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The myth that antidepressants are addictive has been debunked – they are a vital tool in psychiatry

New research shows that severe withdrawal symptoms are far less common than thought, says the psychiatrist Carmine M Pariante

The Guardian - UK

You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here by Benji Waterhouse review – the doctor won’t see you now

A brilliantly funny but deadly serious account of NHS psychiatry in crisis

The Guardian - UK

Tele MANAS helpline sees an increase in number of calls

Tele MANAS, a mental health helpline, sees a rise in calls from young adults seeking support for exam stress and more.

The Hindu

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Renovated seminar hall opened at Guntur GGH psychiatry department

A renovated seminar hall in the Department of Psychiatry at Government General Hospital in Guntur was inaugurated by Nannapaneni Sadasiva Rao, executive vice-president, Natco Trust

The Hindu

Toddler nighttime fears: Experts share tips to conquer the dark

Discover expert strategies to help toddlers overcome their fear of the dark. From validation to exposure therapy, find effective ways to ease nighttime fears.

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Many hostages released by Hamas still being treated for trauma

Head of psychiatry at Tel Aviv medical centre says hostages have undergone worst abuse she has witnessed

The Guardian - UK

Uttar Pradesh: PCS officer's daughter gang-raped in moving car in Lucknow; All accused arrested

According to a police complaint lodged by the woman, she visited the KGMU Hospital's Psychiatry Department, where she had been undergoing treatment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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William Yule obituary

Psychologist who pioneered the treatment of children after such disasters as the Zeebrugge ferry sinking and the King’s Cross fire

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Fry says psychiatry ‘saved his life’ as he backs campaign for profession

It comes amid a ‘mental health emergency’ in England, according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

The Independent UK

Master plan for Kozhikode mental health centre awaits government nod

Kozhikode's Govt Mental Health Centre to get ₹400-cr makeover. Plan submitted to State govt, 1st phase to cost ₹100 cr. To include admin block, paediatric psychiatry, family ward, canteen, toilet block, classrooms, auditorium. 2 yrs for completion, sewage treatment in 2nd phase. Trust formed in 2016, DPR by Mukesh Associates.…

The Hindu

Anthony Stevens obituary

Analyst and psychiatrist who proposed a science of human nature that embraced psychology, anthropology and medicine

The Guardian - UK

Gabor Maté claims trauma contributes to everything: from cancer to ADHD. But what does the evidence say?

Our health consumes a growing share of our economy and our attention, but we are not in great shape. Even as a ruinous pandemic subsides, epidemics of chronic disease, obesity, addiction and mental illness continue. Systems of care strain to cope and many of us engage in an anxious and…

The Conversation

Psychiatrists warn of ‘severe consequences’ after Victoria cuts funding for hospital placements

Exclusive: Junior doctor roles in mental health at Melbourne hospital to be reduced from 17 to four next year, trainees say

The Guardian - AU

Need for protecting and promoting teaching profession in medical colleges stressed

Though private practice is an option to supplement income, teachers will end up compromising on the quality time required to train budding doctors. The consequences of poor training on future doctors is something that society cannot afford. A vast majority of medical college teachers in India are not assured of…

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The Conversation

Friday essay: 'black bile', malaria therapy and insulin comas – a brief history of mental illness

Possibly the earliest account of a disturbed mind is recorded in a 3,500-year-old Hindu text that describes a man who is “gluttonous, filthy, walks naked, has lost his memory and moves about in an uneasy manner”.

The Conversation

As the mental health crisis in children and teens worsens, the dire shortage of mental health providers is preventing young people from getting the help they need

The hospital where I practice recently admitted a 14-year-old girl with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, to our outpatient program. She was referred to us six months earlier, in October 2022, but at the time we were at capacity. Although we tried to refer her to several other hospitals, they…

Evening Standard

Crystals, tarot and gong baths - are we replacing psychiatry with psychics?

Not long ago, everyone had a psychologist. Now, everyone seems to have a psychic, too. Laura Antonia Jordan finds out how changing perceptions are driving everyday Londoners to embrace the woo-woo

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ADHD meds don't predict drug use: study

New research in JAMA Psychiatry found no association between taking Ritalin and struggling with substance use

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Healing Doesn’t Happen in Private: An Interview with Judith Herman

The pioneer in trauma treatment has a new book that focuses on the need for social justice

Evening Standard

Ministers under fire for ‘levelling down’ desperately-needed mental health services for children in London

Government criticised over plans to move doctor training posts in child and adolescent psychiatry from the capital to other parts of the country

The Hindu

Psychiatry CME organised at SDM

The Department of Psychiatry in SDM Medical College, Dharwad, organised its 17th Annual Psychiatry CME (Continued Medical Education) recently.

The Hindu

Persons with mental illnesses do well with family support, says expert

Lecture on ‘The Evolution of Psychiatry and its History in India’ held as part of the Keshav Desiraju Memorial Lecture Series, organised by Cognizant Foundation and The Banyan’s partnership for the mental health sector

The Conversation

Five rare and unusual psychiatric syndromes – including one where people believe they are dead

Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists won’t come across a single case in their professional lives. Here I present five of the rarest – and strangest – syndromes known to psychiatry.

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Study: Schizophrenia patients' symptoms grow by disrupted sleep, wakefulness trends

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and those from Italy described common patterns of sleep disturbances and irregularities in daily rhythms of rest and activity across patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, or SSD, in a paper that was just published in Molecular Psychiatry. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Call for psychosis treatment overhaul after evidence of autoimmune trigger

Patients to be treated with medicines used for arthritis and lupus in relaunch of pioneering UK trial

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