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Healing Complex PTSD through Group Therapy: The Promise of a Mentalizing Approach
Trauma-focused mentalization-based therapy (MBT-TF) aims to address complex PTSD by bridging the gap between trauma and personality disorder treatments.
Psychology Beyond Neutrality: Rethinking Clinical Practice Through an Ecological and Psychopolitical Lens
An Italian case study challenges the status quo, exposing how clinical psychology reinforces inequality and suggesting transformative practices for a liberatory future.
The Treatment-Prevalence Paradox: Why Depression Rates Keep Rising Despite More Treatments
Is it time to stop treating depression as a malfunction? This new study argues for a shift from symptom suppression to supporting the deeper purpose of depression as an adaptive response.
Benzodiazepines Linked to Suicide, Study Finds
A new study finds that benzodiazepinesāalprazolam (Xanax), lorazepam (Ativan), and diazepam (Valium)āare associated with an increased risk of suicidal events.
Psych Drugs Ineffective for Long-Term Pain Relief
A new meta-analysis finds no evidence that psychiatric drugs effectively treat chronic pain in the long term, while highlighting serious potential harms like deadly falls in older adults.
Psychosocial Disability Activism in the Global South: A Radical Path Toward Justice?
Mehta's analysis reveals how activists in the Global South use psychosocial disability to resist systemic oppression and demand collective liberation.
How Cultural-Historical Perspectives Transform Mental Health
Is mainstream psychology ready to embrace the complexity of human experience? A cultural-historical perspective challenges the status quo in mental health.
Food Insecurity Linked to Serious Mental Illness, Study Finds
New evidence suggests that food insecurity may contribute to severe mental illness, challenging the idea that social issues are merely a consequence of mental health struggles.
Psych Drugs May Increase Likelihood of Death in Schizophrenia
The drugs, especially benzos and high doses of antipsychotics, led to an increased risk of death within five years. Antidepressants also did not reduce mortality.
Study Links Adverse Childhood Experiences to Lower Mental Well-being in University Students
A new study published in Child Abuse & Neglect finds that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)...
Early Life Trauma Linked to Difficult-to-Treat Depression
Early life trauma (ELT) significantly impacts the symptoms and treatment of depression. In a new,...
Researchers Critique Psychiatryās Flimsy Evidence for Psychedelic Drugs
Researchers expose how regulatory bodies approve psychedelic drugs for psychiatric use despite poor quality evidence riddled with biases.
Exploring the Connection Between Philosophy and Psychiatry
A new article published in Studia Culturae explores the interaction of psychiatry and philosophy. Author...
Service Users Report Psychiatric Professionals as the Least Helpful Factor in Quitting Antipsychotics
A new study published in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice finds that psychiatrists...
Study Calls for a New Approach to Depression Focused on Social and Cultural Contexts
A new study published in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry challenges traditional mental health...
Study Reveals Deep-Rooted Ableism in Mental Health Care
A new study led by Katie Wang of the Yale School of Public Health explores...
Racial Bias, Lack of Clinical Workup, Missing Data: Latest Involuntary Hospitalization Trends in Boston
87% of involuntary hospitalization applications didn't include a clinical workup, the majority were Black, 17% did not have a listed psychiatric diagnosis, and 27% were not listed as a danger to self or others.
New Theory Suggests Mental Disorders May Be Evolutionary Shields Against Suicide
Mental illness is assumed to be a necessary condition for attempting suicide or suicidality, generally....
Study Finds Interpersonal Therapies Effective for PTSD
A new study published in the American Journal of Psychotherapy found Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to...
Childhood Trauma Tied to Higher Rates of Depression and Anxiety, Study Finds
A new study published in the Deutsches Ćrzteblatt International (German International Medical Journal) links childhood...
Digital AVATAR Therapy May Improve Voice-Hearersā Lives
Although some results faded after 16 weeks, improvements in personal recovery, well-being, and more were all in favor of dialogic AVATAR therapy.
Why Psychiatrists Must Consider Global Perspectives to Address Mental Health Inequities
A new article published in BJPsych International argues that globalization is complicating the responsibilities of...
The Impact of Service User Organizations on Psychiatric Care in Sweden
Service users and their organizations have had a profound impact on psychiatric care by advocating...
Faulty Depression Data Could Hurt Mental Health Resources Globally
A new article published in the Community Mental Health Journal finds that Global Burden of...
Study Explores How Patients and Psychiatrists Negotiate Clinical Narratives
A recent study in Philosophical Psychology examined the dynamics between psychiatrists and their patients in...
