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Summaries of research findings that tell of a scientific need to "rethink psychiatry."

Researchers Discuss the Strengths of Children who Face Adversity

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Experiencing adversity may result in the development of unique strengths and abilities that are often overlooked.

Collective Action Can Lead to Empowerment and Strengthened Relationships

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Individuals who participate in efforts of collective action report changes in personality, behavior, and worldview.

Pharmaceutical Trial Database Mysteriously Disappears

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The Public Library of Science (PLoS) revealed today that the lead author of a study identifying publication bias (released this week in PLoS Medicine) has...

Link Between Childhood Adversity and Psychosis Withstands Scrutiny

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Researchers from Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands find, in a study of 226 monozygotic twins, that where there is a correlation between childhood adversity...

Pharma Prosecutions Begin to Pay for Themselves

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In what may prove to be a tipping point for prosecutions against pharmaceutical companies, states are beginning to see their "enforcement efforts pay for...

Media and Public Frequently Exaggerate Significance of Behavioral Genetics Findings

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Other studies have shown that abstracts and press releases often mislead journalists about the significance of findings in behavioral genetics; but a new study...

Antidepressants, Not Depression, Raise Risk of Preeclampsia in Pregnancy

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In a study of 69,448 pregnant women with depression, researchers from the Harvard school of public health found that use of SSRI (selective serotonin...

Senate Amendment Filed to Fight Inappropriate Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes

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Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut filed an amendment to the Food and Drug Administration Safety...

The Increasing Placebo Response in Antipsychotic Drug Trials

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The American Journal of Psychiatry explores the implications for science and ethics of the rising placebo response rate in trials of antipsychotic drugs, in an...

Anxiety Medication Associated With Significant Increase in Mortality Long-Term

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A study of data from over 11 million patient records in the General Practice Research Database, "the largest anonymized, longitudinal primary care database in...

CDC Advises Nonopioid Treatments for Chronic Pain

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Primary care clinicians and mental health providers face a particular set of challenges when treating individuals with chronic pain. These problems are compounded by...

Childhood Adversity May Increase Risk of Suicide

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Swedish study suggests experiencing adversity in childhood is linked to dying by suicide as an adolescent or young adult.

Language, Culture, and Physical Restraint Among Immigrants

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Researchers in Italy found that first-generation immigrant patients  in Italy (100 patients compared to 100 controls) were three times more likely to be placed in...

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Will Stop Paying Doctors to Promote Drugs

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In a first for a major drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, the British pharma that was fined $3 billion for illegal marketing of Paxil and Wellbutrin,...

Schizophrenia Drug Blamed for 17 Deaths in Japan

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The Japanese unit of Johnson & Johnson affiliate Janssen Pharmaceuticals reports that 17 people have died since the launch of its new antipsychotic, Xeplion,...

Nurse with Secret Recordings Exposes More about University of Minnesota Research Scandal

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A senior nurse who has been involved for 22 years with the University of Minnesota's psychiatric research program is accusing the university of a...

Police Killings Vicariously Impact Mental Health of Black Americans

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New research provides evidence that police killings of unarmed Black Americans impact the mental health of Black Americans.

“Zoloft Defense” to Start Monday

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The defense phase of the trial of Anthony Nicholas Orban begins on Monday, with Mr. Orban's lawyer presenting evidence that Orban was so overwhelmed...

Forbes Unpublishes Commentary on Medication/Violence Link

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A google link to a Forbes magazine article titled "Psychiatric Drugs, Not A Lack Of Gun Control, Are The Common Denominator In Murderous Violence"...

Risperdal Lawsuit Website Launched

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A website has been launched by the firm of Bernstein Liebhard LLP, who are filing cases on behalf of men and young boys who allegedly...

Psychotropics During Pregnancy Raise Risk of Babies with Low Birth Weight, Hospitalizations

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The use by mothers of any of four major classes of psychiatric medications during pregnancy significantly raises the risk that their babies will be born with low birth weights and will need to be hospitalized.

Researchers Gain Insight into Stimulant Effects on Brain

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Researchers believe that they have gained a clearer understanding of how cocaine, amphetamines and related psychostimulant drugs "disrupt the normal functioning of the dopamine transporter in the brain."

Teen Brain Develops Differently in Bipolar Disorder, When Medicated

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The brains of adolescents diagnosed with bipolar disorder develop differently than the brains of teens without the disorder, according to a study in Biological...

Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Help Prevent Transition to Psychosis

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“When people with early-stage symptoms took omega-3 supplements for three months, they had much lower rates of progression than those who did not,” according to research out of Australia covered in this month’s issue of the New Scientist.

Multiple Medications Associated With Poorer Outcomes

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Research from Germany finds that people with schizophrenia or schizoaffective diagnoses given multiple medications - an antipsychotic plus a benzodiazepine or more than one...