psychiatry

Abstract: I argue that psychiatric researchers, clinicians, and the wider public actively regulate the minds of individuals with mental disorder through the prescriptive processes of mind-shaping (see Andrews in South J Philos 53:50–67, 2015a; Andrews in Philos Explor 18(2):282–296, 2015b...

A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites https://karger.com/psp/article-abstract/doi/10.1159/000538458/909052/A-Descriptive-Diagnosis-or-a-Causal-Explanation?redirectedFrom=fulltext Abstract...

Joanna Moncrieff, Ruth E. Cooper, Tom Stockmann, Simone Amendola, Michael P. Hengartner & Mark A. Horowitz The serotonin hypothesis of depression is still influential. We aimed to synthesise and evaluate evidence on whether depression is associated with lowered serotonin concentration or...

Efficacy and Safety of Antidepressants in Patients With Comorbid Depression and Medical Diseases An Umbrella Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis JAMA Psychiatry: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2809163 Key Points Question What is the evidence for use of...

New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry Second edition published 2012 https://academic.oup.com/book/24770 Chapter 5.2.7 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Michael Sharpe and Simon Wessely https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0133 Abstract (paragraph breaks added) Chronic fatigue syndrome is...

first published in 2009. Would be interesting to know what these chapters contain. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/b13480/psychiatry-evidence-based-text-bassant-puri-ian-treasaden?refId=07ff00ce-a1ee-4394-a0b9-140cd9b6e785&context=ubx

Abstract In recent years, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been engaged in activities to ensure parity of esteem for mental health within the National Health Service, seeking to bring resources and services more in line with those available for physical health conditions. Central to this...

Psychological Adaptiveness to Critical Events: an introduction to the PACE study Psychological Adaptiveness to Critical Events: an introduction to the PACE study — Department of Psychiatry (ox.ac.uk) (I wonder if anyone has told him..........? although I know there is currently yet another...

Evaluation of Brain-Body Health in Individuals With Common Neuropsychiatric Disorders https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2804355?guestAccessKey=1b2a2eb2-ffa6-4ec1-b702-fc9b8eb4c840 JAMA Psychiatry. Published online April 26, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.0791...

History of Psychiatry Rosenhan revisited: successful scientific fraud Andrew Scull Abstract The publication of David Rosenhan’s ‘On being sane in insane places’ in Science in 1973 played a crucial role in persuading the American Psychiatric Association to revise its diagnostic manual. The...

The promise of a model-based psychiatry: building computational models of mental ill health Tobias U Hauser, Vasilisa Skvortsova, Munmun De Choudhury, Nikolaos Koutsouleris Summary Computational models have great potential to revolutionise psychiatry research and clinical practice. These...

Functional neuroimaging in psychiatry and the case for failing better, Matthew M. Nour, Yunzhe Liu, Raymond J. Dolan Summary Psychiatric disorders encompass complex aberrations of cognition and affect and are among the most debilitating and poorly understood of any medical condition...

Part 2 https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/02/psychiatry-defensive-criticism-part-2/# Part 1 https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/01/psychiatry-defensive-criticism/ Thought this would be interesting to those anti pyschiatry among the forum.

Sound familiar?

"Medicine is a practice built on trust—from patients and from society in general—and this is especially true for psychiatry, in which trust has been forfeited in the past. Transparency is the foundation stone of trust. In research, this can be manifest at various stages. Clinical trials and...

Paywall, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359104520978461 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1177/1359104520978461

Open acces, https://www.dovepress.com/psychiatristsrsquo-understanding-and-management-of-conversion-disorder-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDT

I'm clearing out my old video cassette tapes and just watched the following documentary which was broadcast on Channel 4 (UK) in 1992 as part of the "Secret History" series. According to this video it was first broadcast on ABC in Australia. Possibly of interest to those who are interested in...

Stuart, R., Campbell, S., Osumili, B., Robinson, E. J., Frost-Gaskin, M., Pacitti, R., ... Henderson, C. (2020). Do welfare benefit reassessments of people with mental health conditions lead to worse mental health? A prospective cohort study. The International journal of social psychiatry...

I'm part way through watching this (about 20mins in) as it is now available in full on Youtube. I think it's the formerly titled 'What about ME?' film from 2016, but I'm not sure. Unfortunately it starts (and ends) with Dr Myhills conflict with the GMC, and her views on treatment for CFS, and...