Most Media Health Stories Pump Positives, Minimize Harms
A "Special Communication" by HealthNewsReview.org publisher Gary Schwitzer published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that most news media present very...
Certain Hospitals, Physicians Over-medicate More
In an upcoming study in Psychiatric Services, US and Canadian researchers report that the strongest predictors for over-medicating of people being treated for schizophrenia...
Drug Detailing More Influential than FDA Approval
FDA approvals are less influential on prescribing patterns than pharmaceutical sales marketers are, according to a study in Health Affairs. University of California and...
Even Low Lead Levels Affect Child Behaviors
A team of American and Chinese researchers funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences report in JAMA Pediatrics that lead concentrations in...
“Justina’s Law” seeks to curb experimentation on foster children
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers have introduced a bill called "Justina's Law" to limit federal funding for medical research involving foster children, according...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Linked to Psychiatric Conditions
A review published by Romanian and German researchers in the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry suggests that many psychiatric conditions have strong links to Irritable...
Protests Erupt Over Facebook’s Secret Psychology Experiment
Facebook altered the news feeds of 689,003 users as part of a massive experiment in "emotional contagion," according to a study published in the...
Five-year Study Re-affirms that Housing Stabilizes People
A five-year study involving 497 homeless people with mental health or addictions problems in Vancouver found that, when provided free apartments, most people “stabilized...
Illinois Allows Psychologists to Prescribe Drugs
The American Psychological Association is lauding a new Illinois law allowing certain types of psychologists to prescribe psychiatric medications. “This is a landmark moment...
Fava: Antidepressants in Severe Cases, Short Duration Only
Giovanni Fava has published an integrative analysis of the different sources of scientific research into antidepressants in Psychotherapy and Somatics. “The use of antidepressant...
More Research Links Autism to Pesticides
Autism and rates of other neurogically-related problems are higher in areas where large amounts of chemical pesticides are used, according to University of California...
Antipsychotics During Pregnancy Linked to Infant Problems
“Live, healthy babies are the most common outcome following the use of antipsychotic medication in pregnancy,” conclude Australian researchers in a study that was...
No Evidence PTSD Treatments Helping Veterans
No one has been tracking whether or not US veterans have been benefiting in any way from over $3.2 billion annually in mental health...
Experts Demand Shutdown of ECT Study
A group of mental health experts are calling for Manchester University and the UK National Institute for Health Research to immediately suspend and investigate...
Corrupt Pharma Execs Could Soon Face Jail in Canada
Pharmaceutical industry executives who mislead the public could soon face fines of up to $5 million or two years in jail in Canada. According...
Therapy Better than Antidepressants for Staying Employed
Examining the link between depression and loss of employment, a study by American researchers in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that cognitive therapy...
Pharma Execs Consider Fleeing China’s Corruption Crackdown
Business Week has run a Reuters Shanghai article recounting how increasing numbers of senior drug company executives are considering leaving China due to the...
Psychiatrization of Children Explored
An entire special issue of the journal Children & Society is dedicated to examining questions surrounding “psychiatrised children.” Various studies explore how rarely children’s...
In-school Exercise a Help for Attention Deficits
Researcher Michele Tine of Dartmouth College’s Poverty and Learning Lab reports in the journal Frontiers in Psychology that 12 minutes of aerobic exercise caused...
Europe Announces Policy on Medical Trial Data Access Amidst Criticism
The European Medicines Agency has announced a new policy that it says will open public access to pharmaceutical companies’ medical trial data. The new...
Both Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy Effect Sizes Small
In a review of 852 trials of pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies for major psychiatric disorders, involving 137,126 patients, an international team of researchers found that...
Childhood Residential Mobility Linked to Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Noting that "childhood adversity is gaining increasing attention as a plausible etiological factor in the development of psychotic disorders," researchers from Johns Hopkins, Aarhus...
Keris Myrick: Associate Director of Consumer Affairs for SAMHSA
Keris Myrick, MIA blogger and, as of today, the former chair of the board of the National Alliance for Mental Illness, will be the...
Mental Health Care is the Third Highest Medical Expense in U.S.
A study published today in Jama Psychiatry finds that mental health care ties with cancer for the third highest medical expense in the United...
Risk of Premature Death and Violent Crime Associated With Schizophrenia Diagnoses Rising
Rates of adverse outcomes, including premature death and violent crime, have increased among people with schizophrenia and related diagnoses since the 1970s when compared to...
