If a Drug Company Publishes a Magazine, is it Journalism?
FromĀ Undark Magazine: Bayer, the German pharmaceutical and agricultural science conglomerate, has launched a digital magazine covering the ethical and social implications of new biotechnologies....
Study Confirms Higher Suicide Risk for Sexual Minority Adolescents
Researchers report that sexual minority adolescents have considered, planned, and attempted suicide substantially more than their heterosexual peers.
Drug Treatment of ADHD ā Tenuous Scientific Basis
FromĀ Tidsskriftet: Over the past three decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of ADHD. Recent systematic reviews reveal...
Experts Stress Importance of Social Networks for Psychosis and Bipolar Interventions
Researchers develop a novel approach to mapping personal well-being networks for those diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) that incorporates social ties, connections to place, and meaningful activities.
New Study Challenges āLate-Onset ADHDā
Researchers found that 95% of adolescents and adults who screened positive for late-onset ADHD did not merit the actual diagnosis.
Training Program Decreases Police Force and Arrests for Mental Health Crisis Calls
Colorado police trained in crisis intervention infrequently use force or arrest individuals experiencing a mental health crisis and are likely to transfer individuals to a treatment facility.
Pharma-Funded Charities v. Health and Human Services
FromĀ The Health Law & Policy Brief: Last month, Patient Services Inc. (PSI), a pharmaceutical industry-funded charity, launched a lawsuit against the Department of Health...
Pharma, Under Attack for Drug Prices, Started an Industry War
FromĀ The Washington Post: In 2017, numerous politicians, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders began to raise questions about the rising costs ofĀ prescription drugs. Under attack,...
Researchers Challenge Industry-Friendly Depression Guideline
Review of a new mixed depression guideline reveals financial bias of guideline developers and lack of evidence supporting recommendations for prescribing of antipsychotics.
Spending on Social Services Improves Health Outcomes
Canadian study finds that social service spending is associated with a decrease in mortality and increase in life expectancy.
The Unfortunate Experiment, Updated
FromĀ Fear and Loathing in Bioethics: A new fifteen-minute television documentary investigates New Zealand's "unfortunate experiment," a horrific case of nonconsensual experimentation at the National...
The Pharmaceutical Industry is No Stranger to Fake News
FromĀ STAT: The notion of "fake news" has recently become a widespread topic of discourse. However, the pharmaceutical industry has been using tacticsĀ that involve spreading...
Football Destroyed My Husband’s Mind
In this op-ed forĀ The New York Times, Emily Kelly, the wife of former NFL player Rob Kelly, shares the devastating impact that a professional...
Multisystemic Therapy No More Effective than Standard Care for Antisocial Behavior
Study counters previous evidence supporting multisystemic therapy, finding adolescents are just as likely to have out-of-home placements when receiving multisystemic therapy versus management as usual.
Unnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Think
FromĀ NPR: A recent report by the Washington Health Alliance has helped to quantify the epidemic of medical overtreatment and healthcare waste.
"What the group found...
Hearing Voices May Actually Be a Good Thing
FromĀ CBS Denver: A new study suggests that people who hear voices may have an increased ability to decode complex sound waves.
"The scientists studied a...
Study Finds Heavy Metal Music Beneficial to Mental Health
A new study highlights the role heavy metal music plays in the mental health of adolescents facing adversity.
CDC Reports Increased Psychostimulant Prescriptions in Women of Reproductive Age
Psychostimulant prescriptions have increased by 344% (from 2003 to 2015) for women of reproductive age (15-44 years old).
Problem Behaviors are Medicalized in White Children and Criminalized in Black Children
Race often determines whether school punishment or therapy and drugs will be used to address childrenās problem behaviors.
Mental Illness Weaponry and Shrink Hypocrisy
In this piece forĀ CounterPunch, Bruce Levine critiques the pervasive hypocrisy among U.S. mental health professionals, who on one hand claim they hope toĀ abolish the...
Evolution Doesn’t Care What You Think a Brain Region is Called
FromĀ Medium: While naming brain regions is crucial to the study of neuroscience, it may also be misleading. These names may oversimplify our understanding of...
PhRMA Ups Lobbying by 30 Percent This Year
FromĀ The Hill: The pharmaceutical industry's top trade group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), has increased its federal lobbying expenditures by 30...
Estimates of Depression Prevalence are Exaggerated, Study Finds
New research demonstrates that common methods for estimating depression prevalence lead to overestimation and exaggerated statistics.
We Pay a High Price for Unregulated Medical Devices
FromĀ The Lown Institute: New investigations and researchĀ are beginning to show the dangerous consequencesĀ resulting from the FDA's lack of oversight of medical devices.
"It sounds crazy...
Targeting Hypocrisy Reduces Islamophobia and Collective Blame of Muslims
Interventions calling attention to participantsā hypocrisy proved effective in reducing Islamophobia and collective blame of Muslims for individual acts of violence.
