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A Relationship Imbalance, Not A Chemical Imbalance

Mad in America

A s a family therapist, well-trained in the 1980s, I came of age professionally with an understanding of how symptoms of mental distress occur, and ways to address it. What most people don’t know is that we already found out a great deal about the causes of mental disturbance—but now we seem to have forgotten it. Psychiatry, along with the pharmaceutical industry, have been ostensibly busy looking for causes of mental distress but, unfortunately, they are looking in the wrong place.

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Therapy Shorts 5: Balancing Individuality and Purpose in Relationships

The Online Therapist

Discover "Therapy Shorts," a collection of quick insights and gentle nudges to help you along your healing journey. This week is about Individuality. These posts, published twice per week with a short audio, provide bite-sized wisdom to help you grow and discover yourself. Join me as we investigate the small ways we can bring peace, clarity, and connection into our lives.

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Facts Over Fiction: The Current State of Psychiatry

Psychiatric Times

The government has always played an important role in health care. Recent changes, however, are actively altering the practice of medicine and are posed to have a deep and lasting psychiatric impact on patients. Learn more here.

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Carers Week 2025: Making Caring Visible

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

Carers Week 2025 runs from the 9th to the 15th June. One of the highlights for 2025 is to make caring visible. Read about the carer advocacy work of the College and other organisations below. In recent years, the College collaborated with Family Carers Ireland to complete a survey and subsequent reports exploring the health and wellbeing of family carers in Ireland.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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“A Perfect Lie: Perfectionism, Writing, and ADHD”

ADDitude

Living with ADHD means constantly unboxing and adapting to its little “gifts.” Our symptoms work like Russian nesting dolls, the outer shells consisting of one of the “big three” – inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity – and the shells within consisting of sub-behaviors that cause issues in different parts of our lives. It can feel impossible to break from these behaviors because of how subtle they can be and how automatic they become, but you CAN adapt.

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The researcher who wants to expand treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder

NPR - Mental Health

Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They have unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges; they also do certain behaviors to decrease the distress caused by these thoughts. In movies and TV, characters with OCD are often depicted washing their hands or obsessing about symmetry.

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My Partner Says They Are Non-Monogamous—I Think They Just Want Permission to Cheat

Very Well Mind

A relationship coach shares what to do if your partner wants to open up the relationship and be non-monogamous, but you believe they just want permission to cheat.

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When Is Forgetting Normal — And When Is It Worrisome?

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Do you have trouble remembering names or where you put your keys? Neurologist Charan Ranganath , author of Why We Remember, talks about the science of memory.

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FDA Approved — And Ineffective

Mad in America

From The Lever (free subscription required): “Federal regulators have authorized hundreds of drugs without evidence they work, and many are dangerous. Nieraj Jain was puzzled by the patient sitting quietly in front of him. The woman, in her 60s, was losing her eyesight; that much was clear. Her vision was blurred, and she was having increasing difficulty seeing at night and in bright sunlight.

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Study: Rise in ADHD Diagnoses Reflects Greater Education, Not Prevalence

ADDitude

June 10, 2025 ADHD prevalence in adults and children remains stable, suggesting that the steady increase in new ADHD diagnoses does not indicate an “epidemic” but improved research and diagnostic tools, according to a new study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders. 1 The systematic review, led by a team of researchers from King’s College London , found no significant increase in ADHD prevalence rates among children and adults from 2020 to 2024 compared to earlier time peri

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Understanding the Signs of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

My Psychiatry

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health condition that impacts the way individuals think and feel about themselves and others. This can lead to challenges in everyday functioning, relationships, and emotional regulation. Understanding the signs of BPD is a crucial step toward recognizing when it may be time to seek professional support.

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Fentanyl deaths among the young are dropping. Can the trend continue?

NPR - Mental Health

Fentanyl and other street drugs killed more than 230,000 people under the age of 35 in the U.S. over the last decade. But now new federal data shows drug deaths among young people are plummeting at an unprecedented rate – saving thousands of lives each year. What's driving the drop, and with federal funding cuts on the horizon, will it continue? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for C onsider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

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Rallying for Public and Immigrant Mental Health Amidst the Parading of Military Might

Psychiatric Times

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Let Us Praise Teachers, Not Devalue Them

The New York Times -- Mental Health

Skip to content Skip to site index Today’s Paper Opinion | Let Us Praise Teachers, Not Devalue Them [link] Share full article Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Opinion Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT letters Let Us Praise Teachers, Not Devalue Them June 10, 2025 Share full article More from our inbox: Standing Up to Trump Homeless Boomers Image Credit.