A Felt Sense of Safety â From Disassociation to Embodiment
I know now that I can trust myself and listen to my intuition. Within the mental health system, I trusted everyone but myself.
Engaging Voices, Part 2: Working Our Way Toward Connection
Sam Ruck shares his fourth excerpt from his book Healing Companions, which describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her âalters.âÂ
Study Links Prenatal Antipsychotic Exposure to Developmental Delays and ADHD
A comprehensive review indicates that children exposed to antipsychotics in the womb face an increased risk of ADHD and developmental delays.
Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt
A mom describes her son's descent into the harms of psychiatryâand his way out. "It was really difficult to watch Matt decline. He had given up hope that he could get well."
Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children
The published articles underreported suicide-related events and provided false claims that the drugs were effective.
Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy Harms Child Development, Untreated Maternal Depression Shows Benefit
In this new study, exposure to maternal anxiety in utero also harmed child development.
Engaging Voices, Part 1: Validating The Arrival of My Wifeâs First âAlters’
Sam Ruck shares his third excerpt from his book Healing Companions, which describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her âalters.âÂ
My Lived Experience Helps Others Heal:Â Working with Families on the Path to Recovery
If one person is struggling, everyone in the family is struggling. Families need support.
‘It Was a Joint Effort’: Deborah Kasdan on Bringing Her Late Sister’s Story to...
Author Deborah Kasdan discusses her memoir of her late sister, "Roll Back The World."
âA Dangerous Substanceâ: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health
This is what social media does, she says. It draws people in. It hurts people. In the worst cases, it kills people.
Reflections on the Silicon Valley Teen Suicides-by-Train: Fifteen Years Later
A psychiatrist and mom reflects on teen suicide clusters in Palo Alto and discusses alternative ways to address adolescent mental health.
Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression
Drugs, social support, placenta encapsulation: How can we approach the specter of postpartum depression?
As a Psychologist, I’ve Seen Many Children Misdiagnosed as AutisticâIt’s a Clinical Catastrophe
The ASD diagnosis glosses over the many developmental specifics that might underlie a childâs challenges related to social communication.
“Get Over It”? A Response to Empower Parents to Repair Instead of Victim Blame
An epidemic of children blaming their parents in therapy? In my 20 years as a psychologist, I've seen the opposite.
Arrested Development: Britney Spearsâ Memoir Is a Survivorâs Tale of Generational Trauma, Psychiatric Abuse,...
Miranda Spencer discusses Britney Spears' new memoir and the harms of conservatorship.
Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sherita, Mother of Tony
This is the story of Sherita and her son Tony, and her efforts to help him following years of psychiatric drugs and hospitalizations.
Conservatorship: The Racket That Ruined My Fatherâs Last Years
I have watched as my fatherâs pursuit of happiness was swept away by the court system in his senior years.
Antidepressant Exposure In Utero May Negatively Impact Motor Skills in 2-Year-Old Children
A new study in Frontiers of Pharmacology finds that antidepressant use during pregnancy is linked to reduced motor skills in children at 2 years...
Placebo EffectâNot AntidepressantsâResponsible for Depression Improvement
In adolescent depression treatment, those who received a placebo but thought they received Prozac improved more than those who received the drug and knew it.
Q&A: What Is Executive Function, and How Can Parents and Teachers Help Kids Focus?
Ask anyone whoâs ever taught kids, and theyâll tell you a story about one student who sticks in their memory.
Escaping The Shackles of Psychiatry: What Iâve Seen and Survived, as Both Doctor and...
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,â said Edmund Burke. This is as true on...
Words from My Heart to ‘My Heart’: What Might Have Helped My Late Friend?
More than two and a half years later, Iâm still processing my grief, still picturing our happiness and innocence as kids, and still acknowledging our struggles and pain.
‘A Playground for Predatorsâ: Diane Dimond on The Abuses of Guardianship
Our guest today is Diane Dimond, a longtime, award-winning investigative journalist specializing in crime and justice issues. As a freelance journalist, syndicated columnist, and...
Animal Study Shows Impact of Prozac in Pregnancy on the Child
Researchers found that rats born to mothers given the antidepressant Prozac during pregnancy or breastfeeding exhibited varied behavioral and developmental effects, with implications for the understanding of antidepressant impacts during human pregnancies.
Reality According to Whom? Listening to My Wifeâand The Problems with âPsychosisâ
Sam Ruck shares an excerpt from his book "Healing Companions," which describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her âalters.âÂ