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Collective Action May Protect Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young Adults

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A new study finds that activism protects some LGBTQ+ young adults from the mental health toll of critical consciousness, while trans youth and people of color remain vulnerable.

Antidepressants Linked to Insomnia in Children and Adolescents, Meta-Analysis Finds

What If Psychology Started With the Heart Instead of the Mind?

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No Subgroup of Patients for Whom Antidepressants Are Effective

Psychiatric Coercion Lacks Ethical or Legal Justification, Scholar Argues

How People Around the World Make Sense of Psychosis

How Mental Health Rights Are Misused to Entrench Psychiatric Coercion

Childhood Trauma Is a Global Mental Health Crisis, Researchers Warn

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Researchers Criticize Putting Preschoolers on Stimulant Drugs

Scientists Warn of Overlooked Mental Health Effects From PFAS

Adolescents Diagnosed With ADHD and Autism Describe What Upsets Them

Psychosis Severity Tied to Childhood Trauma, Not Inherited Mental Illness

UK, LONDON. JANUARY 30, 2023: ChatGPT. The Intersection of Personal and Professional: Silhouette of Man and Web Developer

ChatGPT Doesn’t Identify Well-Known Retracted Studies, Claims They Are “Internationally Excellent”

Preliminary Results Suggest WHO Rights-Based Training Linked to Reduced Stigma

In Colombia, Disability Rights Advance on Paper but Stigma Endures in...

“Tailored to the Treatment”: Patients Criticize Formulaic Therapy in NHS

‘Technoference’ in Parenting Raises Concerns for Child Development

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Patients Tell of ECT Harms

Human Rights Frame New Mental Health Standards in Asylum Centers

Study Warns of Overreliance on Rapid Tranquillisation in Women’s Psychiatric Care

MIA Reports

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Essays

A Call for Retraction: How a Journal Condoned Psychedelic Therapy Abuse

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The concealing of relevant data from a research project is a form of fraud and the grounds for retraction of the JHP study.

Science Under Pressure, Humanity at Stake: An Interview with John Ioannidis

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Confessions of an Advertising Writer: What I Learned From Your Stories—And...

Therapy in the Age of Self Management and Public Abandonment: A...

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The 110-Year “Schizophrenia Genetic Research” Train Wreck

Not Even the Unborn Are Safe from Psychiatric Harm

How to be a Critical Psychologist Without Losing Your Soul: A...

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Confessions of an Ad Writer: How I Helped Turn Atypical Antipsychotics...

A magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat labeled "Forced Treatment"

The Deceptive Politics of Civil Commitment in Oregon

Is Dialogue the Best Medicine? A Conversation With Jaakko Seikkula

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America is Legislating a Return to the Asylum, One Policy at...

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Psychiatry Criticism Politics: When the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Not...

“I Made it Through the Horrors of Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal” A...

ChatGPT Weakens Your Ability to Think, MIT Study Finds

Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy: A Conversation with Stijn Vanheule

Antipsychotics Do Not Provide a Clinically Meaningful Benefit Over the Short-Term:...

Veterans Take Their “War Cry For Change” to Capitol Hill

A Therapist Navigating Antidepressant Withdrawal: Nelson Lee on the Power of...

“Progress Only Occurs when People Make Demands”: Paolo del Vecchio Reflects...

The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview...

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Around The Web

Depression: Does Psychotherapy Make New Nerve Cells Grow?

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From SciLogs: "According to a study at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, the effect of psychotherapy has now been “medically and scientifically” proven. A research group...

ADHD: Not a Diagnosis but a Warning Label

Wildflower Alliance in Revolt after Director Sera Davidow is Fired

NEW LAW Pushes Kids Onto Psychiatric Drugs

OpenAI Says It’s Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to...

Teen Killed Himself After ‘Months of Encouragement from ChatGPT’, Lawsuit Claims

CANNOT CONTINUE’: NYC Law Would Allow Officials to Commit Drug Addicts

Illinois is the First State to Ban AI Therapists

FDA’s Artificial Intelligence is Supposed to Revolutionize Drug Approvals. It’s Making...

FDA Expert Panel on Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and Pregnancy

Pills, Profits & the Untold Story: A Conversation With Robert Whitaker

Court-ordered Treatment for Serious Mental Illness is ‘Inconclusive,’ Says Federal Report

Response Rates in Psychiatric Drug Trials are Statistical Hocus Pocus

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

People Say They’ve Faced Withdrawals from SSRIs. They Want Recognition and...

Man Developed Psychosis After Being Jailed for 13 years on Indefinite...

MIA Writer Peter Sterling’s Memoir of Global Engagement

Senators Propose Ban on Drug Advertising to Consumers

FDA Approved — And Ineffective

Call to Action: Submit a MedWatch Report to the FDA

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