depression

There Is No “Depression Gene”

Author: Editorial 5th September 2022 0 Comments

This article by Derek Lowe has been published in the journal Science. It begins: “I wrote a couple of years ago about the long-running study of mutations in a serotonin transporter gene. Over the years, polymorphism in the gene have been correlated with all sorts of…
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5-HTTLPR, depression, Derek Lowe, genetic psychiatry, Genetics, Research, Science

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

Depression Might Be Trying to Tell Us Something

Author: Editorial 1st September 2022 0 Comments

This article by Justin Garson has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “KEY POINTS Medical breakthroughs don’t always come from discovering new facts but also from seeing old facts in a new way.An emerging evolutionary paradigm sees depression as a…
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depression, Evolutionary Psychiatry, New Approaches, Psychology Today

Why women are being given boxing gloves and ballet shoes instead of antidepressants

Author: Editorial 15th August 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “With one in five people taking pills for their mental health, doctors are turning to alternative methods – with help from Sport England”, this report from Miranda has been published in the Daily Telegraph. It begins: “It’s long been known…
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antidepressants, ballet, boxing, Daily Telegraph, depression, exercise, Miranda Levy, social prescribing, Sport England, women, yoga

How to take the news that depression has not been shown to be caused by a chemical imbalance

Author: Editorial 27th July 2022 0 Comments

This article is from psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff. It begins: “For decades people have been told that depression is caused by a serotonin deficiency. This was the rationale behind the introduction of the SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) antidepressants in the…
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antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, depression, Joanna Moncrieff, Molecular Psychiatry, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, serotonin, tapering

A Decisive Blow to the Serotonin Hypothesis of Depression

Author: Editorial 25th July 2022 0 Comments

This article by Christopher Lane has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “Almost as soon as it was floated in 1965 by Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Schildkraut, the serotonin hypothesis of depression —reduced and simplified by pharma marketing to the ‘chemical imbalance’…
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antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, depression, Joanna Moncrieff, Jonathan Leo, Mark Horowitz, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, Psychology Today, serotonin

New study determines psychedelic mushroom microdoses can improve mood, mental health

Author: Editorial 20th July 2022 0 Comments

As reported on the MedicalXpress website, research from the University of British Columbia is … “The latest study to examine how tiny amounts of psychedelics can impact mental health provides further evidence of the therapeutic potential of microdosing. Published in Scientific Reports this…
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anxiety, depression, Joseph Rootman, MedicalXpress, Microdose.me, microdosing, New Approaches, psilocybin, psychomotor ability, Research, Scientific Reports, stress, University of British Columbia, Zach Walsh

Fishing cures PTSD and anxiety, first ever clinical study aims to prove

Author: Editorial 11th July 2022 0 Comments

This report by Danielle Sheridan has been published in The Telegraph. It begins: “ Fishing has long been lauded as a relaxing pastime which can put one’s mind at ease. While it has been claimed anecdotally that fishing can help with post-traumatic…
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anxiety, Danielle Sheridan, depression, fishing, nature-based social prescribing, Nick Cooper, PTSD, Research, social prescribing, The Telegraph, wellbeing

Anxiety – The Inside Story: How Biological Psychiatry Got it Wrong

Author: Editorial 6th July 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from psychiatrist Dr. Nial McLaren: “In Anxiety–The Inside Story, the author takes a critical look at modern psychiatry’s twin notions that all mental disorders are biological in nature, but anxiety is hardly worth worrying about. By the simple process…
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anxiety, Australia, bipolar, books, depression, Niall McLaren, psychiatry

What Is the Importance of Nassir Ghaemi’s Conclusion that Psychiatric Drugs Do Not Provide a Long-term Benefit?

Author: Editorial 27th June 2022 0 Comments

“… [Nassir] Ghaemi, a professor of psychiatry at Tufts Medical School, concluded that psychiatric drugs, except for lithium, do not provide a long-term benefit and thus should mostly be prescribed for short-term relief of symptoms.“ This article by Robert Whitaker has…
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antidepressants, antipsychotics, depression, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, lithium, Mad in America, Nassir Ghaemi, placebo effect, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, schizophrenia

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