psychiatry – A New Vision for Mental Health

The role of mind in neuroscience

Author: Editorial 28th September 2022 0 Comments

After failing to find anatomical or functional correlates of a variety of psychiatric conditions, Dr. Sarah Durston (neuroscientist and Professor of Developmental Disorders of the Brain at the Department of Psychiatry at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands) has…
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consciousness, Essentia Foundation, materialism, metaphysics, neuroscience, philosophical physicalism, psychiatry, Sarah Durston, videos

Can brain anatomy and function account for psychiatric conditions?

Author: Editorial 26th September 2022 0 Comments

Prof. dr. Sarah Durston is a Dutch psychiatrist specialized in developmental disorders. In this in-depth interview, she discusses the limits of materialism in accounting for psychiatric conditions based solely on measurable brain anatomy and function.

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brain anatomy, consciousness, Essentia Foundation, materialism, metaphysics, neuroscience, psychiatry, Sarah Durston, videos

Antidepressants Work Better Than Sugar Pills Only 15 Percent of the Time

Author: Editorial 23rd September 2022 0 Comments

This article by Adam Piore has been published in Newsweek magazine. It begins: “Five years ago Mark Horowitz seemed an unlikely skeptic of psycho-pharmaceuticals. He had been taking the popular antidepressant Lexapro virtually every day for 15 years. He was so…
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Adam Piore, antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, Mark Horowitz, Newsweek magazine, placebo effect, psychiatry, SSRIs

Are We Homogenizing The Global View Of A Normal Mind?

Author: Editorial 22nd September 2022 0 Comments

This article from 2013 comes from P. Murali Doraiswamy (Professor of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Division, Duke University Health System) and has been published by the Edge. It begins: “Should we worry about the consequences of exporting America’s view of an unhealthy…
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Culture & Society, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, Edge, P. Murali Doraiswamy, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, USA

Personal Perspective on the Systematic Review of Serotonin Imbalance Hypothesis for depression and Mechanism of Action for Antidepressants

Author: Editorial 12th September 2022 0 Comments

This interview with Dr. Mark Horowitz is conducted by Fauzia Khan and has been published in The Physician. The abstract says: “Fauzia Khan meets Dr Mark Horowitz, Trainee Psychiatrist and Clinical Research Fellow in the NHS. Mark talks about his journey…
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antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, depression, Fauzia Khan, Joanna Moncrieff, Mark Horowitz, psychiatry, Research, SSRIs, The Physician

Top 10 Myths about the critics of psychiatry

Author: Editorial 8th September 2022 0 Comments

Charlotte Taylor-Page reports for Mad in the UK. “Following the publication of Joanna Moncrieff and Mark Horowitz’s Chemical Imbalance review last month we at MITUK have been increasingly aware of the strongly held and often opposing opinions on social media. There are multiple voices…
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Conversations in Critical Psychiatry, Mad in the UK, psychiatry

Major Depression: The “Chemical Imbalance” Pillar Is Crumbling—Is the Genetics Pillar Next?

Author: Editorial 2nd September 2022 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Jay Joseph has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The Pillars of Biopsychiatry In a widely discussed July, 2022 analysis , psychiatrists Joanna Moncrieff, Mark Horowitz and colleagues reviewed numerous studies and found ‘no consistent evidence…
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depression, genetic psychiatry, Genetics, Mad in America, psychiatry

Inside Britain’s psychiatric nightmare

Author: Editorial 31st August 2022 0 Comments

This article by Ian Birrell has been published on the UnHerd website. It begins: “There were still grim Victorian-era asylums dotted around Britain when Penelope Campling started out as a young psychiatrist almost 40 years ago. She began her career in…
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coercive psychiatry, Don’t Turn Away, Ian Birrell, Penelope Campling, psychiatry, UnHerd

This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone

Author: Editorial 29th August 2022 0 Comments

“Increasingly, anxious and depressed teens are using multiple, powerful psychiatric drugs, many of them untested in adolescents or for use in tandem.” This article by Matt Richtel has been published in the New York Times. It begins: “One morning in the…
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antidepressants, children and adolescents, Matt Richtel, New York Times, pharmaceutical industry, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, Renae Smith

Diagnosing Long-Term Sexual Dysfunction from SSRIs

Author: Editorial 26th August 2022 0 Comments

This article by Christopher Lane has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “With more than 13.2 percent of the adult U.S. population monthly filling prescriptions for SSRI antidepressants , a figure involving at least 45 million Americans, it is disconcerting to…
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antidepressants, Christopher Lane, psychiatry, Psychology Today, sexual dysfunction, SSRIs