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May 20, 2013

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12:36 AM | NIMH’s Thomas Insel on a New Understanding of the Brain

NIMH Director Thomas Insel on working toward a new understanding of the brain.

May 18, 2013

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10:56 AM | A Case That Tells the Weird Tale of DSM – and Other Recommended Reading

For a single post that shows how weirdly and unevenly psychiatric diagnosis actually works (and fails to work) in this country, and what that means for the new DSM, get over to Maia Svalavitz’s clear-eyed account of her own five ...

May 17, 2013

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7:19 PM | Eric Maisel on Dealing With Stress To Be More Creative

Creativity coach, author and psychologist Eric Maisel, PhD, notes “Some people become doctors, lawyers, accountants, or marketing executives. Some people stay at home and raise a family. “But millions of people make another sort of choice, maybe only as part-time employment if you count the money they earn but as their full-time identity: they become [...]

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9:00 AM | Wellcome Image of the Month: Mental Health

This week (13 – 19 May 2013) is mental health awareness week which aims to raise awareness of and challenge people’s views surrounding mental health issues. Mental health is unfortunately still often treated as a social stigma or taboo subject and this can leave people feeling even more isolated and vulnerable. The Mental Health Foundation’s […]

May 16, 2013

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4:00 PM | You are probably going to be ok

Vaughan Bell penned an insightful piece for The Guardian about psychologically recovering from disasters. Evidence and expert opinion from world leading health agencies supports the statement that the vast majority of people who experience a “disaster-level” trauma recover, psychologically, on … Continue reading →

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2:30 AM | Book review: A Lethal Inheritance

Today, i.e. 15th may 2013 is being celebrated as a mental health blog day by APA and in the spirit of the day I am posting a review of ‘A Lethal Inheritance’ by Victoria Costello. It is a book chronicling how ‘ a mother uncovers the science behind three generations of mental illness‘ and is an [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)

May 15, 2013

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6:11 PM | Cannabinoids and PTSD – New study

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4:45 PM | Mental Health Month: Remembering That You Can Change

We’re joining the APA in honoring Mental Health Month, which seeks to bring awareness to the importance of taking care of your physical, mental and emotional health and well-being. Nowadays there seems to be a focus when talking about mental illness or challenging life issues to talk about what’s wrong. There’s this emphasis on symptoms [...]

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10:32 AM | Mental Health Month: 7 Quick Ways to Ease Stress

Today, we’re joining the APA in honoring Mental Health Month. One of the aims of Mental Health Month is to bring awareness to the importance of taking care of your physical, mental and emotional health and well-being. Stress touches everyone. It’s a tangible part of our days. But it doesn’t have to dismantle our lives. [...]

May 14, 2013

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3:35 PM | Autism Community Awaits DSM 5 Changes

These days, my morning routine includes the following: after brushing my teeth, waking my kids for school and making their lunches, I check the website of the American Psychiatric Association to see if the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) has been released. It is due out this month and I [...]

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11:00 AM | The Fatherhood Adjustment

What makes men ready for fatherhood? by Matt Shipman [...]The post The Fatherhood Adjustment appeared first on DoubleXScience.

May 13, 2013

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5:00 PM | National Coalition for the Homeless

The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected. We envision a world where everyone has a safe, decent, affordable and accessible home. We are […]

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8:06 AM | Occupational hazard - links between professions and suicide risk have changed over time

Suicide rates have fallen among farmers Among the various risk factors for suicide, psychologists have recognised for some time that a person's occupation plays an important part. Suicide rates have tended to be unusually high in professions that provide ready access to guns, drugs, or open water, such as in farming, medicine, dentistry and maritime careers. A new analysis has examined whether this still holds true. Stephen Roberts and his colleagues accessed the UK suicide rates for dozens […]

Roberts, S., Jaremin, B. & Lloyd, K. (2012). High-risk occupations for suicide, Psychological Medicine, 43 (06) 1231-1240. DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712002024

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May 09, 2013

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2:39 PM | The role of siblings in children’s mental health

When you were young(er), did you also engage in personality predictions with your peers based on order in the family? For example, that the oldest of three siblings would be the bossiest and the youngest the most spoiled? Almost everyone … Continue reading →

Buist KL, Deković M & Prinzie P (2013). Sibling relationship quality and psychopathology of children and adolescents: a meta-analysis., Clinical psychology review, 33 (1) 97-106. PMID: 23159327

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May 07, 2013

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10:22 PM | This Week in PLOS Medicine: Integrating Mental Health, Aging & Disability in Malawi, Measuring Maternal & Child Health Coverage, & More.

This week PLOS Medicine publishes a Collection on measuring maternal and child health coverage, and also continues with the series Integrating Mental Health. Additional works reflect on disability in sub-Saharan Africa, intimate partner violence, and antibiotic stewardship. In the second …

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3:30 PM | No One Is Abandoning the DSM, But It Is Almost Time to Transform It

This month the American Psychiatric Association will publish the latest edition of its standard guidebook for clinicians, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5). In somewhat the same way that a field guide to birds helps people distinguish different species with illustrations and descriptions of physical features—a beak’s hooked tip, a blush [...]

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12:00 PM | May is Mental Health Awareness Month

While attitudes towards mental illness are slowly changing, people experiencing mental health problems still face enormous stigma that can delay their recovery and prevent them from becoming reintegrated into their community. To help improve the quality of life for the...

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2:32 AM | Leaving aside the DSM: patients deserve better diagnostics

Last Friday, may 3rd, 2013, National Institute of Health Mental (NIMH) of the United States announced that decide to abandon the Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), after decades of being used as the means of diagnosis for excellence not only in the United States but at many other countries for the treatment of the mental diseases that attack humans from infancy to old age. The news comes a few days before that the Fifth version of this Manual […]

May 06, 2013

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5:41 PM | Who Can Kids Talk to About Alcohol and Drug Addiction?

R&B star Mario recently talked with The Fix about the Mario Do Right Foundation, an organization he established in 2007 to help kids who deal with alcoholism and drug abuse in their families and communities. Through the Mario Do Right Foundation, the 26-year-old also created the “Live Right Do Right” program, a 16-week after-school program [...]

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5:00 PM | Why The U.S. National Institute Of Mental Health Plans To Abandon The DSM

Proportions of the Head Leonardo da VinciThe National Institute of Mental Health published a statement last week about a shift in the way it will conduct research. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health is turning its back on the so-called bible of its field. In a statement, the institute said it will start doing research in a way that ignores the categories in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is commonly known as the "DSM," plus a number to indicate the […]

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4:44 PM | Burning The Bible – Let’s not replace one set of dogma with another.

Thomas R. Insel, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, has issued a sharply worded condemnation of the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). The DSM has long been considered the “Bible” of Psychiatry and has recently been under attack from many angles, but this announcement might be a game [...]

May 03, 2013

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5:21 PM | Dr. Joel Parish discusses the new DSM-5

The Intelligent Clinician’s Guide to the DSM-5: an Interview with Dr Joel Paris from Clinton Power on Vimeo. I must commend my colleague Clinton Power of Australian Counselling for this most... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

May 02, 2013

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4:00 PM | (Lack of) Partner Support and Criticism Predicts Depression

NPR recently reported on a new study by Dr. Alan Teo and colleagues on the link between relationship quality and depression. Those of you with critical, unsupportive partners should start looking for a therapist with a comfy couch soon! Click here to check out NPR's coverage of this work.

April 30, 2013

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9:37 PM | Q&A with Pamela Collins – lead author of new series in PLOS Medicine on integrating mental health

In the latest installment of the Speaking of Medicine series of Q&A blog posts, we hear from Pamela Collins, the corresponding author of a series of Policy Forum articles in PLOS Medicine that provides a global perspective on integrating mental …

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9:25 PM | This Week in PLOS Medicine: Global Access to Health Information, Integrating Mental Health, Upper GI Bleeds, & Cinacalcet

This week PLOS Medicine offers a global perspective on access to health information and integrating mental health. New research articles on mortality after upper GI bleeding and cinacalcet for chronic kidney disease are also featured. In April’s Editorial, the PLOS Medicine …

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10:30 AM | Best of Our Blogs: April 30, 2013

Labels can haunt you forever. What makes them particularly insidious is how unaware most of us are to its debilitating affects. A diagnosis from a doctor, for example, can render you helpless. For some, it can be a death sentence. Thoughtless words from an insensitive relative or a classmate can be hard to forget even [...]

April 29, 2013

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9:55 AM | Medication Side Effects – Then and Now

Tweet (reTWEET and you could win a Caricature) Medication Side Effects – Then and Now. How many of us have medications that are over a year old? Over Five years old? Over ten or maybe twenty years old? I would hope not many would have medications over 5 years old. Statistically speaking, it’s estimated about [...]

April 28, 2013

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5:01 AM | What’s the Impact of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM5)?

Tweet (reTWEET and you could win a Caricature) ANY QUESTIONS? What will the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders answer for you? Maybe you have questions about Hypersexuality and Technology? Will you find your answer in the new addition coming out next month? I wont waist you time trying to explain all the new [...]

April 27, 2013

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5:01 AM | I See Stigma and It’s A Demon

Tweet (reTWEET and you could win a Caricature) Why is it every time I hear about some news story that involves some one with mental illness, it’s not long before I start hearing stereotypical stigma associated with the story? I see stigma as an ugly beast crawling out form the underbelly of the streets… The [...]

April 26, 2013

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2:47 PM | Quickie Parent: What To Worry About This Week

Don't eat your placenta just yet - it might predict whether your baby's at risk for autism. Examining the folds of the placenta researchers predicted whether newborn had a sibling with autism with 96.7% accuracy. Via Science DailyLadies, forget all the nonsense about libido and lots of testosterone. It's your estrogen. Yup, just like our friends the rhesus monkeys, estrogen makes us frisky and fertile. Via Science Daily Delaying […]