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The Psychiatric Pipeline in Review: Quarter 2, 2025

Psychiatric Times

MindMed initiated a phase 3 study of MM120 for major depressive disorder, with results expected in the second half of 2026. Cybin partnered with Osmind to advance psychiatry programs, focusing on CYB003 and CYB004 for major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders.

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Parenting A Child With ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)

Behavioral Collective Podcast

If you’re struggling with parenting your child with ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder), you’ve got to check out these incredible resources by author Amelia Bowler, who is a behavior analyst (BCBA) and parent of a child with ODD. There really are takeaways relating to any child, and not just for those who are parenting a child with ODD.

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Psychology, Personhood, and the Crisis of Neoliberalism: Jeff Sugarman on Theoretical and Critical Psychology

Mad in America

Sugarman has spent decades critically interrogating the ways mainstream psychology reflects and reinforces the ideologies of neoliberalism , shaping how we understand identity, mental health, and human development. One of the books we read together was Charles Taylors Sources of the Self , which is a landmark in hermeneutic thought.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. The biomedical approach to distress has spread beyond the health/mental health sector and has seeped into every sector of the community.

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Branding Diseases—How Drug Companies Market Psychiatric Conditions: An Interview with Ray Moynihan

Mad in America

R ay Moynihan is an accomplished health journalist and author who has won several awards for his work. He is known for his use of sharp humor, which can be seen in his mock documentary about a fictional illness called ‘Motivational Deficiency Disorder.’ This applies in the mental illness world and everywhere in medicine.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

Mad in America

I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.” He went to his GP, who diagnosed him with “anxiety disorder” on top of his bipolar diagnosis and prescribed Xanax. Imagine that?!

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May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: An Interview with Brooke Siem

Mad in America

In this interview, we talk about her experiences of withdrawal from a cocktail of psychiatric drugs and her debut memoir, May Cause Side Effects , published in 2022 which is one of the first books on antidepressant withdrawal to make it to the mass market. I’m diagnosing a depressive and anxiety disorder and recommending medication.”