Research

Introduction of a National Minimum Wage Reduced Depressive Symptoms in Low‐Wage Workers: A Quasi‐Natural Experiment in the UK

This study – by Aaron Reeves, Martin McKee, Johan Mackenbach, Margaret Whitehead, and David Stuckler – has been published in Health Economics. The summary says: “Does increasing incomes improve health? In 1999, the UK government implemented minimum wage legislation, increasing hourly…
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Higher fruit and veg intake associated with better mental health in secondary school pupils

“Nutritious breakfast and lunch linked to emotional wellbeing in pupils across the age spectrum.” Reviewed by Emily Henderson and published by News Medical, this article (reporting research) begins: “Include good nutrition in public health strategies for kids’ mental health, urge researchers….
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Psychiatric Drugs may Reduce Social and Emotional Capacities

This article by Jenny Logan has been published on the Mad in America website. It begins: “While deficits in social cognition are often associated with and used to diagnose psychiatric disorders, new research suggests that the medications used to treat psychiatric…
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Psychotherapy Relationships that Work: Volume 1: Evidence-Based Therapist Contributions … 3rd Edition

This book [August 2019] has been edited by John Norcross and Michael Lambert. The publishers say: “First published in 2002, the landmark Psychotherapy Relationships That Work broke new ground by focusing renewed and corrective attention on the substantial research behind the crucial (but…
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The Kindness Test

The BBC has launched a questionnaire to find out what makes people be kind. The questionnaire has been devised by psychologists at the University of Sussex to explore people’s attitudes towards kindness – and designed to gain new insights to help…
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Listening to the Patient Voice: The Antidepressant Withdrawal Experience

“’A total of 97% of respondents were offered a prescription on their initial consultation with a doctor, 5% reported being offered talking therapy, and 0.6% were offered lifestyle advice (with some patients offered more than one option).’According to the researchers,…
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Prophylactic effects or withdrawal reactions? An analysis of time-to-event data from antidepressant relapse prevention trials submitted to the FDA

Prof. Peter Gøtzsche has tweeted : “When you stop taking a depression pill and feel bad, psychiatrists tell you that you have relapsed. Not so. By far most, perhaps even all your troubles, are withdrawal symptoms … Never stop abruptly. This…
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Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?

The question posed by this article is highly relevant to the field of mental health, particularly in relation to research concerning the alleged benefits of the psychotropic drugs that are prescribed on a massive scale. The author is Dr. Richard…
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New study: Loneliness is the greatest threat to wellbeing in Europe

“Every year, European adults lose 11.4 million good years of life to loneliness. This makes loneliness more detrimental to human happiness than any other condition under consideration.” This study come from the Happiness Research Institute: “What’s worse: not being able to…
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