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W hile going through a divorce in 2012, award-winning documentary filmmaker Katinka Blackford Newman from London was prescribed escitalopram (Cipralex or Lexapro, from Lundbeck). This is a depression pill, but Katinka was not depressed, only distressed, with sleepless nights, when she needed to leave the family home after a 12-year marriage. The pill nearly killed her and took her away from her kids, which Katinka has described in her book, “ The pill that steals lives.
Researchers evaluated whether tobacco product use was associated with an increased risk for suicidality among children, using Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development data. The post Increased Risk for Suicide Attempts Among Children Who Use Tobacco Products appeared first on Psychiatry Advisor.
In today’s episode of Anxiety Guy, I’m excited to share a straightforward change in perspective that can transform your anxiety. It’s frequently the correct mindset that fosters significant healing from anxiety and the actionable steps necessary for addressing anxiety as it arises. Hope you enjoy it! In the fast-paced world we live in, anxiety has become increasingly prevalent, and its grip on our minds can be paralyzing.
International Society for Interpersonal Psychother
MARCH 17, 2024
I have just arrived back home to Sweden after an intense and enriching week in Newcastle, alongside many other IPT therapists. In previous posts on our blog, I have briefly reported on the first two days of the conference. To briefly summarize some other events, I want to mention Paula Rawitz’s award, which she received on Thursday. She delivered a moving speech about her IPT journey, which is also a part of mine since Paula is a person who has meant a lot to many.
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World Psychiatric Association announces a Travel Award for the winner of its 2024 Medical Student Essay Competition to attend the 24th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry in Mexico City, Mexico The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has once again launched its much-anticipated Medical Student Essay Competition , a WPA Presidential initiative with the support of the United Nations Secretariat Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development Goals.
Stopping antipsychotic drugs is associated with better outcomes for people diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to a new study. In the long run, those who stopped taking antipsychotics had better social functioning and quality of life and were more likely to be employed than those who continued the drugs. The study was a meta-analysis of short-term, medium-term, and long-term trials.
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Stopping antipsychotic drugs is associated with better outcomes for people diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to a new study. In the long run, those who stopped taking antipsychotics had better social functioning and quality of life and were more likely to be employed than those who continued the drugs. The study was a meta-analysis of short-term, medium-term, and long-term trials.
Nestled between the vineyards of the Santa Ynez mountains and the glittering Pacific Ocean is the city of Santa Barbara. Known as the American Riviera, its not just a tourist draw. College students, snowbirds, and locals all enjoy the vacation vibe of this city that feels like a town. Given the serene landscape, it makes sense that Sanctuary Centers, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing mental illness, would situate itself here.
Dr. Carrie Barron is a board-certified psychiatrist on the Columbia College of Physicians an Surgeons clinical faculty who also has a private practice in New York City. She has published in peer-reviewed journals, won several academic awards, and presented original works related to creativity and self-expression at national meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
International Society for Interpersonal Psychother
MARCH 14, 2024
The second day of the conference has offered crucial and intriguing themes. The morning featured discussions on how IPC is implemented in various parts of the world, including the development of an app called Engage. Speaking of apps, a workshop on “IPT in the digital world” was conducted, where we reflected on the opportunities presented by social media and how we, in IPT, observe their impact on individuals’ lives.
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The 30th of March marks an important day on the global calendar World Bipolar Day (WBD). This initiative was born out of a council meeting of the Asian Network of Bipolar Disorder (ANBD) in 2013, at which Prof. Pichet Udomratn proposed a date to bring worldwide attention to bipolar disorder. The choice of March 30th is significant as it coincides with the birthday of the renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh, believed to have suffered from bipolar disorder.
O n the podcast this week we turn our attention to conflicts of interest (COIs) and new research from the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Mad in America has previously examined the problems with conflicts of interest in research but this time we extend that to look at the potential effect of COIs on diagnostic tools such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
War flashbacks are a distressing symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that can have a significant impact on the lives of those who experience them. Understanding PTSD and war flashbacks is crucial in learning how to manage and cope with this condition effectively. Understanding PTSD and War Flashbacks Defining Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that can occur after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event.
International Society for Interpersonal Psychother
MARCH 13, 2024
The first day of the IPT conference has come to an end. The morning began with Heather Flynn welcoming everyone and introducing the conference with an opening speech. She expressed gratitude to John Markowitz for his significant contributions over the years. Benjamin Hankin then shared about him and his team’s important research, in memory of Nancy Groth, on expectant mothers and their efforts to prevent mental health issues in both parents and children.
Brief overview of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition that causes significant instability in emotions, behavior, relationships, and self-image. People with BPD often experience intense mood swings, difficulty regulating emotions, and make impulsive choices, which can lead to difficulties in relationships and self-destructive behaviors.
Courage means of the heart. It is not something you are born with, it is something you learn and practice. Unfortunately, many people think courage means not feeling fear even in the face of danger. Then the rest of us feel judged and defeated because no-one can do this. No-one. Heres the bottom line of these three posts on courage: you practice courage while you feel the fear.
S wapnil Gupta is an Associate Professor and Medical Director of Ambulatory Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital. She was trained as a psychiatrist in India and the United States, at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Yale University, and PGI Chandigarh in India. She is known for her work on deprescribing from and discontinuation of psychiatric drugs.
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From Sociology Lens Insights : “In recent decades, we have too often passed the buck of social problems to children who lack the power to say no to stigmatizing psychiatric labels. Laura Batstra and Ernst Thoutenhoofd call for reflection on these non-evidence-based, ineffective and sometimes even harmful practices. The instability of labels Recently, a well-designed cohort study reported that nearly 40% of 213 toddlers classified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) no longer met the c
From ABC7/WXYZ Detroit : “‘I’ll never forget it. I’ll never get over it.’ That’s how Bri Jackson describes her stay inside a local psychiatric hospital – a stay Bri says never should have happened. ‘If you would have told me that something like that would happen, I would find it so hard to believe in the United States of America,’ said another patient, who asked for anonymity, about their stay in the same psych ward.
Editor’s note from Robert Whitaker: We recently noticed on X/Twitter the posting of an article, published in Lancet Psychiatry, that was pitched as a review of the literature regarding the effectiveness of “alternative psychosocial interventions for people with acute, non-affective psychosis?” The authors concluded that while there was abundant evidence from RCTs that antipsychotics are effective in treating “acute psychosis and reducing relapse,” and there was a much “smaller evidence bas
From NJ Spotlight News : “A stay in a New Jersey state psychiatric hospital ‘is more akin to psychiatric incarceration,’ including violence and difficulty just getting just a drink of water. So asserts a highly critical federal lawsuit filed this week by the organization that advocates for New Jerseyans with ‘mental illness.’ The 99-page lawsuit, filed in federal court by Disability Rights New Jersey, alleges the constitutional due-process rights of many patients in
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From Psychiatric Times: Two psychiatrists write in the Psychiatric Times that the response of the STAR*D investigators to a reanalysis of STAR*D data by Ed Pigott and colleagues, which told of how the STAR*D investigators violated the protocol in various ways to inflate the reported remission rate, “remain entirely insufficient.” They write: It is our opinion that the importance of STAR*D and its ramifications for the field of psychiatry are too serious to be dismissed.
International Society for Interpersonal Psychother
MARCH 12, 2024
It’s only a few hours before the 10th ISIPT conference starts at Crown Plaza in Newcastle, England. “Earlier this week, ISIPT hosted several enriching workshops, including sessions on IPSRT, IPT-A, and prenatal depression. On Monday, there was an introductory course on IPT, as well as a full-day session for teachers and supervisors in IPT.
Owning just one monkey, if it weighs under 30 lbs., is not illegal in Houston where neighbors saw a little gray face peeking through the front room curtains of the guy out on bond since Christmas for a self-defense sort of homicide when his full-grown tiger loped like time itself through the side yard and into the cul-de-sac with cops yelling at the animal as it followed his human into a pick-up truck and drove off.
O n 3 August 2023, I wrote to the editors of two medical journals and called for retraction of three fraudulent reports of placebo-controlled trials of depression drugs in children and adolescents. Ten people who lost a child or spouse to suicide as a direct consequence of being prescribed an antidepressant drug for a non-psychiatric condition were co-signatories.
G rowing up in a dysfunctional family where my father was not available most of the time and, when he was available, he did not take full responsibility, made me feel inferior to my classmates in school. I also experienced a lot of emotional abuse as a child from my mother who was taking responsibility but could not offer me emotional support because she was overwhelmed.
The following is the third excerpt adapted from Healing Companions , a book by the MIA author Sam Ruck (his pen name) that describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her “alters.” His earlier installments addressed the problems with “delusions” and “paranoia” and “psychosis.” T he summer after my wife started counseling sessions, she began to hear voices.
A new article published in Psychopharmacology finds that insomnia, anxiety, depression, tremor, headache, and dizziness are common symptoms of antipsychotic withdrawal. The research, led by Wilhelm Storck of Toulouse University Hospital, also finds that some antipsychotic drugs are more associated with withdrawal than others. Tiotixene carries the most significant risk of withdrawal, followed by pimozide, quetiapine, thioridazine, and ziprasidone.
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