How to Deal With Your Teenager’s Depression
From The Telegraph: Classic signs of teen depression can be tricky to spot now that pyjamas are acceptable daywear and many of our routines have vanished.
A Nurseās Nightmare: Child Nearly Dies from ADHD Drug
My hope and prayer is that this dramatic look at a negative effect of this class of drugs will help you understand that, in my professional assessment, their risks outweigh their benefits.
Olga Runciman – Short Bio
Denmark: Voices From the Inside Out: Olga Runciman hasĀ worked as a psychiatric nurse and been a patient of the self-same system. She was told...
Stephen Shenfield ā Short Bio
Stephen D. Shenfield is a semi-retired freelance translator and researcher. He and his wife live with their autistic daughter in Providence, RI. The family...
Rachel Waddingham – Short Bio
Alternatives in the UK: Using her experience of developing innovative projects for people who hear voices (including children, young people and people in prison)...
Michael Gilbert, PsyD – Short Bio
School Matters:Ā An inside perspective on the public education system and how it contributes to the unnecessary labeling and medication of children. Dr. Gilbert also...
Anne Cooke – Short Bio
Anne Cooke is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. She is Principal Lecturer and Clinical Director of the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology, Salomons Centre for...
Bob Faw – Short Bio
Positively Healing: Transforming Vicious Cycles into Vital Cycles:Ā Bob Faw writes about the Vital Cycles program, which seeks to empower those who seek joy in...
6-Year-Old Girl Baker Acted Without Parent Consent
From NBC News: The Florida girl was committed for two days to a mental health facility and given anti-psychotic drugs after allegedly throwing a temper tantrum at school.
Some Schools Bringing Back Corporal Punishment; Parents Opt In as Students Protest
From TODAY: "Corporal punishment signals to the child that a way to settle interpersonal conflicts is to use physical force and inflict pain," said the American Academy of Pediatrics in a 2014 statement.
The Childhood Origins of Narcissism
From Vital Mind Coaching: The core childhood origin/genesis of the ānarcissistic personality' occurs when a child is used by the parent(s) to meet the parent(s)' own needs.
Trauma Responses Are Conditioned, Not āChosenā
From Dr. Glenn Doyle: From our nervous systemās point of view, if it had to wait around for us to think about everything that happens to us or "choose" a response, weād have been eaten by sabre tooth tigers eons ago.
Nadia Mahjoub – Short Bio
Mad in Belgium: Nadia is convinced there are better ways to help people in crisis than what is provided generally in psychiatric care in...
Lawsuit Over Teen’s Diagnosis, Treatment Heads to Trial
From AP: The suit was brought against Boston Children's Hospital by the parents of Justina Pelletier, who in 2013 was placed into state custody after a dispute over her diagnosis and put in a psychiatric unit.
Nancy Rubenstein Del Giudice – Op-Ed Bio
Nancy is a psychiatric survivor, writer, and coach. She is director of public education and volunteer coordinator for theĀ Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights)....
Sandra Steingard – Short Bio
Anatomy of a Psychiatrist: Dr. Steingard chronicles how she is integrating information fromĀ Anatomy of an Epidemic into her community mental health practice. She also...
Study: Teens Who View Parents as Loving and Supportive Less Likely to Be Cyberbullies
From the Daily Mail (UK): Teenagers who see their mum and dad as loving caregivers are less likely to be cyberbullies than children with...
Clair Bien – Short Bio
Hearing Voices, Living Fully: Claire Bien, M.Ed.,Ā is a writer and grant writer at The Connection. She is also a voice hearer and formed the...
The Scientism of Childhood and Adolescent Depression
When I was training to be a child psychiatrist in the mid-1990s, childhood depression was considered to be rare, related to adversity, and generally unresponsive to pharmaceutical treatment. Since then much has changed. The psychiatrization of the pain and struggles involved in growing up has caused considerably more harm to young people than good. I believe the science is on my side in this conclusion.
Study Highlights Mental Health Consequences of Parent Emotion Suppression
New research suggests that when parents model emotion suppression strategies in social interactions, their childrenās approaches to social engagement may suffer.
Family Panel Discussion – Supporting a Child, Teen, or Young Person in Crisis
Supporting a Child, Teen, or Young Person in Crisis - Our guest panel, Ciara Fanlo, Morna Murray and Sami Timimi join host Amy Biancolli to share stories of crisis but also stories of healing and of hope.
Bonnie Kaplan – Short Bio
Nutrition and Mental Health:Ā BonnieĀ has published on the biological basis of mental health ā in particular, the contribution of nutrition to brain development and function,...
National Boards of Health Are Unresponsive to Children Driven to Suicide by Depression Pills
Peter C. GĆøtzsche reports what happened, or rather did not happen, when he contacted National Boards of Health in eight countries with his serious concern that the use of depression pills in children is increasing and leads to more suicides. The continued official denial that these drugs cause suicide and that something substantial needs to be done is appalling.
From Labeled to Healer: A Road Less Traveled
We have let down our children (and ourselves) by losing touch with parental intuition and handing their care over to professionals at the first sign of a problem.
Amphetamines Have Long-Term Effects on Adolescent Brain, Study Finds
A new study published in the journal Neuroscience finds that rats given regular doses of amphetamines during adolescence haveĀ brain and behavioral changes in adulthood....
