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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BMC Medicine gets caught up in Triple P Parenting promoters’ war on critics and null findings

Undeclared conflicts of interest constitute scientific misconduct. Why we should be as concerned about conflicts of interest of interest in evaluations of nonpharmacological treatments, like psychotherapy. Whack! Triple P promoters (3P) Cassandra L Tellegen and Kate Sofronoff struck again against … Continue reading »

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Positive psychology interventions for depressive symptoms

I recently  talked with a junior psychiatrist about whether she should undertake a randomized trial of positive psychology interventions with depressed primary care patients. I had concerns about whether positive psychology interventions would be acceptable to clinically depressed primary care … Continue reading »

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