In therapy for psychosis, most patients prioritize non-psychosis issues; over 20% didn't mention psychosis at all.

Response and remission rates were the same in the drug versus placebo groups, and Lexapro increased suicidality sixfold.

Danish psychiatrists argue that the concept of psychiatric comorbidity has been carelessly applied in psychiatry and should be re-thought.

Multinational research team advocates for mutuality and challenges existing power hierarchies in Global Mental Health.

Depressive symptoms in men and women with psychosis are linked to different types of childhood trauma.

Roberto Rodríguez-López dissects the role of psychology and self-help culture in our individualized society.

A rigorous, multi-center study uncovers the lack of efficacy of tDCS, sparking concerns about its use in the 'biohacking' community.

Psychodynamic therapy fulfills stringent criteria for evidence-based treatment for common mental disorders.

Understanding how social work theories are applied is more critical than debating their superiority.

Antidepressant users share their frustrations towards a healthcare system that overprescribes but is ill-equipped to support with discontinuation and withdrawal symptoms.

Researchers find that adverse effects often last over a year, with many users experiencing substantial life changes.

In a study of people with borderline personality disorder, only ADHD stimulants were associated with a decrease in suicide.

Ethnographic study of Overdose Prevention Sites reveals potential for mutual aid, but also constraints due to cultural and policy barriers

Personal and community practices like yoga and prayer may play a more significant role in the successful integration of ayahuasca experiences than individual psychotherapy.

Moncrieff et al. respond to the contradictory and, in some cases, false concerns raised by these critics of their serotonin review.

A new study found that patients involuntarily committed for substance use disorder relapsed within the first year after release.

Researchers suggest a vital role for critical psychology in the fight against climate change, urging a shift from individual actions to systemic anti-capitalist initiatives.

The Neuroplastic Narrative argues that the neurological and psychological impacts of trauma should not be characterized as pathology and illness.

Psychologists are uniquely positioned to drive transformational change by promoting recovery-oriented care and socially just practices, championing the rights of both patients and staff.

Insights from service-user activists reveal a rich counter-history of challenging psychiatric authority, driving the quest for transformative change in mental health treatment and policy.

Probiotics may be useful in treating the anxiety and somatic symptoms that antidepressants often fail to improve.

Canadian researchers analyze the experiences of mental health patients in hundreds of online reviews for psychiatrists

When Sexual and Gender Minority Youth experience minority-related stressors, their suicidality intensifies that same day.

New research highlights the potential connection between police drug interventions and increases in opioid overdoses.

When youth report experiencing positive-parenting, they exhibit fewer stress-related behavioral problems and larger hippocampal volumes.

Unemployment, education inequality, and a lack of medical care are among the factors linked to increases in suicide in latest study.

Despite the biomedical model’s claim that self-labeling is critical to the mental health treatment process, study shows that self-labeling can be harmful to youth self-esteem.

Patients who experience substance-induced psychosis, particularly from cannabis, are at a significantly higher risk of transitioning to a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Leaders of addiction and alcohol institutes look to create a new term, preaddiction, to increase the number of people in treatment. Others believe this move could increase stigma and forced treatment.

Implementation of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) and staff psychological stabilization training leads to a decrease in self-harm and restrictive interventions in one inpatient psychiatric unit.

The antipsychotic clozapine, considered the “gold-standard” treatment for psychosis, was found to increase the risk of blood and lymph system cancers.

Researchers from the UK and New Zealand argue that Borderline Personality Disorder should be abandoned as a diagnostic category.

Richard Prather asks fellow researchers in cognitive psychology to incorporate critical models and approaches into their practices.

A new study explores how training and education centered on human rights facilitates increased awareness and advocacy for change to psychiatry in medical students.

Why Does Research Focus on Treating Depression Rather Than Preventing It?

Genetic testing may help reduce the length of time people experience the harmful effects of antidepressant drugs, but it is not helpful for predicting efficacy.

Despite their similarities, psychedelic experiences are often met with care and compassion, while psychosis is treated with coercion.

Peter Beresford and Diana Rose explore the influence of Mad Studies, survivor movements, and experiential knowledge in global mental health discourse.

In a new clinical trial, researchers found psychodynamic psychotherapy to be a promising treatment for the reduction of PTSD symptoms in LGBTQ individuals.

By using data from digital devices to diagnose and treat mental illness, digital phenotyping could fundamentally change how we understand ourselves.

Ketamine “may actually be ineffective for the short-term treatment of MDD.”

Calls to decolonize mental health and replace the current DSM-5 diagnostic model gain momentum.

Research finds that downward social mobility leads to distress but the pressure to move up in a neoliberal society also causes distress.

Psychiatric staff in Switzerland express concerns about loss of authority and power if implementing recovery orientation in forensic settings.

World Psychiatry article challenges conventional antidepressant prescription practices.

Amid growing mental health crisis, research raises questions about the mass rollout of brief psychotherapies in Australia.

A new Cochrane review details the lack of evidence for antidepressants in the treatment of chronic pain.

An in-depth analysis of personal narratives of mental health recovery aims to improve treatment for marginalized communities.

Disability scholar Joanne Hunt’s call for structural competence training around disability counters neoliberal ideologies in clinical training.

New research by Jim van Os and Peter Groot finds that using hyperbolic tapering to discontinue antidepressants reduces withdrawal effects.