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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
Inequality is Bad For Your Health
FromĀ Pacific Standard: In a recent study featuring a group of American twins, twins who experienced greater levels of inequality showed more physiological signs of...
“I Cried Every Day at Work”: Mental Health Among Doctors
FromĀ The Guardian: Doctors are increasingly experiencing mental health issues due to the unrelenting pressure, inhumane working hours, brutal competition, and workplace bullying that is...
Feminist Retirement Home in Paris Celebrates Aging
FromĀ Girl Talk HQ: A new feminist retirement home in Paris has been built to celebrate aging and counter the societal narrative that growing oldĀ is...
When Calling the Police Results in Harm, Not Help
FromĀ Slate: The death of Charleena Lyles, who was shot by the police after she called them to report a burglary, serves as a reminder...
Psychics Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something
In this piece forĀ The Atlantic, Joseph Frankel compares and contrasts the voice-hearing experiences of self-describedĀ psychics and mediums with the experiences of people diagnosed with...
LGBT Pride and the Soul: An Essay by Edward Santana
FromĀ Routledge: InĀ hisĀ recent bookĀ Jung and Sex, Edward Santana explores the role that therapists can play in illuminating and deepening human complexities as well asĀ addressing the...
What Transgender Actors can Teach Medical Residents
A new training program teaches medical residents how to provide appropriate care and services to transgender clients.
Psych Ward Reviews: A Yelp for Psychiatric Facilities
FromĀ Undark Magazine: A new app, Psych Ward Reviews, gathers anonymous reviews of patients' experiences with inpatient treatment at public and private psychiatric and general...
African American and Hispanic Youth Discontinue ADHD Treatment at Higher Rates than White Youth
Study examines racial and ethnic disparities in the quality of care for Medicaid-enrolled children starting ADHD medication.
Power Causes Brain Damage
FromĀ The Atlantic: New research suggests that power may impair neural processes involved inĀ feeling empathy and understanding others' perspectives. Recalling experiences of powerlessness can help...
Women are Flocking to Wellness due to Sexism in Healthcare
FromĀ Quartz:Ā Seeking healthcare in the medical system can be a dehumanizing experience for women: doctors often dismiss women's pain as psychological rather than physiological, and...
Psychological Research Fails to Capture Human Diversity, Researchers Call for Action
Data demonstrate an overreliance of non-representative and non-diverse sampling biases in psychological research.
Colleges Get Proactive in Addressing Depression on Campus
FromĀ The New York Times:Ā The number of college students with mental health concerns is rapidly increasing, straining many universities' mental health and counseling centers. Colleges...
New Bill Targets Asian-American, Pacific Islander Community
FromĀ NBC News: Representative Judy Chu recently introduced the Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act, a bill to reduce mental health stigma in...
How Our Military Discards Its Wounded Troops
FromĀ The Daily Beast: A newly released Government Accountability Office report found that 62 percent of military servicemembers who were discharged for misconduct between 2011...
Quality of Inpatient Psychiatric Care and Consumers’ Trust
FromĀ Psychiatric Services: A recent study found thatĀ consumers who experienced low quality inpatient psychiatric care were less likely to trust the mental health system. Consumers...
How Helpers Empathize may Affect Their Personal Well-being
Researchers distinguish between two different forms of perspective taking and examine their impact on helpersā wellbeing.
