Category Archives: mental health care
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Stalking a Cheshire cat: Figuring out what happened in a psychotherapy intervention trial
Posted by abridged somatization disorder, clinical trials, CONSORT, critical appraisal, featured, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, mental health care, peer review, primary care, protection of human subjects, psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, psychotherapy, somatization, treatment as usual, trial registration
inPTSD and the DSM-5: A conversation with Dr. Matt Friedman
Posted by DSM 5, featured, Mental health, mental health care, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychiatry, PTSD
inThe National Vietnam Veterans Longitudinal Study (NVVLS) and the implications for the science and practice of PTSD: An interview with Dr. Charles Marmar
The National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS) was conducted in 1983 as a response to a congressional mandate for an investigation of PTSD and other postwar psychological problems among Vietnam veterans. More than 25 years after the original NVVRS study … Continue reading
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Posted by Mental health, mental health care, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychiatry, PTSD, Research
inPrions, Memory and PTSD: A conversation with Nobel prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Eric R. Kandel
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been described as a disorder of memory. It has become quite apparent that there are two types of memory in PTSD: the first being the involuntary intrusions of the trauma, and the second being the voluntarily … Continue reading
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Barney Carroll on domesticating psychosis
Although posted only a couple of days ago, my presentation from Royal Edinburgh Infirmary, Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh is now passing the benchmark of over 1000 views. You can also find an interesting Storify of my lecture by … Continue reading
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Consistently poor coverage of mental health issues in The Guardian
Issuing a readers’ advisory: The Guardian provides misleading, badly skewed coverage of mental health issues vitally important to mental health service users. Stories in The Guardian can confuse and disempower mental health service users seeking information for difficult decisions about … Continue reading
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Posted by accuracy in media, antipsychotics, Cochrane Collaboration, cognitive behavioral therapy, Daniel Freeman, editorial standards, evidence-supported, mental health care, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, psychiatry, psychosis, psychotherapy, schizophrenia, SIGN, The Guardian
inDevelopments in the Treatment of PTSD Nightmares
“What Dreams May Come: Treating the Nightmares of PTSD” was a blog post I published in November 2013. It remains a very popular post, which continues to receive many views and comments. Since publishing that post, I have received multiple questions … Continue reading
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Posted by Mental health, mental health care, prazosin, psychiatry, PTSD, Research
inAmazingly spun mindfulness trial in British Journal of Psychiatry: How to publish a null trial
Since when is “mindfulness therapy is not inferior to routine primary care” newsworthy? Spinning makes null results a virtue to be celebrated…and publishable. An article reporting a RCT of group mindfulness therapy Sundquist, J., Lilja, Å., Palmér, K., Memon, … Continue reading
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04Mar / 2015
Repost: Francis “Frank” J. Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: A Textbook Case of Antisocial Personality Disorder
Last week, Netflix released Season 3 of House of Cards. In light of this, I am reposting a blog I wrote about the second season of the series last year: “Frank” J. Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: A Textbook Case … Continue reading »
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Posted by Shaili Jain, MD in Antisocial Personality Disorder, ASPD, Commentary, francis frank underwood, house of cards, Kevin Spacey, Mental health, mental health care, psychiatry
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