6 Reasons Men Don’t Get Mental Health Care When They Need It
Psychology Today
JUNE 14, 2024
Men face unique obstacles to getting care for mental health, but there are ways to help.
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Benzodiazepines Linked to Suicide, Study Finds
Mad in America
DECEMBER 10, 2024
A new study published in Psychiatry Research finds that alprazolam, commonly sold as Xanax, is linked to an increased risk of suicidal events. In fact, all of the benzodiazepines examined in the current research, including diazepam (often marketed as Valium) and lorazepam (Ativan), were also associated with increased suicide risk. Buspirone, the only non-benzodiazepine anxiety-reducing medication examined in the current work, showed a significantly weaker association with suicide risk.
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20th century lead exposure damaged American mental health
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood altered the balance of mental health in the U.S. population, making generations of Americans more depressed, anxious and inattentive or hyperactive, according to researchers. They estimate that 151 million cases of psychiatric disorder over the past 75 years have resulted from American children's exposure to lead.
The Power of ‘I’: Finding Yourself in Relationships. A Task for 2025.
The Online Therapist
DECEMBER 28, 2024
The years roll on quicker as you get older but with that comes more wisdom and security. I always tend to look back over a year and compare it to where I was the same time, the prior year. A useful exercise that can reveal progress made (or not).
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!
Is psychiatric diagnosis of any value?
Critical Psychiatry
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
I responded (follow my Twitter thread ) to a tweet by Justin Garson (mentioned in previous post ). What he said was:- I cant fathom how a psychiatric diagnosis would ever be useful to anyone except as a tool to get accommodations or drugs. As far as understanding myself who I am, why I act and think as I do it contributes nothing. I do understand what he means (see eg. previous post ).
The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Supporting Mental Health in Florida
Harmony United Psychiatric Care
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Mental health encompasses an individuals capacity to feel, think and act to achieve a better quality of life while respecting personal, cultural and social boundaries. Impairment of any one of these lead to mental illnesses.
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Why Women Are More Prone to Anxiety Disorders (and How to Cope)
Lightwork
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Introduction Research consistently shows that women experience anxiety disorders at nearly twice the rate of men. This stark difference isn’t just a statistical anomalyit reflects complex biological, social, and cultural factors that shape women’s mental health experiences. Anxiety disorders in women often manifest through: Persistent worry about daily activities Physical symptoms like heart palpitations and shortness of breath Sleep disturbances Difficulty concentrating Understandin
Improving Emotional Regulation in Adults: Advice from Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee
Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Improving Emotional Regulation in Adults: Advice from Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Life as an adult comes with its fair share of challengesbalancing responsibilities at work, maintaining relationships, and navigating the daily stressors of modern life. Have you ever felt like your emotions were getting the better of you? Perhaps a sudden burst of anger, overwhelming sadness, or anxiety left you wondering why certain situations affect you so intensely.
Holiday Season Survival: Overcoming Anxiety with Grace and Strength
The Anxiety Guy
DECEMBER 23, 2024
The holiday season is often seen as a time of joy and celebration, but for many, it can also bring about a sense of overwhelm and unease. This podcast episode will provide with you with clarity and ease around holiday anxiety. Enjoy! Finding Peace During the Holidays: Overcoming Holiday Anxiety Holiday over-stress is a common struggle, and its one that deserves understanding and compassion.
How to navigate family stress over the holidays without sacrificing your peace
Potomac Psychiatry
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Every holiday season brings the inevitable challenge of family gatheringssome joyful, others deeply uncomfortable. For Ryan and Sophia, a young couple with a baby daughter, Lily, the holidays had become a source of anxiety, not celebration. Ryan, a lawyer, and Sophia, a dental technician, had built a happy life in Washington, D.C., filled with love and stability.
Is There Such a Thing as Good Grief?
Psychology Today
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Loss is universal, but there are ways to manage it.
The Core Error of Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Certainty about “Consensus Reality”
Mad in America
OCTOBER 31, 2024
“Yet many psychiatrists and psychologists refuse to entertain the idea that society as a whole may be lacking in sanity.” —Erich Fromm, The Sane Society (1955) W ith the mainstream media finally reporting that “ depression is not caused by low levels of serotonin ,” many people ask me: Why does psychiatry repeatedly get it wrong when it comes to not only to its theories of mental illness but in so many other areas?
Knowing you have a brain aneurysm may raise anxiety risk, other mental health conditions
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
AUGUST 26, 2024
Even if the risk is small, the potential of a debilitating brain vessel rupture may be a psychological burden, finds new study.
New Year’s Greetings 2025
World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
DECEMBER 23, 2024
On behalf of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) President, Prof. Danuta Wasserman As 2024 draws to a close, we reflect on a year of resilience, collaboration, and renewed commitments to addressing global mental health challenges, guided by the EDIT principles -Equality, Development, Inclusivity, and Transcultural awareness. Through united efforts, we move beyond psychiatry by mobilising the best possible resources and advice worldwide, addressing mental health crises comprehensively, and r
Biomedical psychiatry is a pseudoscience
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.
Swipe Left on Swipe Culture : Why Online Dating Apps Are Being Ditched
Love & Life Toolbox
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The reign of online dating and its hallmark “swipe culture” is experiencing a decline. Apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge became the go-to for people looking for love, or at least a connection. But recent trends suggest this phenomenon is waning. More people are expressing fatigue with the superficiality, gamification, and often disappointing outcomes of these platforms.
Give Yourself the Gift of NatCon25
National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the
DECEMBER 21, 2024
Tis the season for thoughtful giving and receiving! To make your holidays a little brighter, were offering significant savings on your registration for NatCon25 , the largest conference in mental health and substance use care. Sign up now and save $200 off the on-site price just think of all the candy canes you could buy with that extra cash (116 boxes, to be exact).
B.C. family outraged at man with Stage-4 cancer’s 14-hour ER wait, discharge
Global News - Mental Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Melissa McIntyre's husband Cory has Stage-4 colon cancer and continues to fight the disease despite being given just months to live in early 2023.
The Role of Mindfulness in Managing Workplace Stress
Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog
DECEMBER 24, 2024
The Role of Mindfulness in Managing Workplace Stress Stress is an inevitable part of our modern workplace. Deadlines loom, responsibilities pile up, and we often feel pulled in every direction. As a mental health professional, I have seen firsthand how unchecked stress can take a toll not just on our minds but on our physical health and relationships.
Invitation to Istanbul, October 10-12 2025
How Psychiatry Works
DECEMBER 19, 2024
As chair of the organizing committee I want personally to invite followers of Tuesday Is For Therapists to come to Istanbul, October 10-12, 2025 for an exciting conference focused on foundational principles and processes that cut across multiple therapies. And today, the submission portal is open for those who would like to present. Even if you are not a presenter, it's time to save the date!
Radical rethink of mental health support for adolescents needed – new study
Department of Psychiatry News
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Young people have given important insights into what mental health support they prefer and what does not work for them or meet their needs, as part of a major new study of thousands of adolescents.
When Symptoms Overlap
Psychology Today
APRIL 1, 2024
How experts differentiate borderline personality disorder from bipolar disorder and why it is important to know the difference
Right-Wing or Left-Wing: Who Really Owns the Critique of Over-Medicalisation?
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
I n recent months, a long-standing debate in the field of mental health has resurfaced, generating volatile discussions on social media and in the press. This debate revolves around the critique of over-medicalisation and whether this critique truly serves the public good. Traditionally, this critique has been used by left-wing activists and scholars to advocate for more de-pathologised, humane and psychosocially informed mental health care.
Researchers achieve a significant advancement in early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Researchers report significant strides in enhancing early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents. They demonstrate the efficacy of integrating multimodal MRI with behavioral assessments for greater diagnostic precision. Bipolar disorder is a severe neuropsychiatric condition that often emerges during adolescence and is characterized by extreme mood swings.
New Year's resolutions: recovery goals and new habits for mental wellbeing
Sane Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2024
As we step into a new year, many of us take the time to reflect on the past and think about how we can create positive change in our lives. For those on a mental health recovery journey, the new year can be an ideal moment to set meaningful goals and establish habits that nurture wellbeing. However, the pressure to make big, sweeping resolutions can feel overwhelming.
Discovering what psychiatry’s really like
Critical Psychiatry
DECEMBER 18, 2024
I talked about Jan Foudraine in the first chapter of my edited Critical Psychiatry book. As I said, he became the personal ambassador' in Holland of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh or Osho, as he later came to be called. Osho was an Indian spiritual leader who preached an eclectic doctrine of Eastern mysticism, individual devotion, and sexual freedom while amassing vast personal wealth (see Foudraines obituary on the Osho website).
Florida’s mental health initiatives for veterans and military families
Harmony United Psychiatric Care
DECEMBER 17, 2024
A whooping million and half veterans call Florida home, which makes it the third highest concentration of military veterans in the nation. The sacrifices done by military personal and their families are enormous. Recognizing this, the government has put to motion a broad range of mental health initiatives.
2024 Year in Review: Highlights From Our Work Together
National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Another year is in the books! As we reflect on 2024, we are proud of the progress weve made in advancing mental health and substance use care. Here are some highlights: Advocacy and Policy: We worked with lawmakers on key legislation to address workforce challenges and substance use, including the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, the PEERS in Medicare Act and the reauthorization of the SUPPORT Act.
‘I’m here for you’: Program helps farmers struggling with mental health
Global News - Mental Health News
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Farming is more than physically taxing, it can also have serious impacts on farmers' mental health. A program in Manitoba hopes to help, and has just received charitable status.
Mindfulness Techniques for Anxiety: Becoming the Observer
The Anxiety Guy
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Mindfulness techniques for anxiety are very important when it comes to dis-identifying with fear centered thoughts that arise. Today’s podcast will enlighten, and inspire. Enjoy! The Anxiety Guy Podcast Show Notes Episode Title: Mindfulness Techniques for Anxiety: Becoming the Observer Podcast Episode Summary: In this episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, Dennis reveals a game-changing perspective that can set you on the path to true and lasting anxiety recovery.
TIFT #115: Of Time and the Inner Mind
How Psychiatry Works
DECEMBER 17, 2024
One of my major goals is to promote familiarity with and appreciation of the inner self that has a huge role in ours and our clients' daily lives. It is the source of our truest motivations and most authentic feelings. Today I’ll talk, mostly from experience, about how the inner mind evolves in its relationship with the dimension of time. But first, a bit more about the concepts of mind and the inner self.
Oxford study identifies the most effective treatments for ADHD in adults
Department of Psychiatry News
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Atomoxetine and a class of drug known as stimulants are the most effective treatments in the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in adults, according to a new study.
How to Handle Back-to-School Anxiety
Psychology Today
AUGUST 19, 2024
A quick guide to decrease those back-to-school jitters.
Researchers Accuse Lancet Article and British Psychiatrists of Minimising Antidepressants’ Withdrawal Effects
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
I n 2019, Dr James Davies (Roehampton University) and I published a review of the research into antidepressant withdrawal effects. We found that more than half (56%) of people experience withdrawal effects and that nearly half of those (46%) describe them as severe. Our review has been cited over 400 times (Google Scholar Sept 16, 2024), perhaps most importantly in the historic Public Health England (PHE) report on dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines.
Digital biomarkers shedding light on seasonality in mood disorders
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Wrist-based activity sensors worn by individuals with depression and those without over the course of two weeks provided evidence for the relationship between daily sunlight exposure and physical activity, according to a new study.
From Anxiety to Advocacy: How Pharmacogenomic Testing Helped My Mental Health Journey
NAMI
DECEMBER 13, 2024
My name is Madeline Bohlman. I’m 22 years old and I recently graduated from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. My degree in Marketing from the Sam Walton School of Business has led to my current position as a Merchandising Senior Analyst at Walmart in nearby Bentonville. Ive always been passionate about this workeven running my own boutique for a while!
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