Genetics

Scientific supremacy as an obstacle to establishing and sustaining interdisciplinary dialogue across knowledge paradigms in health care and medicine

Author: Editorial 10th August 2020 0 Comments

This article by Birgitta Haga Gripsrud has been published in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. The article stems originally from a debate about genetics in relation to breast cancer. However, its discussion about qualitative research (as distinct from quantitative research) and…
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Birgitta Haga Gripsrud, Cultural Studies, Epistemology, Genetics, Health Care and Philosophy, Interdisciplinarity, Qualitative methodology

Why hasn’t neuroscience delivered for psychiatry?

Author: Editorial 13th March 2020 0 Comments

“… it is still not possible to cite a single neuroscience or genetic finding that has been of use to the practicing psychiatrist … despite attempts to suggest the contrary.” This article in the BJPsych Bulletin (published on behalf of the Royal…
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BJPsych Bulletin, David Kingdon, Genetics, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychosocial factors, Research

I studied neuroscience to understand my addictions. Now I know it’s not the cure

Author: Editorial 30th January 2020 0 Comments

“Substance misuse is not a simple problem of brain chemistry. The most powerful influences lie outside our heads” Writing in The Guardian , Judith Grisel says: “I used to think addiction was caused by screwy molecules in the brain, and would be…
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addiction, brain chemistry, Genetics, Judith Grisel, neuroscience, psychopharmacology, The Guardian

Madness and Genetic Determinism: Is Mental Illness in Our Genes?

Author: Editorial 9th December 2019 0 Comments

“As I researched this book, I came to realise that there were actually two separate stories that needed telling. One was the story of biological psychiatry, with its emphasis on bio-genetic explanations for mental illness and somatic remedies, and the…
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adoption studies, biological psychiatry, books, genetic determinism, Genetics, humanistic psychiatry, Patrick Hahn, twin studies

Pseudoscience in Biological Psychiatry: Blaming the Body

Author: Editorial 26th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Colin Ross and Prof. Alvin Pam. The publishers say: “… not a day passes without the media proclaiming yet another sensational breakthrough in the search for the physical origins of mental illness. But beyond…
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Alvin Pam, biological psychiatry, books, Colin Ross, Genetics, history of psychiatry, psychiatry, psychopharmacology, reductionism

Tourette Syndrome: Stop Your Tics by Learning What Triggers Them

Author: Editorial 25th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Sheila Rogers DeMare. The publishers say: “… an unflinching case is made for a new paradigm in the treatment of Tourette syndrome. For more than 40 years, the status quo has blindly endorsed the concept…
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allergens, books, diet, food and drink, Genetics, Sheila Rogers DeMare, tics, Tourettes, toxins, weather

The Trouble with Twin Studies: A Reassessment of the Research

Author: Editorial 19th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Jay Joseph. The publishers say that it: “… questions popular genetic explanations of human behavioral differences based upon the existing body of twin research. Psychologist Jay Joseph outlines the fallacies of twin studies in the…
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books, Genetics, Jay Joseph, psychiatric genetics, psychiatry, Research, twin studies

Neurodiversity – the key that unlocked my world

Author: Editorial 14th August 2019 0 Comments

This 18 minute video features Elisabeth Wiklander, speaking at a TEDxGöteborg event. The preamble says: “What do you think about, when you hear the word, ‘autism’? No diagnostic manual can truly explain the multifaceted experience of autism. It’s a neurological…
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Asperger's, autism, Culture & Society, Elisabeth Wiklander, Genetics, neurodiversity, TED Talk, videos

Buzzword Bingo: Schizophrenia Gene Discovery

Author: Editorial 26th September 2018 0 Comments

From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : “Don’t get me wrong – I’m very keen to learn about the latest scientific findings on the ‘Genetics of Mental Illness’. Does schizophrenia really have a ‘significant genetic component’ as is so often claimed? The hunt is on….
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Auntie Psychiatry, cartoons, gene therapy, genetic screening, Genetics, psychiatry, schizophrenia

The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine

Author: Editorial 10th September 2018 0 Comments

Although only some of its content is directly relevant to the field of mental health, this book is very well worth reading … especially in relation to its look at the development of pharmaceutical drugs and (separately) the three main areas…
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books, gene therapy, genetic engineering, genetic screening, Genetics, history, James Le Fanu, medicine, pharmaceutical drugs

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