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We launched a study of music and song writing with people who hear voices that others don’t. … I want to share some quotes from our participants…

During COVID we launched a study of music and song writing with people who hear voices that others don’t. It is sponsored by NIMH and Kennedy Center. I want to share some quotes from our participants…🧵— Phil Corlett (@PhilCorlett1) March 22, 2023 You…
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Moving Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis: Lucy Johnstone, PsyD

In this interview , published in the Psychiatric Times , Dr Awais Aftab and Dr Lucy Johnstone discuss her criticisms of psychiatric diagnosis and her approach to psychological formulation as a conceptual alternative to diagnosis: “Aftab: Formulation has a long history…
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The link between stress and depression … and the 10 simple words that could help

“Neurological insights into how the brain processes stress, and how it can develop into depression, have led to new interventions” This article by Dean Burnett has been published in The Guardian: It begins: “It’s a damp, midweek afternoon. Even so, Cardiff’s…
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Pattern Breaking: A Complex Systems Approach to Psychedelic Medicine

This paper (by Inês Hipólito‬, Jonas Mago, Fernando Rosas, and Robin Carhart-Harris) has been published by PsyArXiv Preprints. The abstract says: “Recent research has demonstrated the potential of psychedelic therapy for mental health care. However, the psychological experience underlying its therapeutic…
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‘Thirty years on, I still have symptoms from taking benzodiazepines’

This report by David Cox has been published in The Telegraph. It begins: “In the 1970s and 1980s, vast numbers of people in the UK began taking benzodiazepines, a group of drugs more commonly known as tranquillisers, for stress, anxiety and…
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Forget regret! How to have a happy life – according to the world’s leading expert

“relationships … don’t just make us happy; they also help us weather the unhappy times, the challenges.” This article by Emine Saner is about an interview with Dr. Robert Waldinger (director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which has been…
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Martin Harrow: The Galileo of Modern Psychiatry (1933 – 2023)

“I conclude that schizophrenia patients not on antipsychotic medication for a long period of time have significantly better global functioning than those on antipsychotics” This article by Robert Whitaker has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The first time…
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My take on “A Psychopharmacology Fit for Mad Liberation? by Awais Aftab”

This post by Vincenzo has been published on his blog-site. It begins: “In the latest edition of Asylum Magazine, Dr Awais Aftab published an article on the relation between Psychopharmacology and Mad Liberation and brought it to my attention. The full…
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Misreporting Results and Publication Bias Common in Psychiatry Research

This report by Zenobia Morrill has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “A new paper in Schizophrenia Bulletin presents evidence that publication bias and outcome reporting bias in psychiatry research are common and concerning. These biases overestimate the efficacy of psychiatric…
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