Critical Psychiatry
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Scientific knowledge is seen as the most respectable form of knowledge (see eg. last post ). It is based on the scientific method of reasoning about observations to develop hypotheses which can be tested. Biomedical psychiatry claims primary mental illness is brain disease, or at least that brain abnormalities are a factor in its cause. Mental illness of course shows through the brain.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Around the Web: Allies of adisorder4everyone.com share their reasons why we should “Drop the disorder!” in a promotional video for the AD4E annual online festival on Friday, November 8. “A description cannot cause itself, but we’re treating it as if it can.” Prof Sami Timimi “Once labeled, a person’s story is so often obscured, it’s hidden, and sometimes it’s completely negated.” Jo Watson “We should drop the disorder because, I&#
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Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Elite ice hockey players with a history of concussion report heightened mental health symptoms, according to a new study.
Sane Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Peer Support played a key role in the early stages of my mental health recovery in a couple of ways. I was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) at the age of 21, however, I never spoke to my family and friends about my symptoms. Apart from my psychiatrist, I didnt talk about my OCD to anybody. At the age of 29, I became increasingly depressed and was diagnosed with co-morbid Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), leading to a long period out of the workforce.
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Critical Psychiatry
OCTOBER 22, 2024
As Ive said before, psychiatry tends to treat people as machines (see eg. previous post ). Newtonian physics sees existence in terms of cause and effect rather than meaning. Modern science is based on experiment and has a comprehensive, mechanical, rational approach to nature. External observation is seen as the basis of worthwhile, definite knowledge.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 22, 2024
A new study published in BMJ Mental Health finds that antidepressants are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The authors employed Mendelian randomization, a method that uses genetic information to examine causal relationships, to establish that the observed association likely means antidepressants are causing CVD. Antidepressant use increased the risk of of every CVD the authors examined, including arrhythmias, atrial fibrilation, coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure,
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Child Mind Intitute
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Watch the Recording In this wide-ranging panel discussion, the Child Mind Institute asked young tech and mental health advocates to share their experiences growing up with social media; weigh in on policy approaches to social media and smartphone use among young people; and talk about why it is important to center youth voices in these conversations.
Harmony United Psychiatric Care
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric condition characterized by a chronic brain disorder that generally presents itself in the form of delusions, hallucinations, and has severe effects on an individuals physical or mental well-being. It disrupts the normal functioning of brain by interfering with cognition, senses and behaviors.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
A new commentary published in Current Opinion in Psychiatry presents the case for slow tapering of antipsychotics. According to authors Mark Horowitz and Joanna Moncrieff of University College London, slow tapering of antipsychotics can reduce the chance of relapse by allowing the brain time to adjust to the absence of these drugs. Stopping antipsychotic medication can be more dangerous than taking it, with withdrawal symptoms so severe they can feel like a return to the original illness –
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Understanding animal emotions has been a long-running question at the forefront of welfare studies, but a new study may hold the key to decoding the chatter. The answer involves two baby chickens and a mirror.
The Anxiety Guy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
In this episode of The Anxiety Guy podcast, we tackle the fear of confrontation. Discover why this fear holds so much power and how to break free, empowering you to face difficult situations with confidence and calm. Welcome to The Anxiety Guy podcast, where we dive deep into the challenges of confronting our fears and anxieties. Today, were tackling a topic that affects many: the fear of confrontation.
Child Mind Intitute
OCTOBER 20, 2024
If you have a learning disorder or struggled with a particular aspect of learning growing up, you may find it painful to notice your child having difficulty in a similar area. For example, if you and your child both have dyscalculia , which affects number-based comprehension, you might assume that your child will also hate math and avoid it throughout their life and thus want to avoid discussing it.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 22, 2024
The real question is whether the “brighter future” is always so distant. What if it has been here for a long time already—and only our own blindness and weakness have prevented us from seeing it around us and within us, and kept us from developing it —Vaclav Havel, The Power of the Powerless H ow do we talk about mental illness in a world gone crazy?
How Psychiatry Works
OCTOBER 22, 2024
This post is about intense emotions around our natural abhorrence of constraint. We have all seen how far down the chain of evolution the desire for freedom is manifested. Animals, even insects, almost universally struggle to remain free when constrained. Constraint can be forced or self-imposed, but it often generates a reaction either way. The truth is that none of us is entirely free.
Doctors In Distress Blog
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Why next time I will do better standing up for my GP at the pub or anywhere else I will not be alone in valuing a walk with a friend or a girls night out as part of the reason I am surviving motherhood, marriage and life in general. Women naturally and reliably provide this safety net for each other. If men were half as good, perhaps male suicide statistics would be less grim.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Content warning: suicide, self-harm T his year, I hit a milestone I hardly ever thought I would achieve. After spending eight years in therapy, largely for frequent self-harm and thoughts of suicide, I was ready to see my therapist only once a month. It was the result of a lot of hard work, and the payoff was tremendous. I want to share how crucial a flexible and creative approach to therapy proved to my healing, as well as how sticking to the same course of treatment for several years proved to
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
P eople who consider themselves suicide experts are usually just the opposite. They are biased towards drug use and cherry-pick the studies they quote even when they call their reviews systematic, [1] and suicide prevention strategies always seem to incorporate depression pills. [2] A 2015 “State of the Art review” in the BMJ claimed that “Evidence supports specific psychotropic drugs to reduce the risk of suicide.” [3] I explained why none of the references supported this. [4] There is no such
Mad in America
OCTOBER 19, 2024
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Mad in the Netherlands. It was written by MitN editor Monique Timmermans. E uthanasia based on psychological suffering has been possible for more than twenty years. However, it is only in recent years that an increase in the number of euthanasia procedures has been observed. The subject is also finding its way into the media.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
i went to the gym the other day and got hit on by a man over twice my age he asked me about my tattoos and where i went to school i was straddling the hip adduction machine wearing an art school t-shirt i explained how i didn’t go there anymore how i went there for music but i used to want to go for dance why did i feel the need to explain myself to this random stranger he made a joke about ballerinas and eating disorders and how i dodged a bullet on that one i wanted to spit my venom back at hi
Mad in America
OCTOBER 23, 2024
D r. Paul Andrews is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University. His research focuses on understanding the evolution of depression, which he argues may be an evolved emotional response for understanding and solving complex problems. Dr. Andrews is also concerned with the evolution of the serotonin system and the effects of antidepressants on mental and physical health.
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