NPR - Mental Health

MARCH 21, 2025

Ever diagnosed yourself with a mental health disorder based on a TikTok video? If so, you're not alone. "I personally don't think that there's anything more human than wanting to understand yourself and wanting to understand your own experiences," says Vasileia Karasavva. Vasileia is the lead author of a paper published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One that gets into why this kind of self-diagnosis can be such a double-edged sword.

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Mad in America

APRIL 2, 2025

I f you have doubts that Americans have lost faith in a Higher Power, take a look at how we worship the biomedical model of depression. The biomedical model is so entrenched in our culture that it has become gospelpreached in doctor’s offices, reinforced by advertising, and accepted as unquestioned truth, even though its been debunked. Depression was sold to us as a simple problem of serotonin insufficiency, a convenient narrative that made drug companies like Eli Lilly, Forest Pharmaceuti

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Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility. PET imaging shows that the brain increases dopamine production when completing cognitively demanding tasks, and that the more dopamine released, the more efficiently the tasks are completed. Armed with this information, physicians may soon be able to develop more precise treatment strategies for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

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Critical Psychiatry

APRIL 18, 2025

Ive mentioned the 1996 article by David Kaiser Against biologic psychiatry in a previous post. He described why he found it increasingly difficult for him as a psychiatrist to identify with his profession. Biologic psychiatry seems to have become even more dominant since then with the increasing overmedicalisation of psychiatry (see eg. previous post ) and fragmentation and dysfunction of services (see eg. another previous post ).

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The Online Therapist

MARCH 4, 2025

Join me for a live Q&A where well dive into all things codependency, relationships, and breaking free from destructive habits. Whether you're just starting to recognize unhealthy patterns or deep into your healing journey, this session is for you. Struggling with a romantic partner, family dynamics, or friendships? Bring your questionsthis is your space to ask, learn, and grow.

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The New York Times -- Mental Health

APRIL 3, 2025

Easy everyday habits can help keep you sharp. And its never too late to start them.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MARCH 20, 2025

Quick Take The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is often criticized for the way it categorizes mental illnesses. New approaches, such as the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology, organize mental illnesses on a spectrum rather than in discrete diagnoses. Individuals day-to-day fluctuations in symptoms are also being given more consideration with new methods for taking frequent measurements.

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The Mental Elf

MARCH 25, 2025

Dan Warrender publishes his debut elf blog on a recent systematic review, which suggests that brief admission as a crisis management tool is acceptable and can be effective for people with 'borderline personality disorder'. The post Brief admission during crisis for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Child Mind Intitute

APRIL 14, 2025

By Michael P. Milham, MD, PhD Chief Science Officer, Child Mind Institute A recent New York Times Magazine article by Paul Tough raises questions about the increasing number of children diagnosed with ADHD and the long-term use of medication for the treatment of ADHD. While concerns about possible overdiagnosis of ADHD deserve careful attention, it is equally important to recognize that modern pressures pandemic stress, relentless academic demands, and a digital culture that rewards constant mu

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The Anxiety Guy

APRIL 14, 2025

Uncover the silent side of anxiety emotional shutdown and anxiety and learn why your nervous system may be in a state of hypoarousal. Discover how to heal from this disconnect and start reconnecting with yourself today, enjoy the episode! When we think about anxiety, most of us imagine racing thoughts, a pounding heart, restlessness, or panic. But what if your anxiety feels more like nothing?

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NPR - Mental Health

APRIL 8, 2025

What if you could get all the potential benefits of ketamine without the "trip"? For part two of our series on psychedelics, we look at how some researchers are trying to disentangle the "trip" from the drugs' effects on the brain and why the answer could help direct the future of psychedelic research. (Spoiler alert: People generally know if they're tripping or not.

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Mad in America

MARCH 18, 2025

I am a psychiatrist in the US who completed residency in 2010. I always felt that there was something off with my profession. Yet I didnt know how to question the specifics of my formal psychiatric training. I performed as a psychiatrist the way I was expected to, in the way I had been taught. In 2020, a colleague recommended a number of books to me.

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Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Researchers conducted the first clinical trial of an AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that, on average, people with diagnosed mental disorders experienced clinically significant improvements in their symptoms over eight weeks, according to new results. Users engaged with the software, known as Therabot, through a smartphone app and reported that interactions were comparable to working with a mental-health professional.

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Critical Psychiatry

MARCH 20, 2025

In a reply to a letter from Peter Gtzsche, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA ) has made clear that it has no current plans to remove the references to chemical imbalance in the Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) of antidepressants (see reply ). A reply to a freedom of information request has helped to clarify the history of the introduction of this term into such PILS.

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The Online Therapist

APRIL 21, 2025

Cozolino conveys a profound sense of optimism about the potential for transformation and healing through neuroplasticity.

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The New York Times -- Mental Health

MARCH 18, 2025

Is the F.A.A. really ensuring safety by disqualifying pilots who receive a diagnosis or treatment?

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Psychiatric Times

APRIL 25, 2025

Pope Francis' legacy intertwines mental health advocacy with spirituality, promoting compassion and reducing stigma in the Church and beyond.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

APRIL 3, 2025

Do young children prefer to rely on their memory, or do they take the easier route and use external aids like lists and reminders? How do they decide when to put in the mental effort and when to lean on available tools? In this episode of Under the Cortex , host zge Grcanl Fischer Baum teams up with Zsuzsa Kaldy from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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The Mental Elf

MARCH 18, 2025

Kirsten Lawson and Douglas Badenoch review the new randomised controlled trial by Cleare et al, published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, directly comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of lithium and quetiapine as augmentation treatments for patients with 'treatment resistant depression'. The post Quetiapine may pip lithium to the post for augmentation in ‘treatment resistant depression’: results from the LQD study appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Very Well Mind

APRIL 17, 2025

Blue Zone regions offer us valuable insight into the kind of lifestyles that support healthy aging and longevity. Learn their secrets for living a happier and longer life.

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The Anxiety Guy

APRIL 11, 2025

Your nervous system didnt become dysregulated overnightand its not going to regulate overnight either. But here’s what I’ve seen over and over again in the incredible people whove walked through my guidance: once they commit to gently showing up for themselves daily, they begin to heal for good. The anxiety, the fear, the wired feelingsthey soften.

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NPR - Mental Health

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The way the terminations have been carried out will undermine the efficiency and productivity of workers left behind, expert says.

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Mad in America

MARCH 21, 2025

O n March 19, Viking Press published Laura Delanos memoir: Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance. While a number of writers have published memoirs telling of harm that stemmed from a psychiatric diagnosis and treatment with psychiatric drugs, this is a book, precisely because it is being published by a major publisher, that appears certain to gain major media attention, which has been lacking for other memoirs that told of harm.

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Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

MARCH 5, 2025

Group arts interventions, such as painting, dance, or music, significantly reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in older adults, offering a powerful alternative to traditional treatments. The benefits are universal, with consistent results across different art forms, intervention types, and countries. Group arts interventions were particularly beneficial for care home residents relative to older adults who lived in the community.

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Critical Psychiatry

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

People are being misled about the nature of mental illness. Of course brain abnormalities can cause organic mental illness, such as delirium or dementia. But most presentations of mental health problems are not caused by brain abnormalities. Using depression as an example, people have been encouraged to see depression as a chemical imbalance in the brain.

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The Online Therapist

APRIL 10, 2025

Codependency recovery is deeply personalbut it doesnt have to be done alone. In fact, group therapy has the potential to transform the healing journey in profound ways. While individual therapy offers valuable insight, something truly powerful happens when people come together with shared experiences and open hearts.

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The New York Times -- Mental Health

MARCH 12, 2025

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.

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Psychiatric Times

APRIL 9, 2025

These 3 stories offer a lesson in humility to psychiatry.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MARCH 24, 2025

Image above: James Pennebaker is a social psychologist and upcoming president of APS. Photo by Marsha Miller James Pennebaker has always been curious about people. He went to Eckerd College as an undergraduate in 1970 with the intention of eventually going to law school, but psychology quickly diverted his attention. There was something about it, especially social psychology, that intrigued me because it addressed why do we behave the way we do?

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The Mental Elf

APRIL 2, 2025

This Swedish cohort study, blogged by Duncan Swiffen, is yet more evidence for lithium as an excellent treatment for people with bipolar disorder. This time it comes out on top in terms of preventing depression-related hospitalisation. The post Lithium is best at decreasing the risk of depression-related hospitalisation in bipolar disorder, according to new cohort study appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Very Well Mind

MARCH 26, 2025

Non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) is the practice of being deeply rested without being fully asleep. Heres what you need to know about NSDRand what I learned when I made it a regular part of my day.

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The Anxiety Guy

MARCH 31, 2025

Dizziness from anxiety is a major component to increased fear for health anxiety sufferers. Therefore today, on this powerful episode of the anxiety guy podcast, I’ll be sharing deep insights and practical steps you need to take to begin finding relief from this anxiety symptom. Enjoy! Dizziness from Anxiety? Heres Whats Really Happening in Your Brain Dizziness from anxiety is one of the most unsettling symptoms people experience.

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NPR - Mental Health

APRIL 18, 2025

Afruca tangeri ) lives along the Atlantic coast, from Portugal in southwestern Europe to Angola in western Africa. Male crabs have one small claw and one big claw that they use in their dances to attract a mate.'/> The male European fiddler crab attracts his mate by performing a courtship dance. New research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology says that dance isn't just notable for its visuals it's notable for its vibrations, too.

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Mad in America

APRIL 5, 2025

L aura Delano and I met sometime around 2012 at a Mad in America film festival. I was immediately drawn to her fierce intelligence and, as I got to learn more about her, was struck by some of the interesting similarities and contrasts between our lives. We had both been academically successful teens whose drive and competence had been rewarded with admission to Harvard.

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Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

JANUARY 2, 2025

The link between poor sleep and mental health problems could be related to deficits in brain regions that keep unwanted thoughts out of mind.

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Critical Psychiatry

JANUARY 13, 2025

I mentioned the Sunday Times magazine article about Joanna Moncrieff in my last post , where I focused on the issue of whether antidepressants work. I also wanted to pick up what the article says in its introductory rubric about Jo daring to argue that depression is not a physical disease. At face value, saying that depression is not a physical disease may not appear to be so much of a challenge to psychiatry.

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