Interview With Black Lives Matter Cofounder Patrisse Khan-Cullors
In this interview forĀ Vice, Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Khan-Cullors discusses herĀ efforts to fight for the civil rights of marginalized communities and to speak...
How Neoliberalism is Damaging Your Mental Health
FromĀ The Conversation: Neoliberal policies and conditions may be at least partly responsible for the growing mental health crisis and decline in collective well-being in...
CDC Reports Increased Psychostimulant Prescriptions in Women of Reproductive Age
Psychostimulant prescriptions have increased by 344% (from 2003 to 2015) for women of reproductive age (15-44 years old).
Mental Illness Weaponry and Shrink Hypocrisy
In this piece forĀ CounterPunch, Bruce Levine critiques the pervasive hypocrisy among U.S. mental health professionals, who on one hand claim they hope toĀ abolish the...
A Nurse’s Response to the Power Threat Meaning Framework
In this piece for theĀ Critical Mental Health Nurses' Network, Jonathan Gadsby speaks to the potential of the Power Threat Meaning Framework to transform the...
Woman Shares How Coming Off Antidepressant Ruined Her Life
FromĀ Metro: Originally prescribed the antidepressant Venlafaxine for migraines and persistent low moods, Tabitha Dow shares some of the persistent, debilitating symptoms she continues to...
We Pay a High Price for Unregulated Medical Devices
FromĀ The Lown Institute: New investigations and researchĀ are beginning to show the dangerous consequencesĀ resulting from the FDA's lack of oversight of medical devices.
"It sounds crazy...
Appeal for Principle Before Rule, and Uniform Application of Rules
In this blog post forĀ Bioethics.net, Dr. Brandy X. Lee, editor ofĀ The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a...
5 Ways to Address a Mental Health Crisis Without Calling 911
FromĀ The Body Is Not An Apology: For many people, calling the police during a mental health emergency can result in brutality. Here are five...
The Corruption of Medical Language
In this piece forĀ The BMJ, Richard Smith emphasizes the need for clear, understandable academic writing that is accessible to general audiences.
"Almost everything, I believe,...
Cognitive Impairment from Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use Remains Even After Drug Withdrawal
Long-term benzodiazepine use shown to effect cognitive function during current use and for years after drug discontinuation.
How Medical Professionals Have Enabled Torture
FromĀ Boston University School of Public Health: A new journal article in theĀ American Journal of Public Health evaluates the similarities between the use of medical...
Researchers Expose Pharmaceutical Industry Misconduct and Corruption
Corruption of pharmaceutical industry sponsored clinical trials identified as a āmajor obstacleā facing evidence-based medicine.
Connections Between Climate Change Concerns, Mental Health, and Pro-Environmental Actions
Concerns about the impact of climate change on animals and nature results in more effective coping to reduce hopelessness about climate change and promotes pro-environmental behaviors.
Itās Time to Levy Penalties for Failing to Report Clinical Trial Results
From STAT: A decade after the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act went into effect, requiring the results of clinical trials to be reported on the government website ClinicalTrials.gov, the government has never levied a single monetary penalty or withheld research funding under the law.
Histories of Violence: Neurodiversity and the Policing of the Norm
In this interview for theĀ Los Angeles Review of Books,Ā cultural theorist and philosopher Erin Manning discusses neurodiversity, a movement that seeks toĀ depathologize traits, experiences, and...
Why It’s Time to Let Psychoanalysis Into Politics
In this pieceĀ forĀ Prospect, Susie Orbach explains how insights from psychoanalysis can help us understandĀ our current political, social, and economic climate.
"Politically, socially, ecologically and economically,...
Psychiatry is a Disaster Area in Healthcare That Needs Attention
In this piece forĀ The BMJ, Dr. PeterĀ GĆøtzsche points out several of the major problems with the drug-based paradigm of psychiatric care as well as...
Mental Health Seclusion to be Scrapped After UN Condemnation
FromĀ Stuff: In 2015, the United Nations Committee Against Torture expressed concern at New Zealand's use of seclusion against mental health patients. According to a...
Study Investigates Factors that Foster Posttraumatic Growth in Prison
Emotional support, religion, and searching for meaning are positively correlated with posttraumatic growth among prisoners.
Failed TB Vaccine Exposes Concerns Regarding Research Ethics
An investigation exposes violations to research ethics, finding that researchers failed to disclose risks and even misled government agencies.
Feds Close ‘Evidence Based’ National Registry
FromĀ Education Week: The Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration has put a halt on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices, a...
Private Companies Win 70% of Clinical Contracts in England
FromĀ The Independent: Non-NHS private firmsĀ won almost 70 percent of tendered contracts in England last year,Ā undermining repeated government claims that private companies play a small...
Word Salad is Not “Disorganized Thought and Speech”
This piece forĀ Holistic ElephantsĀ discusses the role of social context and environment in our perception and construction ofĀ "word salad," a common symptom of psychosis and...
How Pharma Uses the Charge of “Stigma” to Sell Drugs
FromĀ The Epoch Times: Many advocacy groups claiming to combat the stigma of mental illness are actually front groups that represent the interests of pharmaceutical...
