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Brain chemistry reveals psychiatry’s false divisions – new study

For decades, psychiatrists have treated psychosis as if it were separate conditions. People experiencing hallucinations and delusions might be diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression and related diagnoses, and receive completely different treatments based on diagnosis. But new research suggests this approach may be fundamentally flawed.

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How Neuromodulation is Reshaping the Treatment of Resistant Mental Health Disorders and Restoring Hope

Michigan Advanced Psychiatry pioneers FDA-approved neuromodulation therapies like TMS, IV ketamine, and Spravato to treat resistant mental health conditions, offering fast, effective alternatives for patients who haven't responded to traditional care.

International Business Times

‘In the world of psychiatry, all your certainties are shattered’: has cinema’s champion of kindness run out of patience?

Nicolas Philibert completes his triptych of films about mental health centres with a documentary about where patients go on their darkest days

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New Psychiatry Residency Program Launched in Los Angeles by Residents Medical and Brain Health USA

Residents Medical and Brain Health USA launches a new ACGME-accredited psychiatry residency program in Los Angeles to address the growing national shortage of mental health providers

Medical Daily

Fragile Minds by Bella Jackson review – a furious assault on NHS psychiatry

Mental health services are under undeniable strain, but this account by a former nurse fails to ring true

The Guardian - UK

Could psychedelics help you to drink less alcohol? Our new study aims to find out

Psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are gaining increasing attention in psychiatry. Studies suggest they may offer therapeutic benefits for conditions such as depression, anxiety, obsessive–compulsive disorder, eating disorders and addiction.

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Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong

From drones delivering medical supplies to digital assistants performing everyday tasks, AI-powered systems are becoming increasingly embedded in everyday life. The creators of these innovations promise transformative benefits. For some people, mainstream applications such as ChatGPT and Claude can seem like magic. But these systems are not magical, nor are…

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21 Questions To Challenge Yourself: Prove You Know Which University Courses These Are

Are you sure you know all these course descriptions?! 🤯 We’ve got a challenge for you: here are 21 university courses to test your knowledge. Here’s the drill: we’ll give you a description, and you have to pick the correct answer out of the given four. You might find yourself…

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The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – shocking tales from 1960s psychiatry

Survivors recount the grim practices of William Sargant, one of the most influential medical practitioners of his day

The Guardian - UK

RPA hospital closes HIV psychiatry clinic with 200 patients after staff resignations

Exclusive: Former staff tell Guardian Australia some HIV patients have since required acute mental health care, as hospital also loses specialist pain and eating disorder psychiatry services

The Guardian - AU

The dark side of psychiatry – how it has been used to control societies

In his new book, No More Normal, psychiatrist Alastair Santhouse recalls an experience from the 1980s when he was a university student in the UK helping deliver supplies to “refuseniks” – Soviet citizens who were denied permission to leave the USSR. These people often faced harsh treatment, losing their jobs…

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Australians can wait at least 258 days for their first psychiatry appointment, our new study shows

Anyone who needs to make their first appointment with a psychiatrist may expect a bit of a wait. Our new research shows Australians are waiting an average 77 days for this initial appointment. But some were waiting for at least eight months.

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NSW Labor accused of trying to ‘redesign’ a mental health system with no psychiatrists

Patient care compromised by closing beds and shifting workload to less qualified staff, motion claims

The Guardian - AU

More than half of Sydney health district’s staff psychiatrists have resigned, leaked documents show

Documents also show plans to maintain services without bed closures and rely on ‘bolstered’ allied healthcare staff and nurses

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More than 60 NSW mental health beds close as leaked memos reveal hospitals’ plan for mass psychiatrist resignations

Insider says back-up arrangements are ‘dangerous’ as health officials rush to fill staffing gaps

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What should I do if I can’t see a psychiatrist?

People presenting at emergency with mental health concerns are experiencing the longest wait times in Australia for admission to a ward, according to a new report from the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine.

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Conscious breathing can reduce anxiety and depression – tips for how to do it

Breathing is a thing we do without thinking; it keeps us alive. But there is far more to this most basic of biological functions. Conscious breathing can reduce stress, anxiety and depression and prevent insomnia. Christiane Brems, author and clinical professor in psychiatry and behavioural sciences, describes where to start…

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‘Major crisis’ in NSW mental health care escalates as public psychiatrists prepare to quit en masse

State hospitals face exodus of 150 specialists amid standoff with government over pay

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Leaded petrol probably affected the mental health of millions of Americans – new study

In its various forms, lead has been used in many everyday products for millennia. The Romans even added it to wine as a sweetener. Its most widespread use, however, was its addition to petrol. And it is this use that has been associated with increased mental health disorders, according to…

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Bipolar disorder: how lithium as a treatment fell out of favour

As UK diagnoses have doubled, prescriptions of the treatment have halved. While experts feud over its use, many patients feel it is an effective way of managing their condition

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IIT Delhi student under psychiatry treatment dies by suicide

The deceased was identified as Kumar Yash, a native of Deoghar in Jharkhand. He was a second-year student of (MSc). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Scottish NHS boards pay up to £837 an hour for locums amid psychiatry crisis

Quarter of posts in adult psychiatry vacant, forcing hospitals to rely on expensive private cover

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'What is normal today may not be normal in a year's time': Dr. Dinesh Bhugra on the idea of 'normal' in psychiatry

Live Science spoke with leading psychiatrist Dr. Dinesh Bhugra ahead of his appearance at the HowTheLightGetsIn festival in London.

The Guardian - UK

Alan Rushton obituary

Other lives: Lecturer in mental health social work at the Institute of Psychiatry in London who specialised in adoption and fostering

The Guardian - UK

Dave Jolley obituary

Other lives: Physician who set up pioneering old age psychiatry services in Manchester and Wolverhampton

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