http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/psychiatry/ en-us Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:07:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140685/posts More evidence has emerged of appalling conflicts of interest that throw into doubt the advice rendered and the research performed by two prominent psychiatrists who have received substantial funding from the pharmaceutical industry. The revelations prove, once again, the need for universities and professional societies to crack down on conflicts of interest, and for Congress to pass legislation that will bring hidden conflicts into the open. Earlier this year, Congressional investigators discovered that Dr. Joseph Biederman, a world-renowned child psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, had failed to report to Harvard at least $1.4 million in income... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140685/posts#comment Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:07:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140285/posts Women who have an abortion are three times more likely to develop a drug or alcohol addiction and 30 per cent more likely to have mental disorders compared with other women, research has revealed. The evidence from two studies comes as the number of women having an abortion in England and Wales exceeded 200,000 for the first time last year.More abortions – 57,000 – were carried out on women aged 20 to 24 than any other age group. However, there were 4,400 on the under-16s.Anxiety and drug abuse are the most common mental problems after an abortion, according to... The Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140285/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:29:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097298/posts Reduced ability to name smells by hyperactive children has revealed for the first time a link between an impaired smell processing and the disorder. The one-year-study of 88 children aged six to 16 - 44 with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - was led by the University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute. It shows how the children with ADHD had reduced ability to identify odours. The study was published in September's Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. The study involved using scratch and sniff tests of common smells such as orange, chocolate and pizza. Felicity Karsz of University of Melbourne's... Smash Hits News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097298/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 11:34:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067443/posts The Democratic National Convention is a great time to reflect on the Conundrum of The Century: Why are our liberal buddies so amazingly gullible? Why do they fall for the most obvious scam artists? Why, when Hillary crashes, do they slobber all over the next edition of God's Anointed on Earth? When Obama went body surfin' in Hawaii before the convention, we had a chance to hear The Aloha State's very own brand of liberal love. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin quoted one sun-tanned beauty saying:   "He's genuine. You can feel his aloha," ... said 41-year-old Sama Evaimalo, a Hanauma Bay tram... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067443/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:47:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065537/posts Our insane mental health system Faith-based finalists: The poorest among us are those whoÂ’ve lost their minds, according to psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey | Marvin Olasky I first heard E. Fuller Torrey critique America's mental health non-system nearly two decades ago—and the evidence of breakdown has only increased since then. The mentally ill now form probably half of the homeless and prison populations. Exploited and victimized by others, and often terrorized by their own phobias, they are a threat to themselves and to others, causing one-tenth of the homicides in the United States. Torrey, a psychiatrist who specializes in helping... World Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065537/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:59:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062906/posts On June 20, 2006, William Bruce approached his mother as she worked at her desk at home and struck killing blows to her head with a hatchet. Two months earlier, William, a 24-year-old schizophrenic, had been released from Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta, Maine, against the recommendations of his doctors. "Very dangerous indeed for release to the community," wrote one in William's record. But the doctor's notes also show that William's release was backed by government-funded patient advocates. According to medical records, the advocates -- none of them physicians -- appear to have fought for his right to refuse treatment,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062906/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:38:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060179/posts Teen Screen Lawsuit Advances: Federal Court Affirms Family’s Right to Sue School for Subjecting Teen to Mental Health Test Without Parental Consent SOUTH BEND, Ind.—A federal court has given the green light to a civil rights lawsuit filed by Rutherford Institute attorneys in defense of a 15-year-old Indiana student who was subjected by school officials to a controversial mental health examination without the knowledge or consent of her parents. In ruling that the lawsuit filed on behalf of Chelsea Rhoades and her parents, Teresa and Michael, may proceed to trial, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana... Rutherford Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060179/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058166/posts Freudian Falloff by: Bethany Stotts, August 07, 2008 Are Freudian analyses of the human mind becoming a thing of the past? A new study released this month finds that psychiatric practices are increasingly opting for medical therapies over the traditional “couch talks” that once symbolized this mental health profession. Those consumers continuing to seek counseling are increasingly moving away from the psychiatry for counseling, preferring more non-medical approaches—partially because “managed care” such as HMO’s reimburse psychiatrists more for a 15 minute prescription session than for 45 minutes of psychotherapy. Two researchers from Columbia University and Beth Israel Medical Center found... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058166/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:03:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046999/posts What can tattoos tell psychiatrists about the mental state of prisoners locked up after being judged unfit to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of insanity? Plenty, according to a Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry study published in the journal Personality and Mental Health. Body art may be a tip-off that inmates are suffering from antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), a mental condition characterized by, among other traits, a lack of empathy for others, remorselessness about crimes committed, pathological lying, cheating and stealing as well as physical and emotional aggressiveness. Researchers studied a sample of 36 inmates at a... Scientific American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046999/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:25:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982345/posts The still waters of the Great Salt Lake run deep -- and dark. Take Wendy, a 40-year-old teacher and mother of three from Utah County. To all appearances, she led the perfect life. Just as she was expected to, she went from high school cheerleader to Mormon missionary to wife and mother. But life has a funny way of not being perfect," she said. "Three years into my marriage my husband was drinking, using drugs and stepping out on me. "I knew I was depressed and needed help, but there is a stigma about depression in this area," said Wendy,... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982345/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 06:41:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043376/posts Andrew Bolt July 09, 2008 12:00am PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of "climate change delusion" - and they haven't even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru. Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal Children's Hospital say this delusion was a "previously unreported phenomenon". "A 17-year-old man was referred to the inpatient psychiatric unit at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne with an eight-month history of depressed mood . . . He also . . . had visions of apocalyptic events." (So have Alarmist of the Year... The Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043376/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:43:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044324/posts It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness from all sides. Psychiatrists would bring to the union their expertise and clinical experience, drug makers would provide their products and the money to run rigorous studies, and patients would get better medications, faster... --snip-- An analysis of Minnesota data by The New York Times last year found that on average, psychiatrists who received at least $5,000 from makers of newer-generation antipsychotic drugs appear to have written three times as many prescriptions to children for the drugs as psychiatrists who received less money or none. The drugs... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044324/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:01:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029738/posts THE SOCIETY of Nuclear Medicine has been touting a new study that suggests we're one step closer to solving the riddle of social anxiety disorder. Researchers believe the origins of the disorder are biological. This sounds like a breakthrough worth celebrating. "Social anxiety disorder affects approximately 15 million American adults," the press release declares, and is "the third most common mental disorder in the United States, after depression and alcohol dependence." But what are its symptoms? A "fear of being evaluated by others, with the expectation that such an assessment will be negative and embarrassing." Once you start calling fear... Boston.com ( Boston Globe) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029738/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029690/posts Three Harvard psychiatrists facing a US Senate inquiry got a vote of confidence from their hospital as "beloved and trusted by thousands of grateful children and families." Senator Charles Grassley is looking into the doctors' failure to report payments of more than a million dollars in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007. A memo from top officials at Massachusetts General Hospital obtained by the Globe praised Drs. Joseph Biederman, Timothy Wilens, and Thomas Spencer as "pioneers in the field of child mental health" while also endorsing "closely managed" collaboration with industry and promising a review of conflict-of-interest... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029690/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:27:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027813/posts A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines in children earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007 but for years did not report much of this income to university officials, according to information given Congressional investigators. [excerpt - click here to read the whole article] New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027813/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 06:21:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2012611/posts More than half of the task force members who will oversee the next edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s most important diagnostic handbook have ties to the drug industry, reports a consumer watchdog group. The Web site for Integrity in Science, a project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, highlights the link between the drug industry and the all-important psychiatric manual, called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The handbook is the most-used guide for diagnosing mental disorders in the United States. The guide has gone through several revisions since it was first published, and... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2012611/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 20:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011239/posts 'Open dialogue' will have to wait until next time. Under pressure from a homosexual bishop and his friends, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has canceled a May 5 event in Washington, D.C., that promised “balanced discussion” on the origins and treatment of homosexuality. The pro-homosexual speakers — Bishop Gene Robinson, an openly homosexual Episcopalian in New Hampshire, and Dr. David Scasta, past president of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists — had sought “common ground and new perspectives” with two conservatives: Dr. Albert Mohler, president of South Baptist Theological Seminary and a member of the Focus on the Family... CitizenLink http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011239/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 00:50:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010616/posts A discussion on religion, homosexuality and therapy that had been scheduled during the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in Washington has been shut down following an attack by a "gay" publication on some of the people planning to participate. The symposium called "Homosexuality and Therapy: The Religion Dimension," had been in the plans for months at the APA convention in Washington, and was to feature advocates for homosexuality including New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson of the Episcopal church and was to be moderated by Harvard psychiatrist John Peteet. Others scheduled to be on the podium included Grove City College professor... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010616/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 11:05:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007652/posts In his book The Future of an Illusion, Sigmund Freud said of religion and morality, "It would be an undoubted advantage if we were to leave God out altogether and admit the purely human origins of all the precepts and regulations of civilization."  In making this statement, Freud weighed in on one of life's most important questions: What is the nature of right and wrong?  Is it real, something existing apart from man, a reflection of Absolute Truth, of God's will?  Or is it, in accordance with the atheist model, merely a product of mortal minds and thus synonymous with... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007652/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001529/posts TRACY LaGONDINO is pregnant, and that news has drawn a fair amount of attention. It's been in People magazine, on "Oprah," all over the Internet. Tracy's baby, due in July, is doing well. But Tracy has a serious problem, and the rest of us do, too. A 34-year-old who grew up in Hawaii and used to compete in beauty contests - she was once a finalist in the Miss Hawaii Teen USA pageant - Tracy, who now calls herself Thomas Beatie, apparently suffers from Gender Identity Disorder, syndrome 302.85 in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association.... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001529/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:55:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993499/posts Scientists trying to link schizophrenia to a few, common genetic mutations may be missing an important cause of the disease. New research suggests that rare mutations--sometimes so infrequent that they occur in just a single family or individual--can significantly boost schizophrenia risk. Researchers suspect that these variants will prove to have effects on key aspects of brain development. Schizophrenia afflicts about 1% of the overall population, but a much higher proportion of homeless people and prison inmates. The disease has a strong heritable component, but researchers have struggled to find the genetic culprits. The working hypothesis has been that the... ScienceNOW Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993499/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989692/posts Top psychiatrist concludes liberals clinically nuts Eminent psychiatrist makes case ideology is mental disorder February 15, 2008 WASHINGTON – Just when liberals thought it was safe to start identifying themselves as such, an acclaimed, veteran psychiatrist is making the case that the ideology motivating them is actually a mental disorder. "Based on strikingly irrational beliefs and emotions, modern liberals relentlessly undermine the most important principles on which our freedoms were founded," says Dr. Lyle Rossiter, author of the new book, "The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness." "Like spoiled, angry children, they rebel against the normal responsibilities of... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989692/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:14:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988233/posts Oregon Pyschiatrist Wants Internet Addiction Recognized as Mental Illness One MD reaches out to the medical community, urging them to take steps to combat what he sees as a virtual epidemic with very real effects. Anyone familiar with South Park's 2007 Emmy winning episode Make Love, Not Warcraft knows that popular culture has already started to recognize that addiction can come in virtual forms, especially with the ever-expanding online world. The medical community remains divided, though, on whether to treat internet addiction as a serious mental illness akin to gambling, alcohol, or sexual addictions. One psychiatrist is speaking out on... Daily Tech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988233/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980719/posts once had a conversation with an eminent professor, of great and even intimidating erudition (though, of course, erudition is not quite the same thing as talent), about the degree of man’s self-understanding. I maintained that it had not increased in any fundamental way, notwithstanding our startling technological progress, and that, in this respect, the neurosciences were greatly oversold, as in the past physiognomy, phrenology, social Darwinism and other doctrines had been oversold. This was not to deny, of course, the very real achievements of science, but for the great majority of the time, and for the great majority of people,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980719/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:33:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979405/posts CHILDREN who use Ritalin for a long period of time could be more at risk of delinquency and substance abuse, a study has found. Doctors are suggesting children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should take a break from medication after three years of use. An American study - published in the Medical Observer _ has found that while drugs such as Ritalin can initially help sufferers, the benefit of prolonged use is in doubt. Some children stay on medication until they reach 18, but researchers believe it may not protect them from all the symptoms. Has your child been... Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979405/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 03:56:16 GMT