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Do Antipsychotics Worsen Long-term Schizophrenia Outcomes? Martin Harrow...
Martin Harrow and Thomas Jobe have a new article coming out in Schizophrenia Bulletin that I wish would be read by everyone in our society with an interest in mental health. Harrow and Jobe, who...
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The DSM-5 Field Trials: Inter-Rater Reliability Ratings Take a Nose Dive
The American Journal of Psychiatry (January, 2103) recently published a series of articles that analyzed the outcomes of the field trials that were conducted by the DSM-5 Task Force, to determine the...
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“Genetic Test for Autism” Criticized
Last year, there was quite a bit of excitement over a “Genetic Test To Predict Risk for Autism”. The test was revealed in a paper in Molecular Psychiatry, by Australian researchers Skafidas and...
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The “Mental Illness” Paradigm: An “Illness” That is out of Control
For those of you who haven’t read this recent story in the New York Times, I highly recommend it. It is essentially a woman’s (Linda Logan’s) rich and moving autobiographical account of her struggle...
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National Institute of Mental Health abandoning the DSM
In a potentially seismic move, the National Institute of Mental Health – the world’s biggest mental health research funder, has announced only two weeks before the launch of the DSM-5 diagnostic manual...
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New ADHD study would push pills on minorities
Runaway “mental illness” fraud gallops on at an ever increasing pace. The latest example of this fraud that I’ve seen is in this comparative study, reported on by Reuters, under the heading, Fewer...
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Germany Rejects New ADHD Drug
Finding that Shire’s study of its successor to Adderall XR, Vyvanse, (lisdexamfetamine; known in Germany as Elvanse) was too short and did not look at the drug as part of a comprehensive treatment...
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Technology and Suicide
We hear a lot about the links between technology and suicide and about the use of the internet and mobile phones as a mental disorder. In the fifth edition of the DSM-V, Internet Gaming Disorder is...
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The United States of the Biomedical Model: Five Anecdotes
It is difficult to overstate the ubiquity and influence of the biomedical model that provides the foundation for psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the United States. As a clinical psychologist who...
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Seeking Safety from Trauma
Over the last decade we have seen a deluge of spilled ink and sermons delivered on the topic of Trauma (capital letter intended). Therapists and other clinicians are wont to see Trauma as the cause...
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Imaging study shows dopamine dysfunction is not the main cause of Attention...
A study funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and published in Brain today found that administering methylphenidate (more commonly known as Ritalin) to healthy volunteers, as well as those who...
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APA Addresses Error in DSM-5 Text on Pedophilic Disorder
APA has issued a statement acknowledging an error in the text of DSM-5 that involves the definition and diagnosis of pedophilic disorder. In a discussion, the text uses the term “pedophilic sexual...
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DSM-5 Writing Mistakes Will Cause Great Confusion
There are two very different kinds of mistakes that any DSM can make — bad conceptual choices or bad writing. The big conceptual botches in DSM-5 have been discussed extensively elsewhere and won’t be...
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Crazy Like Us: How the U.S. Exports Its Models of Illness
The fears of many European psychiatrists may soon be realized. Earlier this week, Psychiatric News reported that the American Psychiatric Association has begun petitioning the various agencies...
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Not all South Africans have the right to register
8(c) of the Electoral Act No. 73 of 1998 also states that persons declared by a High Court to be of “unsound mind” or declared “mentally disordered” may not be registered on the voters roll. This is...
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Crazy Like Us: How the U.S. Exports Its Models of Illness
The fears of many European psychiatrists may soon be realized. Earlier this week, Psychiatric News reported that the American Psychiatric Association has begun petitioning the various agencies...
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DSM-5 Writing Mistakes Will Cause Great Confusion
There are two very different kinds of mistakes that any DSM can make — bad conceptual choices or bad writing. The big conceptual botches in DSM-5 have been discussed extensively elsewhere and won’t be...
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NIMH Director Rethinks Standard Psychiatric Treatment for Schizophrenia
The director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) now recognizes what treatment reform activists have been talking about for years: People diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychoses...
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Imaging study shows dopamine dysfunction is not the main cause of Attention...
A study funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and published in Brain today found that administering methylphenidate (more commonly known as Ritalin) to healthy volunteers, as well as those who...
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Overselling the Science of ADHD
The New York Times has a new essay on ADHD titled, “The Not-So-Hidden Cause Behind the ADHD Epidemic” which explores the various reasons for the increased diagnosis of ADHD. The author, Maggie...
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