Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure Raises Risk to Newborn of Pulmonary Hypertension
Researchers from Canada find the risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn is increased for infants exposed to SSRIs in late pregnancy. Results...
Mindfulness Meditation Comparable to Medication for Depression
Researchers from Johns Hopkins, publishing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reviewed the research literature on mindfulness meditation to find that it...
Non-Distressed Psychosis-Like Experiences Not Linked to Serious Mental Illness
Research from the University of Maryland finds that "Although 'psychosis-like experiences' (PLEs) may reflect elevated risk for onset of serious mental illness," further examination...
Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews Finds Systematic Under-Reporting of Adverse Events
A systematic review by researchers from Canada, the U.K., and China finds that the 4,644 systematic reviews studied "compounded the poor reporting of harms...
Childhood Abuse Predicts Lack of Resilience From Depression
A study of 1,128 adults drawn from Canada's National Population Health Survey finds that more than three quarters (77%) recovered from depression in 2...
Early Attachment Deprivation Predicts ADHD Symptoms
A study in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology finds that in a sample of 641 adopted adolescents, an increase in the level of ADHD...
Over-Diagnosis More Problematic Than Under-Diagnosis
Christopher Dowrick and Allen Frances write, in an article for the British Medical Journal, that though the prevalence of major depressive disorder in the...
Denmark to Hold Psychiatrist Responsible for Suicide
The Danish Agency for Patients' Rights is holding a psychiatrist responsible for a patient's suicide, which came 11 days after an 8-minute consultation that...
Suicide Attempts Similar With Various Antidepressants for Children
Researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Alabama found, in a retrospective study of increased suicidal behavior among 36,842 children who were new...
Substance Use “Dramatically Higher” Among Those With Severe Psychosis Diagnoses
In "the largest assessment of substance use among individuals with severe psychotic illness to date," researchers from Washington University and the University of Southern...
The Myth of Schizophrenia as a Progressive Brain Disease
Noted schizophrenia researchers Robin Murray, Robert Zipursky and Thomas Reilly write in Schizophrenia Bulletin that "mental health professionals need to join with patients and...
NY Times: A.D.H.D. Experts Re-Evaluate Zeal for Drugs
Authors of a 1999 paper that promoted medication over behavioral therapy for A.D.H.D., in fact dismissing behavioral therapy as unnecessary in light of the apparent...
Go to Sleep
A blog in Scientific American reviews sleep’s role in "Obesity, Schizophrenia, Diabetes... Everything". The article notes a tight link between depression and sleep apnea,...
Consumer Reports: Antipsychotics “Last Resort” for Anxiety, ADHD, Depression, Insomnia, and PTSD
Consumer Reports affirms that, though the use of antipsychotic drugs to treat conditions not approved by the Food and Drug Administration has increased significantly in the...
Custody of Justina Pelletier to Be Decided Tomorrow
The custody of Justina Pelletier, a Connecticut 15-year-old whose odyssey of diagnosis with "Somatoform Disorder" has trapped her in Boston Children's Hospital since last February, will...
Marijuana Causes “Schizophrenia-Like” Brain & Behavior Changes
Heavy pot users were found to have working-memory deficits and associated changes in brain morphology that were consistent with changes found in persons with...
ADHD Drugs Linked to Prolonged, Painful Erections
FDA regulators have updated the warning labels on methylphenidate products such as Ritalin, Focalin and Concerta to reflect reports of prolonged, painful erections (priapism)...
Childhood Bullying Linked to Psychosis
Research from the U.K. shows that involvement in bullying between the ages of 8 and 11, whether as victim or perpetrator, is linked to...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Will Stop Paying Doctors to Promote Drugs
In a first for a major drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, the British pharma that was fined $3 billion for illegal marketing of Paxil and Wellbutrin,...
New Zealand Judge Rules That Abuse Can Cause Schizophrenia
A New Zealand judge has upheld the appeal of a sexual abuse survivor against a decision that sexual abuse cannot cause schizophrenia. The judge...
SSRIs Cause Epilepsy in Rats
Researchers from Australia find that chronic treatment with SSRIs significantly increases the rate of epileptogenesis in rats. Although SSRIs are commonly prescribed to people...
Risperdal Plaintiffs Ask Judge to Unseal Clinical Studies Data
Attorneys representing about 300 lawsuits alleging that Risperdal causes enlargement of breast tissue in men have asked a Pennsylvania judge to unseal relevant clinical...
ADHD Advocate Says ADHD Diagnosis Rates are a “Disaster”
The New York Times quotes Keith Connors, an early advocate to legitimize Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, as saying that current rates of diagnosis and...
Mental Health Advocates Protest Congressional Mental Health Bill
Rep. Tim Murphy, a former psychologist, introduced the "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act" to congress today, a bill aimed at stopping violence...
Consumer Reports: Antipsychotics in Children Rises Despite Questions of Safety & Efficacy
Consumer Reports writes that the number of children prescribed antipsychotics has tripled over the last 10 to 15 years, despite a lack of evidence...
