Rethinking Psychiatry/Medical Model

Could the statistical phenomenon of regression to the mean be responsible for the dramatic effects of placebo—as well as the supposed effectiveness of some psychiatric drugs?

Interviews with psychosocially oriented psychologists demonstrate their experiences of discomfort with the hegemony of the medical model in their place of work and the conflicts that arise when they attempt to provide alternatives.

New research synthesizes insights from 45 studies to construct a conceptual framework relating different elements of recovery narratives to trauma-informed approaches to care.

Researchers examine how rapid discontinuation can mimic the relapse of mental health symptoms and confound psychiatric drug studies.

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

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

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

Neuroscience researchers find no differences in brain connectivity between children with diagnoses of autism, ADHD, and those with no diagnoses.

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

According to Lifshitz and Thompson, mindfulness is best understood as “complex orchestration of cognitive skills embodied in a particular social context.”

Twice as many teenagers with ADHD experienced severe psychosis when taking Adderall, as compared to Ritalin, according to a new study.

A new study investigated whether participants guessing if they have an antidepressant or placebo affects response rates.

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

In an interview with MIA, Dr. Horowitz discusses his recent article on why tapering off antidepressants can take months or even years.

The candidate-gene approach to depression goes unsupported and is likely based on bad science, new research finds.

Sociocultural context, language, and sense-making process are among concepts that can help hearers and providers better understand the phenomenon of hearing voices

Dr. Gail Hornstein, author of Agnes’s Jacket: A Psychologist’s Search for the Meanings of Madness, discusses the importance of personal narratives and service-user activism in the context of the global mental health movement.

The latest issue of the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences features several prominent researchers arguing that mental health concerns are not “brain disorders.”

Study examines the effects on participants of being told they are at risk of developing psychosis.

A new systematic review illustrates features of the relationship between anxiety and school attendance patterns.

Contemporary empirical research explores new ways to conceptualize and heal racial trauma through anticolonial and sociohistorical lenses.

The authors outline reasons for renaming schizophrenia and the way a change can reform practice.

The first ever population-level study of the brain-gut connection in humans finds evidence for a link between gut bacteria and mental health.

The Youth-Nominated Support Team intervention invites adolescents to select adults in their life to receive training on how to support them.

Researchers explore pathways of healing racial trauma in Latinx immigrant communities.