Research

Utilizing Maslow’s published books and essays, psychologist William Compton delineates common myths and attempts to respond to them.

In-depth interviews find that those who screened positive for depression did not explain their experience in terms of diagnostic symptoms.

Without clarity and consensus around what social justice means, psychologists risk perpetuating injustices that undermine their stated mission.

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

In 2012, I found out that the ten biggest drug companies in the world commit repeated and serious crimes to such a degree that they fulfill the criteria for organised crime under US law. I also found out how huge the consequences of the crimes are. They involve colossal thefts of public monies and they contribute substantially to the fact that our drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.

A new study, published in Psychotherapy Research, explores how having a career in psychotherapy affects therapists’ personal lives.

A large study of the population in Taiwan reveals that long-term use of benzodiazepine drugs, commonly prescribed for anxiety, significantly increases the risk for brain, colorectal, and lung cancers. The research, published open-access in the journal Medicine, also identifies the types of benzodiazepines that carry the greatest cancer risk.

A recent paper, by Dr. Eric Greene, builds upon critiques of the biomedical model and illustrates how the mental health industrial complex overmedicates, stigmatizes,...

A new meta-analysis finds that DBT reduces self-harm, suicide attempts, and reduces the frequency of psychiatric crisis service utilization.

Researchers interviewed people who were given medical advice to discontinue antidepressants.

New data shows that calls to US poison control centers have increased significantly for children taking stimulant ADHD drugs.

Attempting to locate the mechanisms of psychiatric disorder is a step in the wrong direction and fails to challenge potentially unjust social practices.

Researchers explore neoliberal influences on interactions in psychotherapy and question whether the radical potential of psychotherapy can counter prevailing social systems.

A new study demonstrates how the choice of statistical techniques when examining data plays a large role in scientific outcomes.

Hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms have been reported after methylphenidate (Ritalin) treatment for ADHD.

A new article explores how psychiatric diagnoses are differentially applied to people of different racial and class backgrounds.

A new article explores Mahi a Atua, an affirming indigenous Māori healing practice which stands in contrast to the Western psychiatric methods typically promoted by the Movement for Global Mental Health.

In a new report, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dr. Dainius Pūras, calls for a move away from the biomedical model and “excessive use of psychotropic medicines.”

A new review, published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, concludes that antidepressants should not be used as the risks outweigh evidence for benefits.

MIA’s Justin Karter interviews critical psychiatrist and philosopher Pat Bracken about the necessity of challenging received wisdom.

Researchers find that nearly half of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) patients experience treatment side effects.

CBT forwards a hyper-rational perspective of human suffering that complements a managerialist culture of efficiency and institutionalization in the Western world.

Antidepressants are commonly considered safe and effective treatments. However, research has questioned their efficacy, and now, their safety.

MIA’s Hannah Emerson interviews Comas-Díaz on the need for culturally competent care in a medicalized and individualistic society.

Criticisms of the DSM-5 spark alternative proposals and calls to reform diagnostic systems in the mental health field.