Editorial

Adding Antipsychotics Worsens Outcomes in Psychotic Depression

Author: Editorial 3rd January 2024 0 Comments

“Outcomes were worse for all, with young people on combination therapy twice as likely to experience rehospitalization or death by suicide than those on antidepressants alone.“ This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Antipsychotics…
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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Ahmed Al-Wandi, antipsychotics, Axel Nordenskjöld, Axel Nordenskjöld at Örebro University, Mad in America, Mikael Landén, Sweden

Psychiatry overwhelmed by referrals for ‘normal emotions’

Author: Editorial 2nd January 2024 0 Comments

Helen McArdle reports for The Herald newspaper: “Acute mental health services are becoming overwhelmed by referrals for people with ‘normal negative human emotions’”‘ who may actually be harmed by treatment, a leading psychiatrist has said. In an interview with the Herald Dr…
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Culture & Society, Emotion, Helen McArdle, Joanna Bredski, psychiatry, Scotland, The Herald

Yuletide break

Author: Editorial 28th December 2023 1 Comment

We are taking a break over the Yuletide and New Year period, but will return on January 2nd.

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Rapid Response: No good argument for treating mild depression with antidepressants

Author: Editorial 22nd December 2023 0 Comments

A response – published in the British Medical Journal – to the argument put forward by Jauhar et al who support the current scale of antidepressant prescribing, including for mild conditions, and for those provoked by social and economic conditions:…
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antidepressant withdrawal, antidepressants, British Medical Journal, depression, mild depression, prescription drug side-effects, psychiatry

ADHD Tests Lead to Mass Overdiagnosis, Researchers Warn

Author: Editorial 20th December 2023 0 Comments

This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “ADHD rating scales and screening measures lead to a high number of people inappropriately diagnosed with ADHD, according to a study in the Journal of Attention Disorders. Specifically, the…
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ADHD, Allyson G. Harrison, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, diagnosis, Journal of Attention Disorders, Mad in America, Melanie J. Edwards, Peter Simons

STAR*D Dethroned?

Author: Editorial 18th December 2023 0 Comments

“Since 2006, STAR*D stands out as an icon guiding treatment decisions of major depressive disorder. But what if it is broken?“ This article by Dr. John J. Miller has been published in Psychiatric Times. It begins: “In the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD),…
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antidepressants, clinical drugs trials, depression, John J. Miller, National Institute of Mental Health, Psychiatric Times, STAR*D Scandal

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

Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry: How Modern Psychiatry Lost Its Way While Creating a Diagnosis for Almost All of Life’s Misfortunes

Author: Editorial 14th December 2023 0 Comments

This book comes from Joel Paris. The publishers say: “Dr. Joel Paris’s Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry takes a much-needed look at the dangerous epidemic of unnecessary or incorrect treatments. The last 30 years of psychiatry have seen the development of a system of classification…
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books, diagnosis, Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM), joel paris, psychiatry

The Age of Acronyms

Author: Editorial 13th December 2023 0 Comments

This blog-post by Stephanie Foster has been published by Psychiatry at the Margins. It begins: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Another version of CBT “‘The Twelve Days of Acronyms’ parody song danced in my…
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acronyms, CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, Psychiatry at the Margins, Stephanie Foster, Talking Therapies

The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology

Author: Editorial 11th December 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Edward Shorter. The publishers say: “The Age of Psychopharmacology began with a brilliant rise in the 1950s, when for the first time science entered the study of drugs that affect the brain and mind. But, esteemed…
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books, depression, Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM), Edward Shorter, history of psychiatry, Journal of Psychopharmacology, Major Depressive Disorder, pharmaceutical industry, Prozac, psychiatry

Author Archive: Editorial

Adding Antipsychotics Worsens Outcomes in Psychotic Depression

Psychiatry overwhelmed by referrals for ‘normal emotions’

Yuletide break

Rapid Response: No good argument for treating mild depression with antidepressants

ADHD Tests Lead to Mass Overdiagnosis, Researchers Warn

STAR*D Dethroned?

Mindfulness as Effective as Antidepressant for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry: How Modern Psychiatry Lost Its Way While Creating a Diagnosis for Almost All of Life’s Misfortunes

The Age of Acronyms

The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology

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