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Which depression measure is best?

“In the systematic review of 450 clinical trials on unipolar & bipolar depression, we identify 388 outcomes & compares their performance. Which measure performs best?” Eiko Fried reports : “A new  paper published today  in Lancet Psychiatry, led by Christopher Veal, reports findings from a…
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Open-door policy versus treatment-as-usual in urban psychiatric inpatient wards: a pragmatic, randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial in Norway

The abstract of this trial has been published in The Lancet Psychiatry: “Background Open-door policy is a recommended framework to reduce coercion in psychiatric wards. However, existing observational data might not fully capture potential increases in harm and use of coercion…
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The Postmodern Assumptions of the Biopsychosocial Approach

“If PM [postmodernism] is accepted, there are two options: nothing is true-nihilism; or anything can be true-eclecticism.” This commentary by Dr. S. Nassir Ghaemi has been published in Psychiatric Times. It begins: “I appreciate my friend Dr Ron Pies’ thoughtful essay,1  Can We Salvage the Biopsychosocial Model? A Reformulated Biopsychosocial Paradigm Can Be Clinically Useful
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Placebo Effect – not antidepressants – responsible for depression improvement

This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “In a study of fluoxetine (Prozac) for adolescents, researchers found that the placebo effect predicted good outcomes, but the actual drug treatment did not. After accounting…
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Renaming schizophrenia: a Japanese perspective

This paper from Mitsumoto Sato has been published by World Psychiatry. The abstract says: “In order to contribute to reduce the stigma related to schizophrenia and to improve clinical practice in the management of the disorder, the Japanese Society of Psychiatry…
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In my career as a psychologist, I’ve seen many children misdiagnosed as autistic. It’s a clinical catastrophe

This article by Shoshana Levin Fox has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “The All-Purpose Diagnosis The one-size-fits-all Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis, as configured in the Revised Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental…
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