Editorial

As a suicidologist and someone who has experienced chronic suicidality since age 9, I want to offer some insights that mainstream prevention orgs don’t often share.

Author: Editorial 7th October 2022 0 Comments

This twitter thread from Dr. E. Krebbs is well worth reading: It's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay !As a suicidologist and someone who has experienced chronic suicidality since age 9, I want to offer some insights that mainstream prevention orgs don't often share. 🧵— E…
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E. Krebbs, Suicidal ideation, suicidal thoughts, suicide

Effects of biological explanations for mental disorders on clinicians’ empathy

Author: Editorial 6th October 2022 0 Comments

This study by Matthew S Lebowitz and Woo-kyoung Ahn has been published on the PubMed website. The abstract says: “Mental disorders are increasingly understood in terms of biological mechanisms. We examined how such biological explanations of patients’ symptoms would affect mental…
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biological explanations, biomedical model, dehumanisation, dehumanization, empathy, essentialism, Matthew S Lebowitz, PubMed, Woo-kyoung Ahn

Confusing the Diagnosis for the Person

Author: Editorial 5th October 2022 0 Comments

This article by John J. Miller has been published in the Psychiatric Times. It begins: “Imagine practicing medicine before the advent of antibiotics, vaccines, MRI scanners, and laboratory tests. Actually, relative to the history of human civilization, that was not all…
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diagnostic labelling, John J. Miller, person-centred, Psychiatric Times, psychopharmacology

The hidden epidemic of sexual dysfunction which experts blame on SSRI antidepressants

Author: Editorial 3rd October 2022 0 Comments

Jo Macfarlane reports for the Mail on Sunday: SSRI antidepressants could cause ‘life-changing’ sexual problems experts say1 in 8 people were prescribed antidepressants in the past year according to statsBut they can cause serious side effects like libido drop and numb groin…
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antidepressants, anxiety, Jo Macfarlane, Mail on Sunday, sexual dysfunction, SSRIs

The Universe, Life and Everything…: Dialogues on our changing understanding of reality

Author: Editorial 30th September 2022 0 Comments

Co-written by Sarah Durston and Ton Baggerman (with other contributors), this book has relevance to the creation of a well-being society and some of the changes in cultural values and perspectives that are needed for this. The publishers say: “Our current…
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consciousness, Culture & Society, Descartes, Isaac Newton, meaning-making, neuroscience, philosophy, Sarah Durston, scientism, Ton Baggerman

‘Toxic culture’ of abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC secret filming

Author: Editorial 29th September 2022 0 Comments

This report comes from the BBC’s Panorama team and Joseph Lee. It begins: “Humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks – patients were put at risk due to a ‘toxic culture’ at one of the UK’s biggest mental health hospitals, BBC Panorama…
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Alan Haslam, BBC, BBC Panorama, coercive psychiatry, Edenfield Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Joseph Lee, mental health nurses

The role of mind in neuroscience

Author: Editorial 28th September 2022 0 Comments

After failing to find anatomical or functional correlates of a variety of psychiatric conditions, Dr. Sarah Durston (neuroscientist and Professor of Developmental Disorders of the Brain at the Department of Psychiatry at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands) has…
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consciousness, Essentia Foundation, materialism, metaphysics, neuroscience, philosophical physicalism, psychiatry, Sarah Durston, videos

Can brain anatomy and function account for psychiatric conditions?

Author: Editorial 26th September 2022 0 Comments

Prof. dr. Sarah Durston is a Dutch psychiatrist specialized in developmental disorders. In this in-depth interview, she discusses the limits of materialism in accounting for psychiatric conditions based solely on measurable brain anatomy and function.

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brain anatomy, consciousness, Essentia Foundation, materialism, metaphysics, neuroscience, psychiatry, Sarah Durston, videos

Antidepressants Work Better Than Sugar Pills Only 15 Percent of the Time

Author: Editorial 23rd September 2022 0 Comments

This article by Adam Piore has been published in Newsweek magazine. It begins: “Five years ago Mark Horowitz seemed an unlikely skeptic of psycho-pharmaceuticals. He had been taking the popular antidepressant Lexapro virtually every day for 15 years. He was so…
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Adam Piore, antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, Mark Horowitz, Newsweek magazine, placebo effect, psychiatry, SSRIs

Are We Homogenizing The Global View Of A Normal Mind?

Author: Editorial 22nd September 2022 0 Comments

This article from 2013 comes from P. Murali Doraiswamy (Professor of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Division, Duke University Health System) and has been published by the Edge. It begins: “Should we worry about the consequences of exporting America’s view of an unhealthy…
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Culture & Society, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, Edge, P. Murali Doraiswamy, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, USA

Author Archive: Editorial

As a suicidologist and someone who has experienced chronic suicidality since age 9, I want to offer some insights that mainstream prevention orgs don’t often share.

Effects of biological explanations for mental disorders on clinicians’ empathy

Confusing the Diagnosis for the Person

The hidden epidemic of sexual dysfunction which experts blame on SSRI antidepressants

The Universe, Life and Everything…: Dialogues on our changing understanding of reality

‘Toxic culture’ of abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC secret filming

The role of mind in neuroscience

Can brain anatomy and function account for psychiatric conditions?

Antidepressants Work Better Than Sugar Pills Only 15 Percent of the Time

Are We Homogenizing The Global View Of A Normal Mind?

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