Critical Psychiatry

JUNE 7, 2025

I’ve mentioned the problems with mental health services in Greater Manchester before (eg. see previous post ). Mental health workers in Manchester have recently called off their strike having obtained more funding for services (see Big Issue article ). As I’ve said before (see eg. previous post ), the problem isn’t just about more funding. The fundamental problem is the management of demand for mental health services.

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Center for Integrative Psychiatry

JUNE 7, 2025

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is more than a quirky preference for cleanliness or order, it’s a serious mental health condition that can significantly interfere with daily functioning. But is obsessive-compulsive disorder a disability under U.S. law? The answer is more complex than a simple yes or no. Understanding how OCD is viewed through legal and employment lenses is crucial for individuals navigating work, education, or disability benefits.

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Critical Psychiatry

JUNE 7, 2025

Joanna Moncrieff’s abstract for her Sowerby Project 10 year anniversary public lecture, ‘Changing our minds: How we have been misled about the nature of depression and mental disorder’, emphasises that most people generally have come to accept that it’s reasonable to believe that depression is a brain disorder which is specifically targeted by antidepressants (see lecture information ).

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Mad in America

JUNE 7, 2025

D epression. It’s contagious. Through kissing. At least this is the conclusion of a new psychiatric study that has been covered and shared widely in the days since it’s been published. It was even mentioned on Stephen Colbert, sadly without irony. It was published in Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine , which is a journal so poor that the papers it publishes have only been cited by others 36 times in its entire lifetime.

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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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Asian Journal of Psychiatry

JUNE 7, 2025

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The New York Times -- Mental Health

JUNE 7, 2025

Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing the mentally ill, though Texas still tried to put him to death.

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