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The initial study, which has been used to promote antidepressants, employed outcome switching to hide poor results.

From CNN: Nearly every U.S. state is neglecting access to maternal mental health care, and experts fear the situation could get worse as more states severely restrict or ban abortion.

In her tragic passing, I choose to honor her by raising up these words she said, by hearing and believing them.

From The Onion: The satire publication reports on new "research" showing how SSRIs are able to take patients' minds off their depression.

Peter Gøtzsche covers depression pills in pregnancy, as well as psychotherapy and psycho-education.

Psychiatry's medicalization of social and psychological suffering is not justified by the currently known biology.

From Emergent Divergence: We need to seriously consider the role of oppression and abuse of power in the development of so called psychiatric “disorders.”

From ProPublica: The state is a stark outlier in jailing so many people for so long, but many officials say they don’t have another option.

From Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australia's mental health facilities are exacerbating patients' trauma by placing them in mixed gender wards and taking a "medical first" approach to their "symptoms."

Nothing matters more than cultivating the most loving bond possible with those we love. How can stoicism help?

From NBC News: Dr. Brian Hyatt, former chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board, is being sued by at least 26 patients alleging he held them against their will in his unit.

As I look back, I instinctively knew that I needed some type of "break" from my life. That came a few months early in a very different way than I was planning.

From MedPage Today: Out of 667 SSRI reviews posted to WebMD by patients or caregivers, 335 posts were about discontinuing their medication, mostly due to adverse events.

Peter Gøtzsche discusses how network meta-analyses spin the data on antidepressants, especially when financed by pharma.

Response and remission rates were the same in the drug versus placebo groups, and Lexapro increased suicidality sixfold.

From Big Think: We’ve found that psychiatric drugs simply don’t work that well for many, and our conventional ways of healing trauma need to change.

For many caregivers who assist their loved ones, the journey involves navigating the medical system and its many challenges. This time, the journey takes...

From Psychology Today/John Read, PhD: A second audit confirms that UK patients are not being told about the serious risks and limited benefits of ECT.

From Nature: Investigations suggest that, in some fields, at least one-quarter of clinical trials might be problematic or even entirely made up, warn some researchers.

This week, I wanted to see what ChatGPT would have to say about the long-term impact of antidepressants and about the STAR*D study.

From Kindred Media: Psychologist Robin Grille, author of Parenting for a Peaceful World and Inner Child Journeys, explains how our inner children run the show when we as adults don't pay attention to them.

Researchers from University College Cork discuss their research on the benefits of listening to mental health related podcasts which indicates that podcasts improve mental health literacy, and reduce stigma.

From Insider: AI and surveillance capitalism, which empower today's targeted ads, have joined forces with the deadly OxyContin playbook.

A common critique of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis is its complicity in oppressing abuse survivors.

From The Seattle Times: Today, there’s scant evidence the patients of Northern State Hospital ever existed. But as the 50-year anniversary of its closure approaches, family members and neighbors are fighting to recover them.