Economic Deprivation and Social Fragmentation Drive Suicide Rates in US

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Major study finds that economic deprivation and a lack of social capital are driving increasing rates of suicide in the U.S.

Antidepressant Use Associated With More Violent Suicide Attempts

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A new study found that taking an antidepressant medication was associated with a heightened risk of suicide using violent means.

Mad Pride Rises in Mexico

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The Mad Pride movement continues to spread around the world, with a first-ever march in Mexico City.
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No Graphic Detail: The Injustice of Being Silenced

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They tell us weā€™re too fragile to speak our own truth, and that those around us are too fragile to hear it. If you must name what happened to you, at least slap a ā€œtrigger warningā€ on yourself, and donā€™t ā€œpaint a picture.ā€ Fuck that. The truth is that graphic detail can make some of us stronger in a way that silence never could.
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Antidepressants and the National Suicide Epidemic

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We encourage young people to see themselves as fragile creatures whose brains can go haywire for any reason, or no reason at all. Then we tell them they have the ā€œdiseaseā€ of depression and ply them with drugs with a known link to worsening depression and suicidality going back for decades. How many more will have to die before this changes?
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How ā€œSafe Messagingā€ Gaslights Suicidal People

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Suicide prevention constructs a reality in which the problems of suicide lie within suicidal people. Sanity is constructed around wanting to live, insanity around wanting to die. Within this paradigm, the suicidal person can never be trusted. They are fragile, vulnerable, demanding protection, surveillance, and management.

Being-Towards-Suicide

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Is it not the very capacity for suicide that makes us human? This capacity, this freedom, of autonomyā€™s jurisdiction to extend to the outermost seconds of life, namely death, is an innate part of humanity and thus consciousness. Accepting death as a possibility embraces the finitude of our existence.
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Against the Odds: ā€˜Unimproved Schizophrenicā€™ to Yale PhD

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Forty years after I had first been admitted to the hospital, I was ready to confront my past. So, I sent for my hospital records, and I read them. As an experienced clinician, I recognized immediately what the doctors hadnā€™t been able to see in 1960: my problem wasnā€™t ā€˜schizophreniaā€™ but PTSD, connected with incest.

Psychotropic Medications Serve as Powerful Tools for U.S. Military, Imperialism

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Ethnographic research sheds light on extensive psychopharmaceutical use by soldiers in post 9/11 U.S. wars.

Teacher Wellbeing Matters for Student Mental Health

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Teacherā€™s personal wellbeing plays a role in studentsā€™ mental health outcomes, suggests a new study.

De-Othering “Schizophrenia” by Placing it in Socio-Historical Context

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Understanding schizophrenia as a non-enigmatic, understandable human experience goes against a history of institutional ā€œotheringā€ that has sustained psychiatric legitimacy and further marginalized service-users.
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Thought About Killing Yourself Lately? Itā€™s Not All In Your Head

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As the world economic leader in GDP at $24 trillion per year, the United States has had steadily rising suicide rates for nearly two decades, though when compared to other economic leaders such as France, Germany, Japan, India, the UK and Italy, it remains the outlier; the rest have dropped. Why is the United States unique in its degree of misery?

Increase in Suicide Attempts by Self-Poisoning in Youth

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Researchers shed light on hike in attempted suicide by self-poisoning in young adults between 2011 and 2018.

Mobile Apps for Mental Health Lack Transparency in Data Sharing

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Research illustrates privacy concerns with how mental health applications collect and share usersā€™ data.

Researchers Find Bias in Industry-Funded Continuing Medical Education

Industry-funded continuing medical education (CME) influences physicians to prescribe more opioids, focus less on the consequences.

The Role of Racial Bias in the Overdiagnosis of Schizophrenia

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Researchers detect disparity between white and African American patients diagnosed with schizophrenia when symptoms of a mood disorder are present.

The Role of Intergenerational Trauma in the Perpetuation of Childhood Maltreatment

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A new study examines the role parent borderline pathology plays in the perpetuation of childhood maltreatment.

Valuing Posttraumatic Growth in Psychosis

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Individuals who experience psychosis can also experience posttraumatic growth, which can be a central component of the recovery paradigm.

More Physical Activity-Based Mental Health Interventions Needed in Schools

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What physical activity-based programs are being implemented in schools, how are they being researched, and what kind of impact have they made?

Psychiatrists View Drug-Free Programs for Psychosis as ā€œUnscientific,ā€ Study Finds

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A new study provides an insiderā€™s look into how psychiatrists view the establishment of drug-free programs in Norway.

Higher Minimum Wage May Result in Fewer Suicide Deaths, Study Finds

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New research suggests that minimum wage laws provide financial security that may help prevent suicide.

International Research Team Proposes a New Taxonomy of Mental Disorders

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New data interpreted to suggest a hierarchical, dimensional system of mental disorders will aid future research efforts and improve mental health care.

Debate Ensues Over Rights-Based Approach to Mental Health

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Debate ensues as scholars and policymakers discuss how to bring a rights-based approach to mental health policy.

When Does it Help to Have Background Information in Child-Centered Play Therapy?

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Knowing the clientā€™s history can help foster genuine empathic responding, a key component to child-centered play therapy.

Green Space in Childhood May Protect Against Adult Mental Health Issues

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A new study suggests proximity to green space as a child is linked to lower rates of mental health issues in adulthood.