Drug Treatment of ADHD ā Tenuous Scientific Basis
FromĀ Tidsskriftet: Over the past three decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of ADHD. Recent systematic reviews reveal...
Experts Stress Importance of Social Networks for Psychosis and Bipolar Interventions
Researchers develop a novel approach to mapping personal well-being networks for those diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) that incorporates social ties, connections to place, and meaningful activities.
Petition: Protect PTSD Treatments That Work!
The American Psychological Association recently issued a guideline recommending only short-term, structured, and symptom-focused therapies for the treatment of PTSD; the guideline may be...
Susie Orbach’s Guide to Books to Understand Yourself
In this pieceĀ forĀ The Guardian, Susie Orbach argues that we should not turn to the DSM to understand ourselves, but instead to the work of...
Spending on Social Services Improves Health Outcomes
Canadian study finds that social service spending is associated with a decrease in mortality and increase in life expectancy.
We Need to Broaden the Philosophical Landscape of Social Work
In this piece forĀ Community Care, Anjum Shah argues that social work academics need to pay more attention to the work of the philosopher Frantz...
He Tenido Un SueƱo (I Had a Dream)
In this pieceĀ forĀ La Otra PsiquiatrĆa, Fernando Colina describes his vision for a compassionate, non-pathologizing mental health system. Below is the full translation of his...
One Psychologist’s Mission to Save Talk Therapy
In this episodeĀ of WBUR'sĀ On Point Radio, psychologist Enrico Gnaulati explains why long-term psychotherapy has been devalued ever since the release and marketing of Prozac....
Football Destroyed My Husband’s Mind
In this op-ed forĀ The New York Times, Emily Kelly, the wife of former NFL player Rob Kelly, shares the devastating impact that a professional...
I’ve Been Waiting for This Since I Was a Child
In this piece forĀ Canterbury Christ Church University, Nell Butler highlights theĀ significance of the recently released Power Threat Meaning Framework. A trauma survivor herself, Butler...
Multisystemic Therapy No More Effective than Standard Care for Antisocial Behavior
Study counters previous evidence supporting multisystemic therapy, finding adolescents are just as likely to have out-of-home placements when receiving multisystemic therapy versus management as usual.
Reflections on the Torture Parents and the Pedophile Olympic Doctor
Parents should be very cautious about entrusting their children to any institution ā private boarding schools, ballet schools, training facilities away from home. We are all best off raising our adolescents subject to our oversight, rather than entrusting them to others. Those who should protect us from trauma are harming our children.
Interview With Black Lives Matter Cofounder Patrisse Khan-Cullors
In this interview forĀ Vice, Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Khan-Cullors discusses herĀ efforts to fight for the civil rights of marginalized communities and to speak...
Study Finds Heavy Metal Music Beneficial to Mental Health
A new study highlights the role heavy metal music plays in the mental health of adolescents facing adversity.
How Neoliberalism is Damaging Your Mental Health
FromĀ The Conversation: Neoliberal policies and conditions may be at least partly responsible for the growing mental health crisis and decline in collective well-being in...
Self-Evident
In this piece forĀ Aeon, Serife Tekin argues that contrary to antirealist perspectives emphasizing the illusion of selfhood, there is such a thing as the...
Problem Behaviors are Medicalized in White Children and Criminalized in Black Children
Race often determines whether school punishment or therapy and drugs will be used to address childrenās problem behaviors.
Mental Illness Weaponry and Shrink Hypocrisy
In this piece forĀ CounterPunch, Bruce Levine critiques the pervasive hypocrisy among U.S. mental health professionals, who on one hand claim they hope toĀ abolish the...
When Algorithms Are Running the Asylum
FromĀ Neo.life: The emergingĀ discipline of computational psychiatry, which aims to use machine-learning algorithms to recognize patterns of mental distress and identify treatments that may be...
A Nurse’s Response to the Power Threat Meaning Framework
In this piece for theĀ Critical Mental Health Nurses' Network, Jonathan Gadsby speaks to the potential of the Power Threat Meaning Framework to transform the...
Schema Therapy: Working With Complex Clinical Presentations
FromĀ The British Psychological Society: Dr. Susan Simpson provides an introduction to schema therapy and its uses in treating people who have been diagnosed with...
Estimates of Depression Prevalence are Exaggerated, Study Finds
New research demonstrates that common methods for estimating depression prevalence lead to overestimation and exaggerated statistics.
Targeting Hypocrisy Reduces Islamophobia and Collective Blame of Muslims
Interventions calling attention to participantsā hypocrisy proved effective in reducing Islamophobia and collective blame of Muslims for individual acts of violence.
How Big Pharma Infiltrated the Boston Museum of Science
FromĀ CounterPunch: Last spring, an exhibit promoting mainstream mental health ideologies debuted at the Boston Museum of Science. The exhibit was funded by NAMI and...
Challenging the Relentless Rise of Depression in Young People
In this piece, Dave Traxson discusses the social and cultural factors contributing to the rise of depression among young people in Britain, arguing that...
