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Antidepressants in Dementia Patients Increase Risk of Death and Fractures
A large-scale study reveals that antidepressant use is linked to faster cognitive decline in dementia patients, raising concerns about their widespread prescription.
FDA-Approved Genetic Algorithm Fails to Predict Opioid Abuse
Researchers warn that the AvertD test may “give clinicians and patients false and potentially harmful information.”
The Clinic of Solidarity: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Madness
In contrast to prevailing psychiatric interventions, researcher Elan Cohen advocates for a clinical approach rooted in solidarity, human rights, and psychoanalysis.
From Healing to Commodity: The Global North’s Approach to Psychedelic Therapy
A new study critiques how Western psychology has stripped psychedelics of their communal and transformative potential, turning them into marketable, individualistic treatments.
Can Mad Zines Revolutionize the Mental Health Curriculum?
A new article details the Madzines Research Project, which calls for integrating zines into the social work curriculum to include lived experience, creative expression, and alternative perspectives on mental health.
Structural Adversity and Suicide: The Mental Health Field is Asking the Wrong Questions
A new study finds that addressing food insecurity, housing instability, and parental incarceration could prevent suicide and self-injury in marginalized youth.
No, Machine Learning Cannot Predict Schizophrenia
A model that is wrong 90% of the time is not a success.
Is Global Mental Health Missing the Point? Ethiopian Voices Challenge Western Models
Interviews with people diagnosed with depression in Ethiopia highlight how social, economic, and cultural struggles shape psychological suffering, raising concerns about Western mental health interventions.
Why Some Men Feel Trapped by Masculinity—And What It Means for Mental Health
A new study reveals that rigid gender norms, emotional suppression, and self-reliance significantly increase men’s risk of suicidality.
Pollution, Profits, and Public Health: How Chemical Laws Fail America’s Children
A new report warns that weak U.S. chemical regulations are fueling a rise in childhood diseases, from cancer to neurodevelopmental disorders.
New Study Links Antidepressants to Increased Risk of Diabetes
Using genetic analysis, a new study finds that antidepressants—not depression—are responsible for a significant rise in type 2 diabetes risk.
Less Screen Time, More Exercise to Improve Adolescent Mental Health
Screen time in childhood worsens mental health but exercise seems to improve it, Finnish study finds.
How Prozac Became a Symbol of Biomedical Control and Storytelling Became an Act of Resistance
A literary analysis of Prozac Diary challenges the biomedical model’s rigid definitions of health, showing how personal storytelling can reclaim mental health narratives.
How AI Risks Deepening Health Inequality
AI is rapidly transforming healthcare, but a new study warns that without careful oversight, it could reinforce existing disparities in access, bias, and digital poverty.
“Waking Up to a Life That Doesn’t Fit”: How Antipsychotics Affect Selfhood
People who taper off antipsychotics report rediscovering themselves—raising urgent questions about how these drugs shape identity.
Are Antidepressants Weakening Women’s Bones?
A study spanning two decades finds that antidepressant use is associated with a 44% increase in osteoporosis risk and a 62% higher chance of fractures.
Lithium Doubles Risk of Thyroid and Kidney Dysfunction
Serum lithium levels lower than those considered therapeutic still conveyed increased risk.
Psychiatric Euthanasia and the Failure of Imagination
A new article argues that psychiatric euthanasia may be less about patient autonomy and more about clinicians enacting unconscious dynamics, abandoning the role of healer in favor of executioner.
When Mental Health Care Becomes a Human Rights Crisis
A new study exposes how Spain’s mental health system fails to protect human rights and dignity, with coercive practices and inadequate legal safeguards leaving psychiatric service users vulnerable to abuse.
The Digital Divide Is Widening Mental Health Inequality
New research shows that digital access is shaping health outcomes, further entrenching disparities in care and reinforcing social determinants of mental health.
Why Our Beliefs About Mental Illness Are Making Stigma Worse
A new study finds that biological explanations for mental illness are linked to increased stigma, while attributing struggles to sociopolitical turmoil reduces it.
Psychiatric Drug Approvals Questioned by Researchers
Drugs were approved by the FDA based on flimsy evidence and against the recommendations of medical reviewers.
What Foucault Knew: Why Psychology Keeps Getting the Human Mind Wrong
A century of psychological research has failed to develop a truly objective science of the mind. A recent article revisits Foucault’s work to explain why mental health can only be understood in its cultural, social, and political context.
Mental Health Care Is Stuck in the Wrong Frame and People Are Suffering
From poverty to housing insecurity, systemic conditions drive mental health crises. Researchers argue that policy reforms—not just clinical interventions—are essential to addressing distress.
Deadly Prescriptions: New Study Links Antipsychotics to Life-Threatening Risks in Dementia Patients
With pharmaceutical companies pushing antipsychotics for off-label use, dementia patients are being put at risk for devastating health consequences. Research suggests safer alternatives exist—but why aren’t they being prioritized?
