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Daring to argue that depression is not a physical disease
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.
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Psychiatry misleading the public about chemical imbalance in depression
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.
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Proofs by Dana Henry Martin
Mad in America
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Because magazines pitched to the floor have been transformed into lily pads and the floor has been reincarnated as a sea. Because the newscasters have always been James Tate and the news has always been poetry. Because gods and dogs are one, which is why we have praised what we have scolded and condescended to what we have worshiped.
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The legitimacy of asking whether antidepressants work
Critical Psychiatry
JANUARY 12, 2025
The Sunday Times magazine has an article about Joanna Moncrieff promoting the publication this week of her new book , Chemically imbalanced: The making and unmaking of the serotonin myth.
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“I Nearly Destroyed Myself Mentally and Physically Working at the Wrong Jobs”
ADDitude
MARCH 3, 2025
Free Download: 8 Dream Jobs for Adults with ADHD ] Career Ideas from ADDitude Readers People with ADHD told ADDitude magazine about the jobs they liked best. Jobs that require movement: Working as a personal trainer, dog walker, postal carrier, sales clerk, or barista might appeal to some. I am a school psychologist.
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Not My Words, Not My Story | Julia Buxton
Mad in America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
From Asylum Magazine : “One of the first things that struck me when I entered mental health services was how little interest staff took in me describing my experiences or how I felt. I couldn’t understand it, but workers only seemed to care if it had a bearing on their index of clinical symptoms.
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Beyond Pharmacare
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
From Briarpatch Magazine : “My neighbour’s fire alarm went off before mine. I slept like a corpse as the alarms blared and flames roared through the windows of my apartment. I think I woke up briefly to firefighters trying to get into my apartment, but the memory is hazy.
When HVN Ireland Meets HVN Athens
Mad in America
MAY 18, 2024
The HVN Greece article in Asylum Magazine also includes a paragraph with the heading ‘The recovery of the Mental Health professional’ which quotes U. We prefer the term ‘voice-hearers’ rather than ‘psychosis’ or ‘schizophrenia’ as the former term is less stigmatising and more human, common, and everyday.
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2023 in Review: A Paradigm Shift Is Underway
Mad in America
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Readers of Mad in America will encounter a narrative that is quite different from what appears in, say, The New York Times , or other major newspapers and magazines. It is in that role that we serve as a catalyst for radical change. And here is the encouraging news: a new narrative is springing to life.
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The Superpowers of Sensitive People
Mad in America
OCTOBER 31, 2023
From Greater Good Magazine : “Sensitivity can come in different flavors, argue [Jenn Granneman and Andre Solo, authors of the new book Sensitive : The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World ].
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Virginal Autonomy by Nidhi Agrawal
Mad in America
JUNE 10, 2024
Francisco University, Xavier Review Press, California State Poetry Society, The University of Tennessee, Chronogram Magazine, Letters (Yale University), Anodyne Magazine, Setu Journal, South Asian Today, Indian Periodical, Garland Magazine, Muse India, etc.
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The American Journal of Psychiatry’s Answer to MIA: A Silence that Speaks Volumes
Mad in America
OCTOBER 28, 2023
Newspapers and magazine headlines during the 1980s told of a “revolution” under way in psychiatry. Magazines put the pill on its cover, and media told of patients who had suffered from depression for years suddenly coming alive. All of this paid off. Researchers were now discovering the biological causes of major psychiatric diseases.
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ADHD Therapists Share Their Toughest Cases
ADDitude
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
ADDitude magazine asked practitioners who specialize in ADHD about their clients toughest problems, and the strategies that move them in the right direction. Adults with ADHD bring deeply personal and unique struggles to their therapists. And, in many cases, personal growth and development hinges on better management of the condition.
Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
I have found these “miracle drug breakthroughs” have in common a consistent pattern, one of which is a major cover story in a national magazine, in this case Time magazine. The Time magazine cover story reads “Depression afflicts 16 million Americans. One-third don’t get better with treatment [meaning drug treatment].
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The Atlantic Publishes Article on Behavior Modification Theory, Obesity and Health
Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)
MAY 23, 2012
The Atlantic magazine published an article on behavior modification theory, obesity, and health, and quotes SBM past-president Abby C. King, PhD.
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How Did You Know You Had Postpartum Depression?
Postpartum Progress
OCTOBER 27, 2018
Last month in PEOPLE magazine Chrissy Teigen revealed that it was her lack of interest in food that made her realize she had PPD. How did you know you had postpartum depression? What made the light bulb go off in your mind – what symptom was it that convinced you that something was wrong? appeared first on POSTPARTUM PROGRESS.
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“What Matters to You?” – An Antidote to “What’s Wrong” and “What Happened”
Mad in America
OCTOBER 29, 2024
I mentioned this proposal in a recent article in Asylum magazine as a response to polarised debates about the use of antidepressants. Therefore, I suggested using a different question — ‘what matters to you?’. This idea is not especially novel, it is based on what many survivors have been saying for years.
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De-privatizing Our Relationships
Mad in America
JANUARY 2, 2024
A few months ago, we were both intrigued by an article in The New York Times Magazine entitled “ I’m a Couples Therapist. See the first post in the series for a brief explanation of what social therapy is and the perspectives we’re coming from in our dialogues. Something New Is Happening in Relationships ” by Orna Guralnik.
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Greater Role for Experts by Experience in the Dialogue on Euthanasia in Cases of Psychological Suffering Is Desired
Mad in America
OCTOBER 19, 2024
At talk show tables, in newspapers and magazines, young people in particular, their loved ones or care providers share personal stories about suffering and the euthanasia process. 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.
On Not Becoming David Foster Wallace
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Almost nothing is known about people like me, first prescribed in the shining-future moment of magazine cover stories when SSRIs seemed a silver bullet for complex mental issues, and then left to rot for decades. Some of these drugs, like paroxetine, also interfere with other chemical messengers (e.g., There are no studies, not yet.
I Am Looking for People I Miss
Mad in America
JANUARY 21, 2025
I felt stupid with my women magazines, books and chocolate I had brought to her, with my pink Peugeot. But a couple of years later, Sam messaged me again, saying that she was living in a supported house, in the north of Sheffield. I got into my pink Peugeot convertible and drove to see her. Sam didnt look good when I saw her.
Training Days: Surthriving an Execution, Antidepressants, then Myself — A Cop’s Tale
Mad in America
JULY 26, 2024
I rushed to the closet and loaded a magazine into a rifle, terrified that the attackers were coming, that they would force me to choose who in my family would die. The nightmare seemed so real that it made me have a waking response to it. The false reality almost became a real tragedy. I didn’t understand why my husband was still in bed.
Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em: Rethinking Smoking as a Trauma Response
Mad in America
DECEMBER 3, 2024
We might also limit the size of gun magazines to reduce the number of victims a shooter could harm at once. If we prevent certain troubled individuals from acquiring weapons, the idea is that they wouldn’t be able to carry out mass shootings.
So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
29] An article [30] from an industry-funded magazine misquoted our study, which found that, in adult healthy volunteers, depression drugs double the risk of suicide and violence compared with placebo. [31] Gibbons uses statistical modelling, and his studies are so dishonest that it is not a question of errors, but of deliberate cheating. [29]
Life on the Ledge
Mad in America
AUGUST 16, 2024
I recognize him as the host of some news magazine show. The man in the baseball cap and the footage of me are replaced by another man, who begins to speak while facing the camera dead on, as if addressing me personally.
Psychic Gardening and Walking the Sensitive Path
Mad in America
JANUARY 19, 2024
I was flipping through a well-known spiritual magazine at the time, feeling quite desperate as I knew I had to leave the house where the nightmares were so bad, when I saw a small, unpretentious ad in the bottom corner of a page. At the last minute, freaking out with no direction, it came.
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Unpacking Depression: An Interview with Psychologist Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg
Lawyers with Depression
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Shes a frequent contributor to the award-winning magazine, Psychotherapy Networker and she blogs on depression for the magazine Psychology Today. And if you went to the Psychology Today magazine website, you can look at my blog on depression, and you would be able to contact me through there as well.
From Auctions to Moral Treatment
Mad in America
JANUARY 2, 2025
Other donations she made included a large number of magazines, including Harpers Weekly , and many newspapers. She saw it as a model for the rest of the nation. She donated 100 books, 160 lithographic prints, stereoscopic pictures, and other articles of benefit to the patients.
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The Top 5 Mental Health Blogs You Should Be Following
Solara Mental Health
JULY 6, 2023
Most recently her essay about her struggle with postpartum depression was published in Mothering Through the Darkness: Women Open Up About the Postpartum Experience.
Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
More recently, in 2021, Dr. Corey Laskey published detailed recommendations regarding drug treatment for PPD in the magazine U.S. Pharmacist.
Finding Calm After the Storm: A Journaling Guide for Teens and Families
Child Mind Intitute
JANUARY 14, 2025
Sources The following articles and exercises were sources of inspiration in developing these guides: Be Prepared (UCLA COE Tipsheet) Children & Recovery from Wildfires (CMOSC) Coping After a Natural Disaster (Zero to Three) Coping with Trauma and Stress in the Face of Wildfires (Zero to Three) Helping Children After a Wildfire: Tips for Caregivers (..)
Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp
Mad in America
JANUARY 6, 2024
Ads for the for-profit therapy company BetterHelp are everywhere: on television, public radio, podcasts, social media, and in magazines. “G et help, you deserve to be happy!” It’s not surprising for a company that reportedly spent over $100 million on advertising in 2023, making it the country’s projected leading sponsor of podcasts.
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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All
Mad in America
JANUARY 4, 2025
The pill even appeared on magazine covers. In 1988, Eli Lilly brought to Prozac to market, and soon the media was hailing it as a breakthrough medication, telling of how it fixed a chemical imbalance in the brain. However, Eli Lillyand by extension, American psychiatrysoon faced a public relations crisis.
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TIFT #112: Freedom Envy
How Psychiatry Works
OCTOBER 22, 2024
People Magazine has found perennial success with accounts of those who seem not to be bound by constraint. Fascination with the powerful and criminals Yet another human solution to the conflict between freedom and constraint is fascination with those who have or appear to have escaped constraint. Rich people seem to have unlimited choices.
A General Semantics Perspective on Language and Reality: Implications for Therapy
National Association for the Advancement of Psycho
OCTOBER 20, 2018
Heis an associate editor of Abalone Moon , an online poetry magazine, and has published three collections of poetry: The Courage of Flowers , The Heros Journey and Still Sing (Xlibris Press). He has a Masters in English Literature and was an assistant principal in English on the NYC Board of Education.
4 Hallmarks of ADHD-Supportive Colleges
ADDitude
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Disability services can be game-changing for college students with ADHD, supporting them across areas of difficulty and enabling success. When choosing a college, you and your student will, of course, consider majors offered, financial aid, location, and athletic programs.
Signs of ADHD in Preschoolers: Misinterpreted Symptoms and Effective Interventions
ADDitude
MARCH 4, 2025
Preschool-aged children are rambunctious, curious, and sometimes mischievous. Rarely are they consistently attentive, regulated, and cooperative. So how do we differentiate typical developmental behaviors from possible symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention that characterize ADHD?
How Epigenetics Could Revolutionize ADHD Care
ADDitude
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
What if we could improve early detection of ADHD before symptoms emerged? What if we could more accurately predict someones response to a medication and use that information to prescribe a personalized ADHD treatment plan, instead of going through unnecessary trial and error?
The Art of Guiding Young Adults with ADHD Into the World
ADDitude
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
The Age of Uncertainty is upon us. In this era, delayed adulthood (not necessarily a failure to launch) is the new normal, in no small part because Gen Z is less hopeful about the future than prior generations. Jumping headfirst into economic, social, and environmental upheaval is understandably not appealing, and so young adults pull back.
The Power of Validation to Soothe Supersensors
ADDitude
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
When emotional earthquakes strike kids with ADHD, the feelings hit fast and hard, and the aftershocks often linger. These big feelings may trigger yelling, hitting, destroying, even self-harming, and, in later years, using drugs or alcohol.
The Freshman’s Guide to Managing ADHD Care
ADDitude
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
The college experience with its shifting routines, higher academic demands, and greater independence is a major adjustment for nearly every freshman. For students with ADHD, adequate and consistent symptom management is key to effectively navigating this exciting new environment.
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The Lie That Antidepressants Protect Against Suicide Is Deadly
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Number four was an article from Psykiatrisk Tidsskrift , an industry-funded throw-away magazine, entitled “Antidepressants increase risk factors for suicide,” and with the subheading, “A new Cochrane study shows that antidepressants increase the risk of mental health problems that can lead to suicide and violence.”
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