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Is the chemical imbalance an ‘urban legend’? An exploration of the status of the serotonin theory of depression in the scientific literature

Author: Editorial 28th April 2022 0 Comments

This study/article by Benjamin Anga, MarkHorowitz and Joanna Moncrieff has been published in ScienceDirect. The abstract says: “The theory that depression is caused by a serotonin abnormality or other chemical imbalance has become widely accepted by the public and is one…
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antidepressants, Benjamin Anga, chemical imbalance theory, depression, Joanna Moncrieff, Mark Horowitz, ScienceDirect, serotonin

Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry and the Mysteries of Mental Illness

Author: Editorial 27th April 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Andrew Scull. The publishers say: “For more than two hundred years, disturbances of reason, cognition and emotion – the sort of things that were once called ‘madness’ – have been described and treated by the…
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Andrew Scull, asylum, books, history of psychiatry, insanity, psychiatry

Common Statistical Method Conflates Withdrawal with Relapse

Author: Editorial 21st April 2022 0 Comments

“Researchers argue that common study methods for psychiatric drugs may inadvertently minimize withdrawal effects and inflate drug efficacy.“ This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Survival analysis is a statistical technique often used to…
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BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, drug withdrawal, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Joanna Moncrieff, Mad in America, Peter Simons, relapse, Research, statistics, Survival analysis

Anatomy of an Industry: Commerce, Payments to Psychiatrists and Betrayal of the Public Good

Author: Editorial 15th April 2022 0 Comments

This article by Robert Whitaker has been written within an America context (but with wider applicability) and has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The 2013 federal Open Payments legislation, which requires pharmaceutical companies to disclose their direct payments…
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Mad in America, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatric drugs trials, psychiatry, Robert Whitaker, USA

Extraordinary Science and Psychiatry: Responses to the Crisis in Mental Health Research

Author: Editorial 14th April 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Jeffrey Poland and Serife Tekin. The abstract says: “The subject of the book is the culture of crisis and controversy that exists in contemporary mental health research, following the publication of the fifth edition of…
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books, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, Jeffrey Poland, psychiatry, Research, Research Domain Criteria(RDoC), Serife Tekin

Systems all the way down: embracing complexity in mental health research

Author: Editorial 7th April 2022 0 Comments

This editorial by Eiko Fried and Donald Robinaugh has been published in BMC Medicine. The abstract says: “In this editorial for the collection on complexity in mental health research, we introduce and summarize the inaugural contributions to this collection: a series…
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BMC Medicine, complex adaptive systems, complexity, complexity science, complexity-based practice, Donald Robinaugh, Eiko Fried, system thinking

Inside A Forensic Psychiatry Unit: The Ground Where Death Meets Life

Author: Editorial 1st April 2022 0 Comments

“How the unrelated murder of an inmate on another unit led to Sean’s transfer, his escape from forced medication, and eventually, his release.“ This article by Sean Gunderson, written within an American context, has been published by Mad in America. It…
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criminality, forensic psychiatry, Mad in America, prison, psychiatry, Sean Gunderson

Schizophrenia: A Scientific Delusion?

Author: Editorial 31st March 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by clinical psychologist Dr. Mary Boyle. The publishers say: “The idea of ‘schizophrenia’ as a disease has become profoundly influential both within the medical profession and amongst the general public. So strong is this idea that…
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books, Mary Boyle, psychiatry, schizophrenia

Conceptual Competence in Psychiatry: Recommendations for Education and Training

Author: Editorial 30th March 2022 0 Comments

This paper by Awais Aftab and G. Scott Waterman has been published in Academic Psychiatry. It begins: “It has been recognized since the early days of modern psychiatry that conceptual and philosophical questions are intimately tied to more practical and clinical…
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academic psychiatry, Awais Aftab, G. Scott Waterman, philosophy, philosophy of psychiatry, psychiatry

Evidence-biased Antidepressant Prescription: Overmedicalisation, Flawed Research, and Conflicts of Interest

Author: Editorial 21st March 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Michael P. Hengartner. The publishers say: “This book addresses the over-prescribing of antidepressants in people with mostly mild and subthreshold depression. It outlines the steep increase in antidepressant prescription and critically examines the current scientific…
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antidepressants, books, depression, evidence-based practice, Michael Hengartner, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, Research

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