Saturday, June 15, 2013

Critical Psychiatry News Review: Down the wrong path: Book details psychiatry's lack of objective science

Down the wrong path: Book details psychiatry's lack of objective science - EurekAlert (press release)

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Down the wrong path: Book details psychiatry's lack of objective science
EurekAlert (press release)
"Mad Science" is the most comprehensive of five recently published, scholarly books that take acritical look at the notion of medical psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM ...

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Column: Mental health is not determined by brain function alone - thejournal.ie

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Column: Mental health is not determined by brain function alone
thejournal.ie
This is something that is increasingly being recognised and affirmed by a range of mental health professionals, including those involved in the critical psychiatry network. Critical psychiatrychallenges the notion that mental health problems can be ...

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David Brooks: History's Greatest Monster? - Wall Street Journal

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David Brooks: History's Greatest Monster?
Wall Street Journal
Barack Obama is "pushing liberals over the edge," according to The Atlantic's Molly Ball. Sounds like breaking news from 2008 to us, but Ball is reporting on the reaction among some leftists to recent news reports about the National Security Agency's ...

Army doctor sues Boy Scouts for sexual abuse - fox5sandiego.com

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Army doctor sues Boy Scouts for sexual abuse 
fox5sandiego.com
“Cases like his, and the lessons we learn from them, are critical to holding accountable the institutions that we trust to care for our children.” The Boy ... Recognizing that this commitment requires sustained vigilance, the BSA has continued to ...

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Best of Our Blogs: June 14, 2013 - PsychCentral.com (blog)

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Best of Our Blogs: June 14, 2013
PsychCentral.com (blog)
But what's best for you? Here is a critical look at different treatment options for those suffering from depression. ... (The Psychology of Success in Business) – Your confidence can be more of an indicator of success than talent. Learn how to boost ...

Spy America and Its Willing Victims - Huffington Post

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Spy America and Its Willing Victims
Huffington Post
Explanations, as best one can discern them, fall into three categories: the political, the structural and the psychological (individual and collective). Politically, enabling conditions along with incentives to infringe on freedoms stem in good part ...

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Pathological Altruism - Wall Street Journal

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Wall Street Journal

Pathological Altruism
Wall Street Journal
That is to say, it is largely the domain of pop psychology. "It is reasonable to wonder if the lack of ... Altruistic intentions played a critical role in the development and unfolding of the housing bubble in the United States. The same is true of the ...

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Autism, Fetal Alcohol Disorder Share Molecular Vulnerability - Personal Liberty Digest

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Autism, Fetal Alcohol Disorder Share Molecular Vulnerability
Personal Liberty Digest
Senior author Eva Redei, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said both disorders have symptoms of social impairment and originate during brain development in utero. The study ... A ...
Could Novel Drug Target Autism And Fetal Alcohol Disorder?RedOrbit

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Is Police Shooting of Mentally Ill Man Justified? - Talk of the Sound

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Is Police Shooting of Mentally Ill Man Justified?
Talk of the Sound
The New Rochelle Police Critical Incident Unit (CIU) was dispatched to Cruz's apartment on Hickory Street to take him to a mental hospital and according to Police Captain Joseph Shaller the officers tried for about a half hour to talk to Cruz outside ...

The anatomy of violence - ABC Online

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The anatomy of violence
ABC Online
Lynne Malcolm: Professor Adrian Raine is from the Department of Criminology, Psychiatry andPsychology at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. And in his recent book The Anatomy of Violence he puts the biological roots of crime strongly ...

The past, present and future of psychiatric diagnosis.

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