depression

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

New Study Finds Depression in Older Adults Could Be Prevented With Sleep Training

Author: Editorial 16th March 2022 0 Comments

This study – “Prevention of Incident and Recurrent Major Depression in Older Adults With Insomnia: A Randomized Clinical Trial” – has been published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. It found that older adults who underwent cognitive therapy for insomnia were 50%…
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CBT, CBT-I, depression, insomnia, JAMA Psychiatry, Research, sleep disruption, sleep education therapy (SET)

Depression: why drugs and electricity are not the answer

Author: Editorial 3rd March 2022 0 Comments

This article from Prof. John Read (clinical psychologist) and Dr. Joanna Moncrieff (psychiatrist) has been published in Psychological Medicine. The abstract says: “The dominant view within mental health services and research suggests that feeling depressed is a kind of medical illness,…
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depression, ECT, Joanna Moncrieff, John Read, psychiatry, Psychological Medicine

A Holistic Self‑learning Approach for Young Adult Depression and Anxiety Compared to Medication‑Based Treatment‑As‑Usual

Author: Editorial 12th January 2022 0 Comments

This study – conducted by Shannon Hughes, Mary Rondeau, Scott Shannon, Julia Sharp, Grace Ivins, JeongJin Lee, Ian Taylor, and Brianna Bendixsen – has been published in the Community Mental Health Journal. The abstract says: “A package of biopsychosocial services for…
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anxiety, biopsychosocial model, children and adolescents, Community Mental Health Journal, depression, holistic self-learning, nutrition, Research

Time for Some Serious Thought about ‘Antidepressants’

Author: Editorial 10th January 2022 0 Comments

This blog post (2016) from Peter Hitchens has been published in the Daily Mail. It begins: “I expect to have more to say about this, but today’s BMJ? UCL/ Nordic Cochrane Centre analysis of research on ‘antidepressants’ should surely change the terms…
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antidepressants, Daily Mail, depression, Peter Hitchens, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, serotonin

Creating A Mental Illness Called Schizophrenia

Author: Editorial 5th January 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “A brief history of an archetypal psychiatric diagnosis”, this article by Dr. John Read has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “During the pandemic, increased incidences of distress can be portrayed as proliferations of mental illnesses such as ‘Depressive…
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anxiety, depression, diagnostic labelling, history of psychiatry, John Read, psychiatry, Psychology Today, schizophrenia

Depression is more than low mood – it’s a change of consciousness

Author: Editorial 9th December 2021 0 Comments

As published on the Psyche website, this article has been co-authored by by Cecily Whiteley and Prof. Jonathan Birch. It begins: “You’ve lost a habitable Earth. You’ve lost the invitation to live that the Universe extends to us at every moment….
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Cecily Whiteley, consciousness, depression, global state of consciousness, Jonathan Birch, neuroscience, New Approaches, Psyche, Psychedelic-assisted therapy

The Emperor’s New Drugs : Antidepressants and the Placebo Effect

Author: Editorial 29th November 2021 0 Comments

This free course (from Mad in America Continuing Education) includes a lecture video from Prof. Irving Kirsch (Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), together with…
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antidepressants, depression, drug trials, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Irving Kirsch, Mad in America, placebo effect, videos

NHS could give therapy before anti-depressants, under new guidelines

Author: Editorial 25th November 2021 0 Comments

The BBC reports : “People in England with mild depression should first be offered behavioural therapy or group exercise instead of medication, according to new advice. The clinical watchdog [the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)] also recommends mindfulness and meditation…
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antidepressants, BBC, CBT, depression, exercise, meditation, mindfulness, National Health Service, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), NHS

A Prescription for Music Lessons

Author: Editorial 15th November 2021 0 Comments

This studies review from Dr. Debra Shipman has been published by Federal Practitioner. It concludes: “A healthful lifestyle includes holistically addressing issues pertaining to mental and physical well-being. Learning how to play a musical instrument is a workout for the brain, just…
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Debra Shipman, depression, Federal Practitioner, music, music therapy, neuroscience, PTSD, social prescribing, substance abuse, wellbeing

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