Tag: mental disorders
Loneliness Increases Risk of Severe âCommon Mental Disordersâ
Loneliness was found to both predict and be reinforced by severe common mental disorders.
International Research Team Proposes a New Taxonomy of Mental Disorders
New data interpreted to suggest a hierarchical, dimensional system of mental disorders will aid future research efforts and improve mental health care.
Researcher Critically Examines Movements for Global Mental Health
China Mills raises concerns that global mental health movements obscure social determinants of health and naturalize Western mental health concepts.
Mental Health Disability Claims Continue to Climb
According to new research by Joanna Moncrieff and SebastiĂŁo Viola, mental health problems have become the leading cause of disability claims in the UK. While the overall number of claims for other conditions has decreased by 35%, claims related to âmental disordersâ have increased 103% since 1995.
Series on Anti-Psychiatry and Critical Theory for World Mental Health Day
To coincide with World Mental Health Day on October 10th, 2015, Verso Books, the largest independent and radical publishing house released a series of blogs on mental health and critical and antipsychiatry. The posts include pieces on R.D. Laing, colonialism, womenâs oppression, delusions and art, âThe Happiness Industry,â and social and institutional oppression.
