Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

JULY 19, 2025

A groundbreaking pilot in NHS dementia wards is using live music therapy—called MELODIC—to ease patient distress without relying on drugs. Developed by researchers and clinicians with input from patients and families, this low-cost approach embeds music therapists directly into care teams. Early results show improved patient wellbeing and less disruptive behavior, sparking hope for wider NHS adoption.

Mad in America

JULY 19, 2025

A group of British researchers have just published a paper questioning whether withdrawal from antidepressants is ‘clinically meaningful’ and whether lengthy tapering is necessary when withdrawing. I’d like to provide some context and explain why these claims are false and dangerous. There is no clearer example of the dominance of the drug companies’ simplistic, pessimistic and unevidenced ‘medical model’ than the millions upon millions of us around the world now taking antidepressants in an att

Pharmaceuticals

NPR - Mental Health

JULY 19, 2025

Callers to 988 used to be able to press 3 to reach counselors specially trained to help LGBTQ+ young people. The service had been reaching 70,000 people a month.