Critical Psychiatry

JANUARY 14, 2025

Awais Aftab has responded (see his blog post ) to the Sunday Times magazine article about Joanna Moncrieff (see eg. previous post ). He raises various useful questions about Jo's position but tends to be very critical of her perspective. It's possible some of the questions he raises may be answered in Jo's new book, due to be published this week. Nonetheless, Awais accepts that the "chemical imbalance story as it existed in the public imagination has little scientific legitimacy".

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How Psychiatry Works

JANUARY 14, 2025

Writing a book is not just putting down what one knows, it’s a journey of discovery. Chapter 2 of the upcoming How Psychotherapy Works: Navigating the Therapeutic Space with Confidence is about coming to appreciate and even love the inner selves we encounter in our work. The clarity I want to share here is about how we relate simultaneously to our conscious client and to a nonconscious, inner self.

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Centre for Mental Health

JANUARY 14, 2025

Mental health is about how we all think, feel, behave and function. It is fundamental to achieving a healthy, resilient and thriving population. It underpins healthy lifestyles, physical health, educational attainment, employment and productivity, relationships, community safety and cohesion, and quality of life. Action to improve mental wellbeing will therefore contribute to a wider range of positive outcomes for people and communities, in addition to aiding the prevention of mental illness.

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My Psychiatry

JANUARY 14, 2025

Though often celebrated by many in society and within the family, childbirth can also trigger great fear and anxiety in the mother or the father of the child. At times, the anxiety only lasts for a few days or weeks before fading away. However, the fear and anxiety following childbirth can also develop into postpartum depression. For most mothers, experiencing postpartum (popularly referred to as baby blues) is a normal occurrence after childbirth.

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Child Mind Intitute

JANUARY 14, 2025

Mirror’s journaling exercises for processing emotions after traumatic experiences Natural disasters like wildfires can be scary and disruptive. It’s normal to feel a mix of emotions afterward sad, worried, confused, or even numb. Whether you are a teen sorting through your thoughts or an adult trying to get your family to reconnect, there are tools that can help.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 14, 2025

R obert Whitaker, in his book Mad in America, writes: Little is known about what causes schizophrenia (p. 291). He is apparently unaware that a recurrent theory concerning the etiology of schizophrenia is almost as old as the word itself. I am referring to the idea, first popularized by Sigmund Freud, that a frequent cause of schizophrenia is the repression of homosexuality.

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