How to Involve Youth in Their Own Mental Health Care

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Clinicians play a key role in empowering adolescents and their parents to make decisions about their mental health treatment.

Antidepressant Use Associated With More Violent Suicide Attempts

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A new study found that taking an antidepressant medication was associated with a heightened risk of suicide using violent means.

Antidepressant Use Does Not Prevent Suicide, Study Finds

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A new study has found that antidepressants are ineffective for reducing suicide attempts. Researchers report that the risk of suicide is particularly high in the first month after starting an antidepressant.

Therapy Gets More Effective Over Time While Antidepressants Decrease in Effectiveness

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New review of long-term depression data finds psychotherapy more effective over time whereas antidepressants decrease in effectiveness.

Scaling Up Psychiatric Interventions Globally May Impede UN Goals

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Peter Lehmann argues that administering psychiatric drugs in low-and-middle-income countries works at cross purposes with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Psychiatrist Describes Role in Open Dialogue Model of Care

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Psychiatrist outlines varying roles in Open Dialogue model, fostering service-user and family agency through meaningful conversations with a team of providers.

How Does the Soteria House Heal?

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The alternative treatment model of Soteria helps individuals suffering from schizophrenia without relying on medication or coercion.

Guidelines Recommending Antidepressants “in Contradiction with the Current Evidence”

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Researchers critique the German S3 guidelines for depression promoting antidepressants.

Connectedness at School Related to Students’ Emotional Health

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New research highlights differences in levels of school connectedness among students diagnosed with emotional and behavioral disorders,

Belgian Guidelines Recommend “DSM Categories Not be at the Centre of Care Planning”

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The Superior Health Council of Belgium documents numerous problems with the evidence base in the manuals used to diagnose “mental illness” and cautions against their use.

Service-Users Who Found CBT Unhelpful Offer Their Perspectives

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Counseling clients in the UK who found CBT unhelpful were interviewed about their experiences.

Effective Therapists’ Skills May be Rooted in Personal Histories

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Systematic review differentiates the qualities of effective therapists from those that are less effective and finds that successful therapists’ professional skills are connected to their personal lives.

How Do We Test the Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Antipsychotics?

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A new attempt to study the neurological effects of long-term exposure to antipsychotics uses healthy volunteers on minimal doses for 15 days.

School-Based Mindfulness Leads to Stress Reduction, Study Finds

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Researchers find improvements in stress-related outcomes among middle school students exposed to a school-based mindfulness training program.

Explaining Depression Biologically Increases Prognostic Pessimism

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Psychoeducation that explains depression in biological terms increases prognostic pessimism, perceived stability of depression, and openness to psychiatric medication.

Psychiatrist Offers Ecological Model for Psychotherapy

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Insights from phenomenological philosophy can assist in understanding psychotherapy and psychopathology as ecological rather than individualistic.

Experiences of Bullying May Explain “Paranoia” in Sexual Minorities

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Bullying leads to a feeling that people plan to harm you, which can be misconstrued as “paranoia” and considered a “psychotic symptom.”

Researchers Propose Mindfulness for Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

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Researchers from Hong Kong test mindfulness interventions for people diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.

How Exercise Can Help With First Episode Psychosis

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New study examines the experiences of people utilizing an exercise program following a first-episode psychosis.

Substantial Spin Found in Leading Psychology and Psychiatry Journals

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: A new review finds evidence of spin and the misrepresentation of clinical trials with non-significant results.

Risk of Depressive Relapse Three Times Higher After Previous Antidepressant Use

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A new study found that having been prescribed an antidepressant previously was associated with an increased risk of depressive relapse.

Psychosocial Approaches to Schizophrenia with Limited Antipsychotic Use

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Researchers review nine previously studied psychosocial approaches and call for more high-quality trials treating schizophrenia with minimal to no antipsychotics.

Disability and Decolonial Studies Disrupt the Medical Model

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Critical disability studies and decolonial analyses take on structural oppression and challenge concepts of normality, mental health, and ability.

Neuroscientists Suggest That Social Inequalities Can Permanently Alter Our Brains

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A recently published article illustrates how the concept of neuroplasticity has been used to explain social inequalities, like poverty, by linking them to biomarkers in the brain.

Addressing the Roots of Racial Trauma: An Interview with Psychologist Lillian Comas-Díaz

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