A New Vision for Mental Health

The link between stress and depression … and the 10 simple words that could help

Author: Editorial 23rd March 2023 0 Comments

“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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Dean Burnett, depression, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, Jim White, neuroscience, stress, The Guardian, wellbeing

Pattern Breaking: A Complex Systems Approach to Psychedelic Medicine

Author: Editorial 22nd March 2023 0 Comments

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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complex systems, complexity science, complexity-based practice, entropic brain hypothesis, PsyArXiv Preprints, Psychedelic-assisted therapy, RElaxed Beliefs Under pSychedelics (REBUS)

‘Thirty years on, I still have symptoms from taking benzodiazepines’

Author: Editorial 20th March 2023 0 Comments

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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anxiety, Ativan, benzodiazepines, David Cox, drug dependency, psychiatry, The Telegraph, tranquillisers, Valium, Xanax

Forget regret! How to have a happy life – according to the world’s leading expert

Author: Editorial 17th March 2023 0 Comments

“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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eudaimonia, happiness, Harvard Study of Adult Development, hedonism, relationships, Research, Robert Waldinger, The Good Life, wellbeing

Martin Harrow: The Galileo of Modern Psychiatry (1933 – 2023)

Author: Editorial 16th March 2023 0 Comments

“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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antipsychotics, Mad in America, Martin Harrow, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Robert Whitaker, schizophrenia

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

My take on “A Psychopharmacology Fit for Mad Liberation? by Awais Aftab”

Author: Editorial 13th March 2023 0 Comments

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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Asylum Magazine, Awais Aftab, organisation of knowledge, person-centered, person-centred, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychopharmacology, Vincenzo

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

My Mind Medicine Australia Psychedelic Lecture Tour

Author: Editorial 8th March 2023 0 Comments

This article by Prof. David Nutt has been published by Drug Science. It begins: “I have just come back from a 3-week lecture tour of South-Eastern Australia supporting the cause of the charity Mind Medicine Australia (MMA) They have been raising money for psychedelic…
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Australia, David Nutt, Drug Science, MDMA, Mind Medicine Australia, psilocybin, Psychedelic-assisted therapy, Randomised Control Trials (RCTs), Real World Evidence, Research