My Grandmother is a Drug Addictāand I Blame Big Pharma
In this piece forĀ Alternet, Joshua Wilkey discusses his grandmother's addiction to opioid painkillers and details the role that pharmaceutical companies have played in Appalachia'sĀ opioid...
Dr. Joel Lexchin Says Big Pharma is too Close With Physicians
FromĀ The Toronto Star: In his new bookĀ Doctors in Denial: Why Big Pharma and the Canadian Medical Profession are too Close for Comfort, Dr. Joel...
Your Instagram Posts May Hold Clues to Your Mental Health
FromĀ The New York Times: New research suggests that Instagram users who have been diagnosed with depression tend to post darker, bluer, and grayer photos...
Why We Fell for Clean Eating
FromĀ The Guardian: Not only is the clean eating movement based on pseudoscientific beliefs not backed up by evidence, but it may also lead to...
Increased Risk of Movement Disorders From Antipsychotics in Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Large cohort study demonstrates that those with an intellectual disability are at an increased risk for movement disorder side effects of antipsychotics.
Does Marijuana Make for Depressed Brains?
FromĀ U.S. News & World Report:Ā While some medical marijuana advocates claim that certain strands of weed may help with depression, research on the effects of...
Frances, Healy at Odds Over Program on SSRIs and Violence
Allen FrancesĀ and David Healy have expressed differing opinions onĀ A Prescription for Murder, BBC Panorama's recent documentary on the association between antidepressants and violence. While...
Chinese Psychiatric Patient Wins Long Battle for Freedom
FromĀ South China Morning Post: A middle-aged Chinese man diagnosed with mild schizophrenia has won a four-year, high-profile legal battle to be released from a...
There’s Little Evidence Abuse-Deterrent Opioids Work
FromĀ STAT: In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has proposed using abuse-deterrent opioids - those that make it more difficult to crush, snort, or inject...
Researchers Find Inadequate Reporting of the Dangers of Ketamine Treatment for Depression
Researchers report that dangerous side effects are not being adequately reported in the trials of ketamine for depression.
Prenatal Exposure to Psychotropic Medication Linked to Long Term Cognitive Impairment
School aged children exposed prenatally to psychotropic medication show poorer outcomes in cognitive ability.
The Moving Basis of Mental Health Diagnosis
In this opinion piece forĀ The Chronicle Herald, Dr. A.J. discusses the subjective nature of psychiatric diagnosis and the DSM. Citing research by Paula Kaplan,...
What If We Are All Wrong About Mental Illness?
FromĀ Thoughtful Living: The biomedical model of psychiatry, along with the DSM, is deeply flawed and can often be misleading. To improve, mental health services...
In Chronic Patients, Antipsychotics Have Limited Efficacy in Reducing Symptoms
A large review and meta-analysis of 167 studies across 60 years dissects placebo-controlled randomized controlled trials of antipsychotic drugs.
New Hope for Depression
In this piece forĀ TIME, Mandy Oaklander provides a comprehensive review of the current status of and potential future directions forĀ the depression treatment industry. The...
New Study Asks Doctors About Barriers to Deprescribing
Researchers interviewed doctors about the barriers that prevent them from being able to decrease excess medications.
How do we Know if a Drug Actually Works?
FromĀ Scientific American: The effectiveness of a particular medical treatment is often highly subjective and dependent on each individual's definition of the term "effective." Many...
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Symptoms
Members of the group Benzodiazepine Recovery have created a video about the often debilitating symptoms of benzodiazepine withdrawal.
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Mental Health, Inc.
FromĀ Kirkus Reviews: In his new bookĀ Mental Health, Inc., Art Levine reports on the dire state of the U.S. mental health system.
"The author delivers the...
The Promise of LSD Microdoses and Other Psychedelics
In this interview forĀ Scientific American, psychiatrist John Halpern discusses some of the potentially therapeutic effects of peyote, ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA and other psychedelics.
"Once when...
New CDC Head Peddled Controversial ‘Anti-Aging Medicine’
FromĀ Forbes: Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who was recently appointed as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has a history of marketing...
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.
Cause of Death: Unknown
A new film, "Cause of Death: Unknown" investigates the pharmaceutical industry and the deaths that have been caused by psychiatric drugs. The film will...
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...
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...
