The FBI and Defense Department are Investigating UHS Hospitals
FromĀ BuzzFeed News: America's largest chain of psychiatric hospitals, United Health Services, is currently under investigation by at least three federal agencies including the FBI...
Brief Trauma-Focused Psychotherapies Effective for Children with PTSD
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Writing Therapy both reduce PTSD symptoms in children who experienced a single traumatic event.
Political Neuroscience: “Growth Mindsets” and Disability
FromĀ Neuroskeptic: The British government is launching a new initiative, the "Health and Work Conversation," a one-hour conversation in which welfare claimants receiving financial support...
New Study Examines User Experience of Discontinuing Psychiatric Medications
Researchers find that support and self-care were helpful for users during discontinuation, but that mental health professionals were not very helpful.
Psychiatrist Arrested for Death of Patient
FromĀ The Times of India: A psychiatrist from the Uma Nalini Mary Clinic and Research InstituteĀ was recently arrested on charges of homicide of a middle-agedĀ patient....
A Dribbling, Suicidal Mess – Until I Kicked the Pills
In this piece forĀ The Sunday Times, Oliver Thring tells the story of Katinka Blackford Newman, a woman who became psychotic after taking antidepressants and...
Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy Without Patient’s Consent Rises
FromĀ The Irish News: Although the use of ECT has been steadily decreasing internationally, the use of ECT in Northern Ireland has significantly increased over...
Providers Fail to Report Information on Suicide Prevention Services
Researchers investigate services related to suicide prevention across mental health providers in England.
Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
FromĀ Sapiens: Researchers are increasingly recognizing the role that social and environmental factors, including childhood abuse, stressful events, and poverty, play in the development of...
Teen Raising Awareness After Exercise Saved her Life
FromĀ Elite Daily: Courtney Lorking, an 18-year-old online wellness coach and fitness enthusiast, is speaking out and sharing her story of how exercise helped her...
Rise in Children With Mental Health Concerns After Terror Attacks
FromĀ The Guardian: According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the number of children and young people seeking mental health support has spiked since recent...
Reform of Mental Health Law Should Focus on Patient’s Voice
FromĀ The Irish Times: The Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017, which is currently making its way through the Irish legislature, would enact key policies and...
Listening to, Rather Than Trying to Fix, My Suicidal Wife
FromĀ The Guardian: One man shares how listening to his wife when she experienced suicidality, rather than rushing to action or attempting to dissuade her...
Is There Institutional Racism in Mental Health Care?
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...
New Zealand Man Died After Being Restrained in Japan
FromĀ The Guardian: Kelly Savage, a 27-year-old New Zealand man working abroad as an English teacher in Japan, was admitted to a Japanese psychiatric hospital...
Over 1,000 Antidepressant Users Describe how Their Personal Life has Been Affected
Survey examines adverse personal and interpersonal effects of antidepressants and the impact of polypharmacy
How Severe, Ongoing Stress Can Affect a Child’s Brain
FromĀ AP News: In response to research showing the long-term health impact of adverse childhood experiences, pediatricians, mental health specialists, educators and community leaders are...
More and More States Are Outlawing Gay-Conversion Therapy
FromĀ The Atlantic: States are increasingly moving to ban gay conversion therapy, restricting licensed mental-health practitioners including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers from practicing any...
‘Breastaurants’ Are Hurting Employees’ Mental Health
FromĀ HuffPost Canada: New research suggests that working at restaurants that sell sexual objectification of female staff, such as Hooters, can have a negative impact...
A New Paper Breaks Down the Effects of the Election
FromĀ Science of Us: A new research paper examines the mental and physical health effects of the 2016 presidential election, including the impact of toxic...
Do Voice Hearers Have the Right to Refuse Psychiatric Drugs?
In this piece forĀ STAT, Shirley S. Wang discusses the Hearing Voices Network and its non-pathologizing, rights-affirming approach to hearing voices and alternative realities.
"Many recovered...
Research Suggests that Forensic Psychological Examinations are Unreliable and Biased
Concerns have been raised about inconsistent and unreliable results, which may lead to injustices in sentencing or even wrongful convictions.
Three Suicides: Honoring Lives Lost to Benzodiazepines
I am still trying to reconcile what these chemicals are capable of, how the urge can morph into an action, how we maybe just donāt understand suicide all that well. For me, the suffering was so intense it was too painful to stay alive. I understand how my friends felt in their last moments.
This is the Truth About Personality Disorders
FromĀ The Independent: Armchair diagnoses of personality disorders are a rising trend, from speculationsĀ that President Trump has narcissistic personality disorder to viral articles about discerning...
Researchers Discuss the Strengths of Children who Face Adversity
Experiencing adversity may result in the development of unique strengths and abilities that are often overlooked.
