schizophrenia – A New Vision for Mental Health

Relating to Voices using Compassion Focused Therapy: A Self-help Companion

Author: Editorial 13th March 2024 0 Comments

This book comes from Charlie Heriot-Maitland and Eleanor Longden. The publishers say: “In this book, authors Charlie and Eleanor create a warm and caring tone for the reader and a respectful tone for their voices. With the help of regular ‘check-in…
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books, Charlie Heriot-Maitland, compassion, Compassion Focused Therapy, Eleanor Longden, Emotion, hearing voices, psychiatry, schizophrenia

Renaming schizophrenia: a Japanese perspective

Author: Editorial 12th February 2024 0 Comments

This paper from Mitsumoto Sato has been published by World Psychiatry. The abstract says: “In order to contribute to reduce the stigma related to schizophrenia and to improve clinical practice in the management of the disorder, the Japanese Society of Psychiatry…
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Integration Disorder, Japan, Mitsumoto Sato, psychiatry, schizophrenia, stigma, Vulnerability-stress model, World Psychiatric Association, World Psychiatry

Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic

Author: Editorial 22nd January 2024 0 Comments

This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The decades-long attempt to locate the gene or genes for schizophrenia has failed, according to a new article in Psychiat r ic Research by prominent schizophrenia researcher E. Fuller Torrey. In the article, Torrey reviews…
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E. Fuller Torrey, genetic psychiatry, Genetics, Human Genome Project, Mad in America, Peter Simons, Psychiatric Research, psychiatry, schizophrenia

Time-dependent effect of antipsychotic discontinuation and dose reduction on social functioning and subjective quality of life–a multilevel meta-analysis

Author: Editorial 5th January 2024 0 Comments

This study has been published in eClinicalMedicine (part of The Lancet Discovery Science) The summary says: “Background Meta-analyses indicate superiority of antipsychotic maintenance treatment over discontinuation within up to 24 months after treatment initiation for patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. In terms…
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antipsychotics, dose reduction, neuroleptics, psychosis, Research, schizophrenia, The Lancet

Paradoxes in a prism: Reflections on the omnipotent passivity and omniscient oblivion of schizophrenia

Author: Editorial 25th August 2023 0 Comments

This article by Clara S. Humpston has been published in the journal Philosophical Psychology. The abstract says: “I reflect on what may be termed ‘omnipotent passivity and omniscient oblivion’ which are some of the key paradoxes within schizophrenia. I discuss various…
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awareness, Clara Humpston, insight, passivity, Philosophical Psychology, psychosis, schizophrenia, self

Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 7: Psychosis (Part Three)

Author: Editorial 7th April 2023 0 Comments

Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Peter Gøtzsche’s book, Critical Psychiatry Textbook . In this blog, he discusses the lack of evidence for benefit, and the evidence of harms, of psychosis drugs used for early…
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Mad in America, Peter Gøtzsche, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia

Martin Harrow: The Galileo of Modern Psychiatry (1933 – 2023)

Author: Editorial 16th March 2023 0 Comments

“I conclude that schizophrenia patients not on antipsychotic medication for a long period of time have significantly better global functioning than those on antipsychotics” This article by Robert Whitaker has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The first time…
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antipsychotics, Mad in America, Martin Harrow, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Robert Whitaker, schizophrenia

Misreporting Results and Publication Bias Common in Psychiatry Research

Author: Editorial 10th March 2023 0 Comments

This report by Zenobia Morrill has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “A new paper in Schizophrenia Bulletin presents evidence that publication bias and outcome reporting bias in psychiatry research are common and concerning. These biases overestimate the efficacy of psychiatric…
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bipolar, Mad in America, Outcome reporting bias, psychiatry, publication bias, Randomised Control Trials (RCTs), Research, schizophrenia, Stanley Medical Research Institute, Zenobia Morrill

Acute Religious Experiences: Madness, Psychosis and Religious Studies

Author: Editorial 6th March 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Richard Saville-Smith. The publishers say: “This book engages the problem of how, in the 21st century, we are to speak about experiences of the extraordinary/anomalous/extreme which occur on a transhistorical and transcultural basis. Critical…
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anthropology, book, books, dissociation, DSM, madness, psychiatry, psychosis, religious studies, Richard Saville-Smith, schizophrenia

The Schizophrenia Genetics Illusion—A Century of Failure and Hype

Author: Editorial 2nd February 2023 0 Comments

“As psychologist John Read has shown , there are 15 ways that two people can meet the DSM criteria for schizophrenia without sharing any symptoms in common.” This article by Dr. Jay Joseph has been published by Mad in America. It begins:…
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Genetics, Jay Joseph, John Read, Mad in America, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia, twin studies