Thu.Mar 13, 2025

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Mad Camp Europe: My Journey from Ward Violence to Healing and Community

Mad in America

T oday I’m going to tell you a story, or I’m going to tell you at least a part of it. I have to say that it’s not easy writing or talking about this because it is a story that has to do with shame, and especially my shame, shame for things that I did, believing that they were the so-called right thing. But what matters is that it’s a story.

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Protecting Professional Boundaries in the Digital Age

Psychiatric Times

Digital communication is a powerful tool, but without clear boundaries, it can blur the line between education and clinical care, leading to ethical and professional challenges.

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He Was Once the ‘Subway Ninja.’ He Would Like to Explain.

The New York Times -- Mental Health

In the lowest moment of Selwyn Bernardezs life, he attacked a stranger with a sword. It was another transit horror story, but with a different ending.

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Experts Share Top 7 Recommendations for Treating Postpartum Depression

Psychiatric Times

A one-size-fits-all approach does not workeach mothers experience with postpartum depression is unique.

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Book Review: ‘Hypochondria,’ by Will Rees

The New York Times -- Mental Health

What started as a scholarly study becomes, in Will Reess hands, a freewheeling journey into our brains and souls.

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Lindus Health and Sooma Medical Launch Phase 3 Trial for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Treating MDD

Psychiatric Times

A new transcranial direct current stimulation device received approval from the FDA for an investigational device exemption, prompting a phase 3 trial.

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Mastery of Language Could Predict Longevity

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Everyone ages, but, sometimes, people outlive all predictions. Previous research has uncovered an unlikely factor related to longevity: intelligence (Bckman & MacDonald, 2006; Bosworth & Siegler, 2002). However, intelligence isnt a simple characteristic. There are many traits that contribute to it that can be testedfrom memory to mathematical logic.

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Patients report alarming lack of trust in NHS primary care providers

Department of Psychiatry News

Results of a survey on the level of trust that Black, Asian and ethnic minority patients have with NHS primary care service providers reveal alarming levels of discrimination and mistrust.

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How COVID Shaped a Resilient Generation of Kids

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

As COVID surged and schools across the U.S. shuttered in March 2020, Jamie Wyss, an elementary school counselor at the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system in Virginia, vividly remembers quickly assembling paper packets on social-emotional learning to hand out to parents. She initially thought students and staff would return in a week, maybe two.

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Structural Alterations After Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Depression and The Link to Neurotransmitter Profiles

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 12 March 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Liangliang Ping, Zhaosong Chu, Biao Zhou, Duo Sun, Jiangmin Chu, Jian Xu, Zhenhui Li, Dafu Zhang, Yuqi Cheng

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Why Are Girls Less Likely to Become Scientists?

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Despite years of programs to get girls to code and to pair female scientists with mentors, men outnumber women two-to-one in STEMscience, technology, engineering and mathjobs. The gender gaps are especially wide in some of the fastest-growing and best-paying fields, such as computer science and engineering. … A study of more than 70,000 high-school students in Greece, published in the Journal of Human Resources in 2024, found that girls on average outperformed boys in both STEM and non-STE

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Neuroscience in Pictures: 4. Depression

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 12 March 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Matcheri S.

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Exhibition: L’Autre aliéné. Histoire juridique de la folie en Afrique française

History Psychiatry

Dear H-madness readers, As part of the research project “”Alin mental” et ”indigne” Histoire juridique d’une double discrimination de statut… Read more Exhibition: LAutre alin.

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‘Brain Rot’ - More than just a passing linguistic trend

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 12 March 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Sarthak Kukreja, Nishtha Chawla, Rajesh Sagar

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Would You Protest for Mental Health and Sex?

Psychiatric Times

These words related to psychiatry are officially being banned.

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Mental Health of Young Adults Students Pursuing Higher Education in Tier-1 Cities of India: A Cross-Sectional Study

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 12 March 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Kakollu Suresh, Aehsan Ahmad Dar