A New Vision for Mental Health

NHS Data: 41% Rise in Antidepressant Prescribing to Children Aged 5-12 Since 2015

Author: Editorial 20th May 2022 0 Comments

This report comes from Mad in America. It begins: “From The Pharmaceutical Journal: ‘NHS data obtained via a freedom of information request, provided on 10 August 2021, show a steady increase over the past six years in the number of unique…
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antidepressants, children and adolescents, Kirsten Shukla, Mad in America, NHS, psychiatry, The Pharmaceutical Journal

The Invisibility of Spiritual Nursing Care in Clinical Practice

Author: Editorial 19th May 2022 0 Comments

Co-written by Dawn Hawthorne and Shirley Gordon, this article – which applies to mental health nursing as a well as nursing in general – has been published in the Journal of Holistic Nursing. The abstract says: “Background and Purpose: Spirituality has been…
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Clients & Patients, Journal of Holistic Nursing, mental health nurses, nursing care, spirituality

Psychodynamic therapy helped me overcome trauma when CBT couldn’t

Author: Editorial 18th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Lucia Osborne-Crowley has been published on the Psyche website. It begins: “The first time I saw my therapist, she was standing in front of a room full of people, talking about William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies…
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CBT, emotions, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, post-traumatic stress disorder, Psyche, psychodynamic psychotherapy, PTSD, Talking Therapies, trauma

Easier than curing a toothache? The Story of Lobotomy

Author: Editorial 16th May 2022 0 Comments

This podcast is from the BBC. The producers say: “It is remembered as the most barbaric medical procedure of the 20th century, but lobotomy was once hailed as a miracle cure. Claire Prentice explores the archives to uncover the hidden history…
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audio, BBC, Claire Prentice, Egas Moniz, history of psychiatry, Howard Dully, lobotomy, psychiatry, Wylie McKissock

Psychedelic frees up depressed brain, study shows

Author: Editorial 13th May 2022 0 Comments

Philippa Roxby reports for the BBC: “Psilocybin, a drug found in magic mushrooms, appears to free up the brains of people with severe depression in a way that other antidepressants do not, a study has found. The results, based on brain…
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antidepressants, BBC, Centre for Psychedelic Research, David Nutt, depression, Imperial College London, Nature Medicine, neuroscience, Philippa Roxby, psilocybin, Research

The illusion of evidence based medicine

Author: Editorial 12th May 2022 0 Comments

This video from Dr. John Campbell is relevant to mental healthcare, not least in relation to the “evidence” provided to justify the massive prescription of psychotropic drugs:

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clinical drugs trials, evidence-based medicine, pharmaceutical industry, videos

‘Work has been therapy for my mental health’

Author: Editorial 11th May 2022 0 Comments

Jim Reed reports for the BBC : “People living with a severe mental illness are very likely to be out of work – the employment rate for the group is thought to be as low as 7%. A pioneering approach is meant to change…
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BBC, Care Quality Commission, employment, Individual Placement and Support, Jim Reed, Rethink Mental Illness

Education for critical practice in mental health

Author: Editorial 9th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Lydia Sapouna has been published in the journal Critical and Radical Social Work. The article summary says: “This article discusses an approach to mental health education that aims to prepare students to become critical practitioners with the vision…
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Critical and Radical Social Work, critical practice, diagnostic labelling, identity, Lydia Sapouna, mental health training, power, psychiatry, service users, social work education

Conceptual Framework for Public Mental Health

Author: Editorial 6th May 2022 0 Comments

The developers of this framework say: “This Conceptual Framework for Public Mental Health is an interactive web-based tool that brings together evidence from academic research, reports, and practitioner and public consultations to map out the factors affecting mental health across all…
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life stages, National Institute for Health Research, NIHR School for Public Health Research Public Mental Health, public health, wellbeing

Overuse of Psychiatric Drugs is Worsening Public Mental Health, Doctor Argues

Author: Editorial 5th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Richard Sears has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In a new article published in the Journal of Addictive Disorders and Mental Health, Jose Luis Turabian, a professor of medicine at Complutense University in Spain, explores the biological…
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Jose Luis Turabian, Journal of Addictive Disorders and Mental Health, Mad in America, neurobiology, psychiatry, psychotropic drugs, Research, Richard Sears