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A chemical imbalance doesn’t explain depression. So what does?

Author: Editorial 5th April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Laura Sanders has been published in ScienceNews. It begins: “You’d be forgiven for thinking that depression has a simple explanation. The same mantra — that the mood disorder comes from a chemical imbalance in the brain — is…
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chemical imbalance theory, depression, HAM-D depression scale, Laura Sanders, ScienceNews, serotonin

Unconventional Views About Mental Health

Author: Editorial 31st March 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Evgeny Legedin has been published by Mad in the UK. It follows complaints against him by four other psychiatrists because of his non-mainstream views. These complaints led to his employment being terminated – a decision that was…
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Critical Psychiatry Network, Evgeny Legedin, Linda Gask, Mad in the UK, Open Dialogue, psychiatry, Samei Huda

After skool: Mark Horowitz – common misconceptions about depression & antidepressants

Author: Editorial 30th March 2023 0 Comments

Dr. Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist and Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. He has a doctorate in the neurobiology of depression and the action of antidepressants from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s…
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antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, depression, Mark Horowitz, medical model, neuroscience, psychiatry, videos

Moving Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis: Lucy Johnstone, PsyD

Author: Editorial 24th March 2023 0 Comments

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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Awais Aftab, diagnostic labelling, Lucy Johnstone, Power Threat Meaning Framework, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Psychological Formulation

Childhood Trauma Is Not a Mental Illness

Author: Editorial 15th March 2023 0 Comments

This article by Tabitha Ferguson has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “I was born in 1982 into a divided family and grew up below the poverty level. My mom and dad divorced before I was a year old,…
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Childhood trauma, children and adolescents, Mad in America, psychiatry, Tabitha Ferguson, trauma

Misreporting Results and Publication Bias Common in Psychiatry Research

Author: Editorial 10th March 2023 0 Comments

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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bipolar, Mad in America, Outcome reporting bias, psychiatry, publication bias, Randomised Control Trials (RCTs), Research, schizophrenia, Stanley Medical Research Institute, Zenobia Morrill

Are women really more mentally ill than men? As a psychologist, I’m not so sure

Author: Editorial 9th March 2023 0 Comments

“Women are disproportionately diagnosed with mental problems. But what if the crisis is one not of chemical imbalances, but power imbalances?” This article by Sanah Ahsan has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “In the UK, being a woman means…
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), chemical imbalance theory, Culture & Society, psychiatry, Sanah Ahsan, The Guardian, women

‘This feels more like spin-the-bottle than science’: my mission to find a proper diagnosis – and treatment – for my son’s psychosis

Author: Editorial 27th February 2023 0 Comments

“Tanya Frank’s son Zach has lived with mental illness since he was a teenager. But after years journeying through the traditional healthcare system, could radical alternatives save him from an endless cycle of hospital stays and drugs?” This article by Tanya…
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akathisia, Open Dialogue, psychiatry, psychosis, Tanya Frank, The Guardian

Is Psychiatry Working?

Author: Editorial 24th February 2023 0 Comments

This series of 30 minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 has six episodes: Crisis : Writer Horatio Clare and psychiatrist Femi Oyebode discuss psychiatric crisis care with patients and clinicians. Detention : How do we treat people, often against their will, under…
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audio, BBC, BBC Radio 4, coercive psychiatry, diagnostic labelling, involuntary detention, psychiatry, psychotherapy

How a depression test devised by a Zoloft marketer became a crutch for a failing mental health system

Author: Editorial 22nd February 2023 0 Comments

This article by Olivia Goldhill has been published by Stat. It begins: “A bedrock of the U.S. mental health system — a nine-item questionnaire used to spot depression — began not with a doctor, but with a marketing man. Howard Kroplick,…
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antidepressants, depression, depression test, Howard Kroplick, Olivia Goldhill, Pfizer, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire, psychiatry, Stat, Zoloft

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