How It Is: Psychiatrists, Physicians, and Torture
If the design of torture at Guantanamo came from psychiatrists, they should bear the full brunt of public condemnation.
Psychiatry
Our Moral Obligation
Lise Van Susteren | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green
Lethal global overheating - strike the innocuous sounding "global warming" - is not something that may happen in the next century or even mid-century - it is happening now.
Why We Need a Council of Psychological Advisors
Barry Schwartz | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
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Public Policy,
Education,
Health Care,
Economy,
Stress,
Psychiatry,
George Soros,
Barack Obama,
Psychology,
Presidetn Obama,
Reflexivity,
Politics News
The U.S. needs a Council of Psychological Advisors that parallels the Council of Economic Advisors. There are many current problems that such a council could help solve.
Facing Your Fears
Nicole Williams | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living
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Psychiatry,
Psychotherapy,
Fear,
Fear-of-Failure,
Disappointment,
Embarassment,
Selfhelp,
Humiliation,
Confidence,
Fear of Failure,
Self-Help,
Living News
Your fears are uniquely yours and yours alone (I'm not sure if that's good news or bad) and there are thousands of possibilities of what you might be afraid of.
Technology For Brain Health: an Upcoming Revolution
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living
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Telehealth,
Neuroimaging,
Geriatric,
Brain Health,
Research and Innovation,
Ontario,
Gordon Winocur,
Cognitive Assessments,
Aging Workforce,
John Wilkinson,
Healthy Aging,
Brain Function,
Donald Stuss,
Brain Fitness,
Cognitive Rehabilitation,
Sharpbrains,
Cardiovascular Health,
Alzheimer’s Disease,
Centre for Brain Fitness,
Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease,
Assessments of Cognitive Functions,
Medicine,
Groundbreaking,
Psychiatry,
Baby Boomer,
Women,
Aging,
Aging and Brain Function,
William Reichman,
Mental Health,
Physical Fitness,
Gary Small,
Neuroscientists,
Traumatic Brain Injury,
Ian Robertson,
Cognitive Exercise,
Stroke,
Female Hormones,
Brain Development,
Consumer Electronic Show,
Mars,
Neuropsychologists,
Rotman Research Institute,
Nutraceuticals,
Pda,
Caregivers,
Baycrest,
Living News
We talk to the CEO of Baycrest, a brain fitness institute, about why Ontario and Baycrest chose to become pioneers in this area, and discuss some of the main opportunities, and challenges.
Are We Really Okay with Electroshocking Toddlers?
Bruce E. Levine | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living
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Depression,
Ernest Hemingway,
Australia,
Children,
Kitty Dukakis,
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c.s. Lewis,
Sylvia Plath,
Electroshock,
Health,
Ect,
Living News
It is not unusual for psychiatrists to simply prescribe one drug, then another drug, then several drug combinations (called "cocktails"), and if those fail, recommend ECT.
Psychotic Reaction
Michael Sigman | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living
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Donald Rumsfeld,
Iraq War,
Psychiatry,
Neurotic,
Obama,
Cheney,
Bush,
George Bush,
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Budget,
Crazy Bosses,
Colleagues,
Living News
"Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and...
Do You Suffer From Political Apathy Disorder?
Dennis Palumbo | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living
In our haste to understand the human condition, are we in a rush to plane off all the edges, quantify all the quirks, reduce all the contradictions that make up an individual's personality?
Toward 2012
Daniel Pinchbeck | Posted 02.15.2009 | Style
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Mushrooms,
1960s,
Materialism,
The 60s,
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The New York Times,
Dmt,
Prophecy,
Drugs,
Johns Hopkins,
Wall Street Journal,
Mayan Calendar,
Lsd,
Oaxaca,
Indigenous People,
1950s,
Quetzalcoatl,
2012,
Timothy Leary,
Cnn,
New York Times,
Mexico Drugs,
60s Culture,
Shamans,
Mayans,
Style News
What might our society gain from the legitimate use and study of psychedelics if their benefits, as well as risks, were well understood and articulated?
The Shrink Society
Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living
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Psychiatry,
Therapy,
Psychiastrists,
Shrinks,
Neurosis,
Health,
Dependence,
Psychologists,
Doctors,
Psychology,
Medicine,
Therapists,
Living News
The more we go to therapists to deal with our issues, the more incapable we become of dealing with our problems, and the more intolerant we become of others suffering.
NPR Embarrassed by Psychiatrist Host: Bad Apple or Bad Barrel?
Bruce E. Levine | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media
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Psychiatry,
National Public Radio,
Charles Grassley,
Health,
Npr,
Frederick Goodwin,
American Psychiatric Association,
Heath Ledger,
Joseph Biederman,
Bruce E. Levine,
Media News
NPR announced that it had fired psychiatrist Frederick Goodwin. Goodwin was released after NPR learned that he had received at least $1.3 million from drug companies between 2000 and 2007.
The Truman Syndrome: When You Think Your Life Is A Show
AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 12.26.2008 | Living
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Psychiatry,
Truman Show,
Mental Health,
Truman Syndrome,
Personal Health,
Reality Show,
Living News
NEW YORK — One man showed up at a federal building, asking for release from the reality show he was sure was being made of his life. Another was...
The Morning After: A Reflection
Dr. Leo Rangell | Posted 12.16.2008 | Living
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Psychiatry,
John McCain,
Mental Health,
2008 Presidential Race,
George W. Bush,
Barry Goldwater,
Barack Obama,
Living News
Let's get the most out of it. Every Monday morning quarterback looks to see what we learned. What did that, big Tuesday game of Nov. 4 teach us? Where are we now? What's different?
Pity W, Pity Us More
Lionel | Posted 11.20.2008 | Entertainment
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Psychiatry,
Oliver Stone,
Richard Dreyfuss,
W,
Bush Administration,
George W. Bush,
Jeffrey Wright,
George Bush,
George Bush Movie,
Iraq,
Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of a President,
Entertainment News
I saw W opening day and it was great. Most of you won't see it. You feel that you'd be betraying your anti-Dubya sentimentality. Or that if you're pro-W, you wouldn't dare add to Oliver Stone's coffers.
New York Psychiatrist Uses Verbal Abuse On Wall Street Clients
The Daily Beast | Dr. Stephen Josephson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business
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Wall Street Crisis,
Therapy,
Psychiatry,
Lehman Brothers,
Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy,
Goldman Sachs,
Bear Stearns,
Bear Stearns Collapse,
Merril Lynch,
Citibank,
Deutsche Bank,
Moody's,
Economy,
Finance,
Business News
A New York psychiatrist says caustic verbal abuse is the best treatment for traumatized Wall Street jocks. Last week the bottom dropped out of the fi...
Thinking Critically About Scientology, Psychiatry, and Their Feud
Bruce E. Levine | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living
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Psychiatry,
Scientology,
Tom Cruise,
Humanism,
Health,
Orwell,
Fromm,
Education,
Brooke SHields,
Tom Cruise Matt Lauer,
L Ron Hubbard,
Adderall,
Tom Cruise Scientology,
Living News
Scientology and establishment psychiatry have something else in common. They are both orthodoxies that deal harshly with their ex-insiders who have come to reject them.
The Anthrax Perpetrator and the Arkansas Shooter Were Taking Antidepressants
Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 08.17.2008 | Politics
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Psychiatry,
Murder,
Tim Johnson,
Anthrax,
Antidepressants,
Terrorism,
Drug Side Effects,
Bruce Ivins,
Peter Breggin,
Psychiatric Drugs,
Medication Madness,
Prozac,
Ssris,
Celexa,
Politics News
It was recently disclosed that two murderers, one extremely notorious, were probably taking antidepressants at the time of their crimes, but hardly an...
Congress Pummels Establishment Psychiatry but Neglects a Brave Psychiatrist
Bruce E. Levine | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living
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Big Pharma,
Psychiatry,
Mental Health,
Health,
New York Times,
Psychology,
Alternative Medicine,
Living News
The corruption of psychiatry by Big Pharma has resulted in the suppression of effective treatment options and has marginalized courageous, innovative, and non-corrupt psychiatrists.
From FDA to GSK: The Dangerous Partnership between Government and Big Pharma
Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics
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Psychiatric Drugs,
Psychiatry,
Glaxosmithkline,
Daniel Troy,
Fda,
Health,
Gsk,
Big Pharma,
Drug Regulators,
Regulation,
Peter Breggin,
Paxil,
Suicide,
Adverse Reactions,
Antidepressants,
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal,
Side Effects,
Politics News
The FDA is not so much a watchdog agency as an active member of the psychopharmaceutical complex working on behalf on the drug industry.
Lessons from the Death of "Mental Patient" Esmin Green
Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 08.15.2008 | Living
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Psychiatric Drugs,
Psychiatry,
Emergency Room Death,
Antipsychotic Drugs,
Hospital Neglect,
Emergency Room Neglect,
Peter Breggin,
Psychiatric Patient,
Seroquel or Geodon,
Health,
Neuroleptics,
Zyprexa,
Haldol,
Risperdal,
Esmin Green,
Living News
The Emergency Room video cam took it all in but no human response was forthcoming. Forty-nine year old Esmin Green had been involuntarily committed a...
Mental Recession: Like Manna From Heaven
Liz Spikol | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
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Seasonal Depression,
Big Pharma,
Psychiatry,
Depression,
Phil Gramm,
Gramm Recession Is Mental,
Light Therapy,
Suicide,
Epilepsy,
Psychology,
Spikol,
Illness,
Recession,
Controversial Remarks,
Fda,
Health,
Electroshock Therapy,
Gramm Whiner,
Denials,
John McCain and Phil Gramm,
Philadelphia,
Mental,
Phil Gramm Nation of Whiners,
Headline News,
Mental Recession,
John McCain,
Sad,
Politics News
As a mental health journalist and someone who suffers with bipolar disorder, if there's one thing I know, it's how to solve a "mental" crisis.
Is Suicide Preventable?
Liz Spikol | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living
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Mental Illness,
Psychiatry,
New York Times Magazine,
Bipolar Disorder,
Mental Health,
Firearms,
Health,
Suicide,
Psychology,
Liz Spikol,
Suicidal Ideation,
Suicide Attempts,
Guns,
Living News
...
Death by Neglect
Jay Neugeboren | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living
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Psychiatry,
Overmedication,
Mental Health,
Kings County Hospital Center,
New York Civil Liberties Union,
Mental Illness,
Psychiatric Flophouses,
Health,
Esmin Green,
Psychiatric Drugs,
Hospitals,
New York City and State Mental Health Systems,
Parkinsonism,
Living News
My brother Robert has been a patient in the NYC mental health systems for the past 46 years, and though outraged by Esmin Green's death, I'm not surprised -- people with mental illness remain the stepchildren of the medical system.
Time to Die! (Oops, I Mean Time To Quit!)
Doug Bremner | Posted 06.21.2008 | Living
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Psychiatry,
Depression,
Drugs,
Cigarettes,
Smoking,
Medication,
Health Care,
Chantix,
Living News
The clinical trials of anti-smoking drug Chantix excluded people with mental disorders, but smoking is increased in this population, and these people are obviously at increased risk of suicidality.
Beyond Politics -- Something We Can All Agree On
Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 08.15.2008 | Living
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Psychiatry,
Politics,
Schools,
Families,
Children,
Consensus,
Peter Breggin,
Health,
Social Control Parenting,
Psychiatric Drugs,
Lobotomy,
Civil Rights,
Living News
From the political left or right, we should be able to come together around the idea that it's bad to use psychiatric drugs to control children. There are better ways.
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