MIA Today

From NBC News: Dr. Brian Hyatt, former chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board, is being sued by at least 26 patients alleging he held them against their will in his unit.

As I look back, I instinctively knew that I needed some type of "break" from my life. That came a few months early in a very different way than I was planning.

From MedPage Today: Out of 667 SSRI reviews posted to WebMD by patients or caregivers, 335 posts were about discontinuing their medication, mostly due to adverse events.

Peter Gøtzsche discusses how network meta-analyses spin the data on antidepressants, especially when financed by pharma.

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

From Big Think: We’ve found that psychiatric drugs simply don’t work that well for many, and our conventional ways of healing trauma need to change.

For many caregivers who assist their loved ones, the journey involves navigating the medical system and its many challenges. This time, the journey takes...

From Psychology Today/John Read, PhD: A second audit confirms that UK patients are not being told about the serious risks and limited benefits of ECT.

From Nature: Investigations suggest that, in some fields, at least one-quarter of clinical trials might be problematic or even entirely made up, warn some researchers.

This week, I wanted to see what ChatGPT would have to say about the long-term impact of antidepressants and about the STAR*D study.

From Kindred Media: Psychologist Robin Grille, author of Parenting for a Peaceful World and Inner Child Journeys, explains how our inner children run the show when we as adults don't pay attention to them.

Researchers from University College Cork discuss their research on the benefits of listening to mental health related podcasts which indicates that podcasts improve mental health literacy, and reduce stigma.

From Insider: AI and surveillance capitalism, which empower today's targeted ads, have joined forces with the deadly OxyContin playbook.

A common critique of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis is its complicity in oppressing abuse survivors.

From The Seattle Times: Today, there’s scant evidence the patients of Northern State Hospital ever existed. But as the 50-year anniversary of its closure approaches, family members and neighbors are fighting to recover them.

Peter Gøtzsche discusses that depression pills increase mortality, and that psychiatry mistakes withdrawal effects for relapse.

From Daniel Mackler: To become Self-aware, to begin to have a conscious relationship with our internal Self, is to begin to break out of all the systems that are unconscious.

I’ll never forget standing beside my sister Lucy as she was strapped to a gurney during a midnight admission to an E.R. in Cambridge, Mass.

ChatGPT has perfectly captured the pattern of psychiatry’s response to the research that tells of harm done.

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

From Australian Broadcasting Corporation: What caused the typically conservative TGA to change its stance in a matter of months and become the first country in the world to reclassify psilocybin and MDMA as medicines?

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

From The Globe and Mail: Research shows forced interventions are “often associated with negative outcomes” and experienced as “highly distressing and even traumatic.” So why are they on the rise?

Peter Gøtzsche discusses the harmful effects of lithium and anti-epileptic drugs used for bipolar disorder.

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