JAMA Psychiatry – A New Vision for Mental Health

Mindfulness as Effective as Antidepressant for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Author: Editorial 15th December 2023 0 Comments

This report from Richard Sears has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “A new article published in JAMA Psychiatry finds that mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) is as effective in treating anxiety disorders as the antidepressant escitalopram. According to the current…
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antidepressants, anxiety, Elizabeth Hoge, JAMA Psychiatry, Mad in America, MBSR, mindfulness, mindfulness based stress reduction, New Approaches, Research, Richard Sears

Early Intervention in Ultrahigh Risk for Psychosis Ineffective

Author: Editorial 27th September 2023 0 Comments

“Few transition to psychosis anyway, relapse rates were high after treatment, maintenance therapy was ineffective, and no treatment was more effective than any other.“ This report from Peter Simons has has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In…
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JAMA Psychiatry, Mad in America, Peter Simons, psychosis, Research, ultrahigh risk (UHR)

Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure and Offspring Brain Morphologic Trajectory

Author: Editorial 8th September 2023 0 Comments

This research paper has been published in JAMA Psychiatry. Key Points: Question: Is intrauterine exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and prenatal or postnatal depressive symptoms associated with brain morphologic trajectory in offspring? Findings: In this cohort study of 3198 mother-infant…
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antidepressants, child brain trajectories, depression, JAMA Psychiatry, maternal depression, neuroscience, prenatal, Research, SSRIs

JAMA Psychiatry: No evidence that psychiatric treatments produce “successful outcomes”

Author: Editorial 22nd May 2023 0 Comments

This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “In a viewpoint piece published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers write that there is no evidence that psychiatric interventions lead to ‘successful’ outcomes. Successful outcomes, they write, include…
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Charles Zorumski, JAMA Psychiatry, Kenneth Freedland, Mad in the UK, outcome measurement, Peter Simons, psychiatry

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)