Is Psychotherapy Still an Infant Science?
Twenty Billion Fails to “Move the Needle” on Mental Illness
This report by Dr. Gregg Henriques has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “ Former NIMH head Thomas Insel recently made a remarkable concession . He acknowledged that the biomedical framework he adopted while directing $20 billion dollars in NIMH research funds failed to “move the needle” in improving the lives of the millions…
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention
Silent Cells: The Secret Drugging of Captive America
Little discussed, there is another aspect to the issues surrounding psychotropic drugs. It concerns the use of such drugs, not for psychiatric reasons, but simply to keep more-or-less captive sections of society – e.g. prisoners and those in care homes,…
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Sweet Harmony
With relevance to wellbeing, this podcast (presented by Mathew Syed) is about the effects of singing in harmony and comes from BBC Sounds. It is part of their “Sideways” series, which explores the ideas that shape our lives with stories…
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It’s Time for Us to Stop Being So Defensive About Criticisms of Psychiatry
This article by psychiatrist Dr. Awais Aftab has been published in the Psychiatric Times. It begins: “I read the article “ It’s Time for Us to Stop Waffling About Psychiatry ”2 by Daniel Morehead, MD, with great interest, particularly since it makes frequent references to some of my work in Psychiatric…
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Point of View: Research or Reality? The Flawed Science of Psychotherapy
Book of Lamentations
“DSM-5 arranges its various strains of madness solely in terms of the behaviors exhibited. This is a recurring theme in the novel, while any consideration of the mind itself is entirely absent. In its place we’re given diagnoses such as ‘frotteurism,’…
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Conscientious Objection to forced pharmaceutical interventions: FAQ
This list of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) – with a response to those questions – has been put together by Mick Mckeown and Jonathan Gadsby and published by the Critical Mental Health Nurses’ Network. It begins: “Following is a list of frequently asked…
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How mental health became a social media minefield
Subtitled “Social media is now basically WebMD for mental health”, this article by Rebecca Jennings has been published by Vox. It begins: “When I first downloaded TikTok, in the fall of 2018, it only took a few days for my…
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