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Take Your Pills: Xanax

Author: Editorial 2nd December 2022 0 Comments

“Take Your Pills: Xanax” – directed by Emmy winner Blair Foster – is the title of a documentary on Netflix that looks at this widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication. Here is a trailer: You can only watch the entire documentary if you…
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anxiety, Blair Foster, drug withdrawal symptoms, Netflix, psychiatry, videos, Xanax

Withdrawal Syndrome Following Discontinuation of 28 Antidepressants: Pharmacovigilance Analysis of 31,688 Reports from the WHO Spontaneous Reporting Database

Author: Editorial 25th November 2022 0 Comments

“Antidepressants are associated with an increased reporting of withdrawal syndrome compared with other drug classes.” This open-access research article by multiple co-authors has been provided by Springer Link. The abstract says: “Introduction Evidence is lacking on withdrawal syndrome related to individual antidepressants…
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antidepressants, depression, Pharmacovigilance, Research, Springer Link, withdrawal syndrome, World Health Organisation

Doctor knows best, poisoned chalices, and beings on drugs: Young people’s accounts of getting the diagnosis of bipolar disorder

Author: Editorial 21st November 2022 0 Comments

This account by JP Marshall of part of a research study has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Not long ago, as part of a research study, I asked six young people how it was for them to…
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antidepressants, biomedical model, bipolar, diagnostic labelling, JP Marshall, Mad in the UK, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

England’s mental health care lacks money, yes – but it also lacks compassion

Author: Editorial 11th November 2022 0 Comments

“A series of scandals should focus minds on the punitive conditions far too many patients are confined in” This article by Jay Watts has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “We have made great progress in England when it comes to…
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coercive psychiatry, compassion, Jay Watts, Open Dialogue, phsyical restraint, The Guardian

Magic-mushroom drug can treat severe depression, trial suggests

Author: Editorial 3rd November 2022 0 Comments

This report by Philippa Roxby comes from the BBC. It begins: “A drug based on a compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms can improve the symptoms of severe depression for up to 12 weeks, a trial shows. A 25mg tablet of psilocybin puts…
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Andrew McIntosh, BBC, depression, magic mushrooms, New England Journal of Medicine, Philippa Roxby, psilocybin, psychotherapy, Research, severe depression

Scotland’s doctors urged to prescribe gardening and cooking

Author: Editorial 27th October 2022 0 Comments

The BBC reports : “Prescribing patients activities such as walking, gardening and cooking can help Scotland tackle health inequality, leading charities have said. A coalition of 19 organisations are calling on the Scottish government to adopt a national strategy for so-called…
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BBC, BBC Scotland, cooking, Emma Lunan, gardening, loneliness, Movement for Health, social prescribing

ADHD Diagnosis Leads to Worse Quality of Life, Increased Self-Harm in Kids

Author: Editorial 26th October 2022 0 Comments

“When comparing kids with the same symptoms who were either diagnosed with ADHD or not, those who received the diagnosis had worse outcomes.” This report by Peter Simmons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In a new study,…
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ADHD, children and adolescents, diagnostic labelling, JAMA Network Open, Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Luise Kazda, Mad in America, Peter Simmons, quality of life, self-harm

Effects of biological explanations for mental disorders on clinicians’ empathy

Author: Editorial 6th October 2022 0 Comments

This study by Matthew S Lebowitz and Woo-kyoung Ahn has been published on the PubMed website. The abstract says: “Mental disorders are increasingly understood in terms of biological mechanisms. We examined how such biological explanations of patients’ symptoms would affect mental…
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biological explanations, biomedical model, dehumanisation, dehumanization, empathy, essentialism, Matthew S Lebowitz, PubMed, Woo-kyoung Ahn

Confusing the Diagnosis for the Person

Author: Editorial 5th October 2022 0 Comments

This article by John J. Miller has been published in the Psychiatric Times. It begins: “Imagine practicing medicine before the advent of antibiotics, vaccines, MRI scanners, and laboratory tests. Actually, relative to the history of human civilization, that was not all…
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diagnostic labelling, John J. Miller, person-centred, Psychiatric Times, psychopharmacology

The hidden epidemic of sexual dysfunction which experts blame on SSRI antidepressants

Author: Editorial 3rd October 2022 0 Comments

Jo Macfarlane reports for the Mail on Sunday: SSRI antidepressants could cause ‘life-changing’ sexual problems experts say1 in 8 people were prescribed antidepressants in the past year according to statsBut they can cause serious side effects like libido drop and numb groin…
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antidepressants, anxiety, Jo Macfarlane, Mail on Sunday, sexual dysfunction, SSRIs

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