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F or the longest time, the field of psychiatry remained silent about the STAR*D scandal. Ed Pigott and colleagues first published a deconstruction of the study in 2010 , detailing the protocol violations that the STAR*D investigators had employed to inflate the cumulative remission rate, and even after Pigott and collaborators published a RIAT reanalysis of the study findings this past July, there was silence from psychiatry regarding this scandal.
Today we will discuss Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders (CRSWDs). We will cover an introduction, definitions, diagnostic criteria, risk factors, and treatment. Today's Content Level: All levels (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) Refresher on the Circadian Rhythm 1 Circadian rhythm = roughly 24-hour cycle that is synchronized with the day-night cycle of the Earth.
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!
Last months groundbreaking ceremony marked Sanctuary Centers initiation of its forthcoming new building. To witness the launch of this transformative community benefit project was, of course, a thrilling moment. The project, which will provide 34 units of new housing along with co-located medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics, represents a milestone moment in the nonprofits 50-year history of addressing the holistic needs of individuals experiencing mental illness.
One of my favorite things when writing children's books is when my wonderful and talented illustrator, Kyra Teis , takes my notes and creates the characters and illustrations for the picture book. It's so exciting to see my ideas come to life, and to have the beginning artwork take shape. My next book will focus on jealousy in children in late 2024.
From CounterPunch : “Researchers have long known that any single antidepressant drug is little more effective than a placebo in the majority of trials, shown to be less effective than a placebo in some studies, and generally found to be ‘ clinically negligible’ with respect to depression remission, while often resulting in severe adverse effects; for example, resulting in a higher percentage of sexual dysfunction than depression remission.
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From CounterPunch : “Researchers have long known that any single antidepressant drug is little more effective than a placebo in the majority of trials, shown to be less effective than a placebo in some studies, and generally found to be ‘ clinically negligible’ with respect to depression remission, while often resulting in severe adverse effects; for example, resulting in a higher percentage of sexual dysfunction than depression remission.
We are pleased to announce that the Q4 2023 edition of the WPA Review has now been published! Similar to previous releases, all WPA members will receive the eNewsletter via email, featuring concise reports submitted by our esteemed members worldwide. Additionally, you can access this edition (as well as past editions) of the eNewsletter here. The WPA Review - Q4 2023 includes a wide range of reports, highlighting the latest developments and events since our previous edition.
Dr. Torna Li psychologist and a clinical director for CHE Behavioral Health Services p rovides a background on mindfulness, explains how to use mindfulness in therapy with clients, and leads a brief mindfulness session to listeners. Dr. Torna Lipsychologist and a clinical director for CHE Behavioral Health Servicesprovides a background on mindfulness, explains how to use mindfulness in therapy with clients, and leads a brief mindfulness session to listeners.
Here is an interview I did with Dr. Tyger Latham, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in Washington, D.C. and the Commonwealth of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. George Washington University. What is depression? Depression is a mental health disorder that affects roughly 10 to 15 percent of the general population. According to the DSM , the manual used by psychiatrists and psychologists to diagnose depression, a person is diagnosed with depression if she/he experiences depressed mood, alon
In a recent study published in BMJ Mental Health , a team led by Ethan Sahker from Kyoto University’s Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, alongside an international cohort of researchers, confronts a pressing question in depression treatment: What is the smallest beneficial effect of antidepressants that patients deem worthwhile given their burdens?
F or two and a half years, until last April, I worked as an occupational therapist in two public mental health inpatient units in Melbourne, Australia. During my work, I experienced a devastating process of disillusioning and moral injury, witnessing the mental health field’s harmful behaviours towards our clients. This experience brought me to the edge of madness, as well as many physical illnesses.
A recent article published in the Health Expectations journal reveals that discontinuing the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI withdrawal) has an impact on the emotional, cognitive, and social aspects of the lives of users, in addition to causing physical withdrawal symptoms. The study, led by Raqeeb Mahmood from the University of Bath, also suggests that withdrawing from SSRIs has positive effects on health.
From Hole Ousia : “I see that there have been a number of responses to this letter: Reversing the rate of antidepressant prescribing. I worked as an NHS psychiatrist for over 25 years and as part of my continuing medical education regularly came across the work of a number of the respondents. British Psychiatry is heavily influenced by opinion leaders who are often paid by industry.
P recision medicine promises a new era of highly targeted treatments akin to precision strikes in warfare, aimed at ‘combating’ disease at the most individual, localised level. Hailed as the future of mental health care, it conjures images of medical interventions as carefully planned and executed military operations, striking with lethal accuracy at the heart of mental suffering while minimising collateral damage.
I t is my contention that “trauma/addiction experts” and psychiatrists cause unnecessary harm to people who are suffering and feeling emotional pain by categorizing them, generalizing about their unique behaviours and by labeling certain types of behaviours as “addictions” and “mental illnesses”. Also, the validity and relevance of describing people’s behaviours in terms of their “mental health” is questionable as I believe that people suffer when they are mistreated and not loved, and it is a n
F amily estrangement is on the rise, headlines read, followed by many articles about setting healthy boundaries, communication, self-care and emotional maturity. However, a recent article titled “Growing All The Way Up” (the online version is titled “ The Words Every Adult Child Needs to Hear ,” January 2024) in Psychology Today suggests adult children estranged with their parents take control of creating the life they want by “getting past old hurts” that they may have with their pa
T ony and Sherita’s story is epic — so long, complex, and fraught with difficulties that rendering it succinctly in a single story is all but impossible. Tony, who lives in Virginia near his mother, lost his speech and eye contact at a very early age, when he received an autism diagnosis. By the time he was 11 years old, his neurologist gave him an extremely poor lifelong prognosis.
Below are excerpts from a talk given by Dina Tyler — a psych survivor, family counselor, and cofounder of Bay Area Hearing Voices, among others — at UCSF Grand Rounds last month. “I was and still would be non-compliant. I’ve spent my life creating compassionate alternatives to the traditional mental health system because my hospitalization was really bad.
From The New York Times : “Employee mental health services have become a billion-dollar industry. New hires, once they have found the restrooms and enrolled in 401(k) plans, are presented with a panoply of digital wellness solutions, mindfulness seminars, massage classes, resilience workshops, coaching sessions and sleep apps. These programs are a point of pride for forward-thinking human resource departments, evidence that employers care about their workers.
M ark Freeman is a renowned author and a pioneering voice in the emerging field of the psychological humanities. He serves as Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Department of Psychology at the College of the Holy Cross. His body of work, including the critically acclaimed Toward the Psychological Humanities: A Modest Manifesto for the Future of Psychology (Routledge, 2023), offers a profound reimagining of psychology, interweaving it with the arts and humanities to better under
Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In this blog, he addresses sexual dysfunction on antidepressants, increased suicidality on antidepressants, and explores a ghostwritten study claiming effectiveness of antidepressants for children and adolescents.
I was 17 years old; a week away from turning 18. I was experiencing my first manic episode, brought on by a traumatic event. I reacted to my emotions with the weight of stress on my chest. I was assaulted, by someone who was supposed to love and protect me. I confided in my mother, who seemed to believe me at first. This was a case of textbook narcissism, as my attacker placed all of the blame on me, and meticulously manipulated my mother.
From Psychology Today/Joanna Cheek MD : “People come to see me for help with their depression, anxiety, eating disorder, addiction, or any other label that fails to adequately describe why we hurt. These diagnoses take on a life of their own, where we try to treat ‘the depression’ instead of addressing the problem it’s signalling. But what if depression, anxiety, and the mixture of mental health problems we face aren’t the actual problem?
O ne of the issues that frequently come up in these pages, and in other places where institutional approaches to ‘mental health difficulties’ are discussed, is the discrimination (or stigmatisation) suffered by people identified as ‘mentally unsound’. Beyond individual accounts there are heaps of formal research data that point to damaging effects upon family life and access to housing, and upon friendships, intimate relationships and attitudes to childcare.
“Creating Our Mental Health”: Welcome to a conversation between two social therapists who meet regularly to share and advance our therapeutic work. We hope these dialogues can support and stimulate others who are integrating developmental conversations into their therapeutic practices and personal growth. See the first post in the series for a brief explanation of what social therapy is and the perspectives we’re coming from in our dialogues.
From alice-miller.com : “The longest journey of my life was the journey to my own self. I do not know whether I am an exception in this matter, or whether there are other people who have experienced the same thing. It is certainly not a universal experience: fortunately, there are people who from the moment of their birth were lucky enough to be accepted by their parents for what they were, with all their feelings and needs.
From Mifrasim Institute for Psychotherapy Research and Teaching : A recent conference in Israel explored medication-free alternatives for psychotic disorders, and how attitudes and patterns of medication use are related to different aspects of the identity and domains of recovery. The topics covered in the series of talks included: Lived experience expertise in research collaborations Identity development in people with ‘smi’; Implications for daily functioning and exploring the effe
From Compassionate Mental Health : “What are the features of a Soteria House? They are simple, safe, warm, homelike environments. Joseph Berke, who worked with Laing, Mosher and others at Kingsley Hall – and went on to co-found the Arbours Association called these places ‘Safe spaces for suffering & for joy.’ Joe Berke wrote in his book ‘I didn’t have to go Mad here’: ‘It has been my repeated observation that this journey and these experiences are not inhe
From Jay Reid Psychotherapy : “’In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.’ – George Orwell, 1984 I find in my therapy practice that there is nothing wrong with my clients except that they believe there is. People do not insist on a perception of reality that worsens quality of life out of stubbornness.
From Mother Jones : “In March 1911, the segregated Crownsville asylum opened outside Baltimore, Maryland, admitting only Black patients. It was the first to house Black people in the state, but when they arrived, their main role wasn’t to get support—it was to build the asylum. The combination of ableism and sanism —harmful beliefs about the nature and treatment of ‘mental illness’—with anti-Black racism in the Jim Crow South all but ensured that Black patients were treated
2am is a bipolar blessing. On the one hand, Her clock ticks, waking worlds away. On the other… Dreams tattoo pulses of heart, Maneuvered by her beaten, brush stroking pen. Playing on punctuation, Pushing paper preying and praying: Nevermore. Nothing remarkable here, Just another ‘Starry Starry Night’ Vincentanian Plight. Crafting worlds of her own, Growing tired of midnight awakenings, She lay in waiting.
Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In this blog, he addresses the scientific literature on antidepressant efficacy and FDA approval. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here.
From the BMJ: Lisa Cosgrove and colleagues report that 60% of the panel and task-force members of the DSM-5-TR received payments from industry. Collectively, the 55 members that had ties to industry received $14.2 million. The post Financial Conflicts of Interest Persist in DSM-5-TR Panel Members appeared first on Mad In America.
This cartoon is from my recently published book, Big Food, Big Pharma, Big Lies. Martha Rosenberg is an investigative reporter whose work has appeared in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Consumer Reports, Public Citizen, the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and other top outlets.
From Resiliency Mental Health : “On January 1, 2024, Florida enacted a new law, and I hate it. The so-called ‘ Special Persons Registry ‘ gives Florida police the right to make lists of residents based on their disability status, including those with formal diagnoses of Downs Syndrome, dementia, autism, and others. Supposedly this will ‘improve relations’ between these individuals and police.
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