ways and need to be addressed accordingly. While...
Findings Linking Depression to Abnormal Brain Activity Questioned
Meta-analyses fail to replicate findings linking abnormal brain activity to depression.
Voices in our Heads: The Prefrontal Cortex as Parasite
As I considered the voice I heard talking to me in my own head, it occurred to me that what was happening was, more or less,Ā a later development of the brainĀ talking to a more basic and earlier level of consciousness,Ā one which was not verbal itself and was, in fact, the actual seat and locus of my real awareness.
Mental Health, Inc.
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...
Psychiatry Group Tells Members They Can Ignore Goldwater Rule
FromĀ STAT: The American Psychoanalytic Association has given its members permission to ignore the "Goldwater rule" and comment publicly on the mental state of government...
England’s Mental Health Experiment: No-Cost Talk Therapy
FromĀ The New York Times: England is in the midst of a unique national experiment, an initiative that provides open-ended talk therapy free of charge...
Overemphasis on Disease Entities in Psychosis
FromĀ Critical Psychiatry: Jim van Os, who has argued we should abandon the term "schizophrenia," recently wrote an article in support of a unitary model...
The Upside of Neuroticism
FromĀ Pacific Standard: A new study from the U.K. suggests that there may be an upside to neuroticism - some neurotic people live longer lives....
Half of First-Episode Patients Respond to Antipsychotics
No placebo controlled trials provide evidence of antipsychotics in first-episode psychosis.
