depression

The Effectiveness of an Intensive Inpatient Psychotherapy Program for Chronic Depression: A naturalistic comparison with wait list

Author: Editorial 12th December 2022 0 Comments

This paper has been published by BMC Psychiatry. The abstract says: “Background Patients with chronic depression (CD) typically have an early symptom onset, more psychiatric comorbidities, more treatment attempts, and more frequent and longer inpatient hospitalizations than patients with major depressive…
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affect phobia therapy, BMC Psychiatry, chronic depression, counseling, counselling, depression, psychotherapy, Research, Talking Therapies, VITA

The helpful delusion: Evidence is growing that mental illness is more than dysfunction, with enormous implications for treatment

Author: Editorial 28th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by Prof. Justin Garson has been published in Aeon magazine. It begins: “Most people thought my dad lived alone. He didn’t. He lived with God and the French actress Catherine Deneuve. They were outside of him but somehow projected…
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Aeon, depression, evolution, evolutionary biology, hearing voices, psychiatry

Withdrawal Syndrome Following Discontinuation of 28 Antidepressants: Pharmacovigilance Analysis of 31,688 Reports from the WHO Spontaneous Reporting Database

Author: Editorial 25th November 2022 0 Comments

“Antidepressants are associated with an increased reporting of withdrawal syndrome compared with other drug classes.” This open-access research article by multiple co-authors has been provided by Springer Link. The abstract says: “Introduction Evidence is lacking on withdrawal syndrome related to individual antidepressants…
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antidepressants, depression, Pharmacovigilance, Research, Springer Link, withdrawal syndrome, World Health Organisation

Book Review: ‘Evidence-biased Antidepressant Prescription’ by Michael P. Hengartner

Author: Editorial 16th November 2022 0 Comments

This book review by Marion Brown has been published by BJGP Life (which publishes comment and opinion on research and clinical care for the primary care community): “Hengartner begins ‘Over my academic career, I went into different stages of belief and disbelief.’…
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antidepressants, BJGP Life, depression, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, DSM, evidence-based practice, Marion Brown, Michael Hengartner, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

“Clear evidence” for serotonin hypothesis of depression?

Author: Editorial 7th November 2022 0 Comments

This post by Dr. Eiko Fried has been published on his blog site Measurement, modeling & complexity of mental health. It begins: “There has been a 60 year long discussion on the role of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the pathophysiology of…
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antidepressants, depression, Eiko Fried, Joanna Moncrieff, Research, serotonin, serotonin hypothesis, SSRI, statistics

Despite More Treatments for Depression, Prevalence Doesn’t Decrease—Why?

Author: Editorial 4th November 2022 1 Comment

This article by Peter Simons has been published on the Mad in the UK website. It begins: “Between 1987 and 2007, the number of people receiving treatment for depression in the United States increased fourfold (and has continued to rise more…
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Clinical Psychology Review, depression, evidence-based practice, Johan Ormel, Mad in the UK, Peter Simons, Research, treatment-prevalence paradox

Magic-mushroom drug can treat severe depression, trial suggests

Author: Editorial 3rd November 2022 0 Comments

This report by Philippa Roxby comes from the BBC. It begins: “A drug based on a compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms can improve the symptoms of severe depression for up to 12 weeks, a trial shows. A 25mg tablet of psilocybin puts…
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Andrew McIntosh, BBC, depression, magic mushrooms, New England Journal of Medicine, Philippa Roxby, psilocybin, psychotherapy, Research, severe depression

Methodological Flaws, Conflicts of Interest, and Scientific Fallacies: Implications for the Evaluation of Antidepressants’ Efficacy and Harm

Author: Editorial 2nd November 2022 0 Comments

This paper by Michael Hengartner has been published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry. The abstract says: “Background In current psychiatric practice, antidepressants are widely and with ever-increasing frequency prescribed to patients. However, several scientific biases obfuscate estimates of antidepressants’ efficacy…
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antidepressants, bias, depression, efficacy, evidence-based practice, Frontiers in Psychiatry, harms, Michael Hengartner, Research, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serious adverse events, SSRIs, suicide

More treatment but no less depression: The treatment-prevalence paradox

Author: Editorial 24th October 2022 0 Comments

This article – by Johan Orme, Steven D. Hollon, Ronald C. Kessler, Pim Cuijpers, and Scott M. Monroe – has been published in the Clinical Psychology Review. The abstract says: “Treatments for depression have improved, and their availability has markedly increased…
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antidepressants, Clinical Psychology Review, depression, Johan Orme, Pim Cuijpers, Ronald Kessler, Scott Monroe, Steven Hollon, treatment-prevalence paradox

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

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