Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Mon, 7 Oct 2013 01:28 PM Author: Emma BathaMore news from our correspondents Men walk on a beach in front of a building destroyed during a war in Mogadishu June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic … Read More ›
Mental disorder
Why ARE so many people being labelled bipolar? More and more celebrities say they have it, but here a top psychiatrist warns the disorder is far too readily diagnosed, leaving many trapped on ‘zombie’ pills
What it means to be bipolar has undergone a transformation Once seen as rare and disabling, it now vaguely refers to ‘mood swings’ The drugs used to treat the condition are powerful, harmful – and profitable By Dr Joanna Moncrieff… Read More ›
Fusion Center Study Finds 79% of Recent Mass Shootings Attributable to History of Mental Illness
August 21, 2013 in Featured A chart from a Central Florida Intelligence Exchange (CFIX) study released in July shows cases of mass shootings believed to be attributable to mental illness. Public Intelligence Analysis conducted by the Central Florida Intelligence Exchange… Read More ›
1-in-5 U.S.children have a mental disorder to the extent that the child has difficulty functioning
Psychiatrists: 1-in-5 U.S.children have a mental disorder Published: Aug. 27, 2013 at 12:21 AM DALLAS, Aug. 27 (UPI) –DALLAS, Aug. 27 (UPI) — Twenty percent of U.S. children experience a mental disorder to the extent that the child has difficulty… Read More ›
Are antidepressants overused? : 75% of those who write these definitions have links to drug companies.
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Head to head: Are antidepressants overprescribed? Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK have increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Does this reflect overmedicalisation or appropriate treatment? Two experts debate the… Read More ›
Link between creativity and mental illness confirmed
Simon Kyaga [PRESS RELEASE 16 October 2012] People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet, whose… Read More ›
Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan, offers a scathing critique of the mental-health establishment and pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of incorrectly classifying millions as mentally ill out of self-interest and greed.
SPIEGEL Interview with Jerome Kagan 2 AUG 2012 Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan is one of the world’s leading experts in child development. In a SPIEGEL interview, he offers a scathing critique of the mental-health establishment and pharmaceutical companies, accusing them… Read More ›
In the Age of Anxiety, are we all mentally ill?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Cynthia Craig was diagnosed with postpartum depression eight years ago, she told her family doctor she felt anxious about motherhood. She wondered whether she had made a catastrophic mistake by quitting her job, whether she… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 