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Talkspace offers therapy & psychiatry from the comfort of your home

80% off of people in a study found Talkspace online therapy as effective as in-person sessions

Mic

Debra Shulkes obituary

Other lives: Editor, translator and advocate for ex-users and survivors of psychiatry

The Guardian - UK

Trauma of South Korea Halloween party tragedy is pervasive, expert says

As South Korea mourns the deaths of more than 150 people in a Halloween party crush, many people - even those not directly involved - are dealing with trauma and a search for answers that has at times blamed the victims, a psychiatry expert says.

Reuters

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Commentary: Haunted asylums are a Halloween staple. Does the fictional gore undermine psychiatry’s good?

As a holiday of contrasts, Halloween celebrates sweetness and superstition — trick or treat. Traditions range from pumpkin carving and candy eating to the personification of werewolves and ghosts. Yet as adults seek thrills in haunted houses and horror movies, one common and disturbing motif is the “gorification” of the…

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Fmr. Deutsche Bank CEO & Real Madrid's Toni Kroos Invest In A Psychedelics Company's $14M Funding Round

US and German-based HMNC Brain Health (HMNC Holding GmbH), a clinical stage biopharma company pioneering precision psychiatry, has raised nearly $14 million (EUR 14.3 million) in the closing of the first of two expected funding series, bringing the total capital raised to date to over $41 million (EUR 42.3 million.)…

Benzinga

Experts debate Nirav Modi's suicide risk in UK high court

LONDON: The high court in London on Tuesday began hearing evidence from two leading experts in the field of psychiatry to determine the level of suicide risk faced by Nirav Modi if he is extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering, amounting to an estimated $2…

The Times of India

QIMR Berghofer challenges scientific community to use genetic links to mental health conditions to enhance treatments

Eske Derks of QIMR Berghofer is challenging the scientific community to deliver a new era of precision psychiatry through the "extraordinary genetic discoveries".

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LA County's first street psychiatrist treats patients where they live

LOS ANGELES — Before she met Dr. Shayan Rab, Diana Silveria was the daughter of Elvis Presley, hanging out with Lynyrd Skynyrd on a skid row sidewalk.

Los Angeles Times

Brain signatures tied to appetite could reveal new treatments for depression

A new study published in "JAMA Psychiatry" found a link between depression, appetite changes, and the brain's reward system.

Inverse

Wounded souls: 75 years after India's Partition, survivors' trauma has still not been recognized

In his poignant, much-acclaimed short story “Toba Tek Singh,” Pakistani playwright Saadat Hasan Manto describes the plight of Bishan Singh, an inmate of the asylum in Lahore. In the story, set in a post-Partition era, the governments of India and Pakistan decide to exchange inmates: the Muslims among them are…

The Conversation

Push to increase psychiatrist numbers as patients face lengthy waits to secure appointments

There are calls for an urgent increase to the psychiatry workforce as unprecedented demand forces patients to endure lengthy wait times for specialist treatment.

ABC News

Commentary: I am California’s acting surgeon general. And I have bipolar disorder

In 2011 I was a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. I was on my psychiatry rotation — and I had a secret.

Los Angeles Times

Faye Flam: Pharma overpromised on antidepressants

Tribune News Service

The Body Keeps the Score: how a bestselling book helps us understand trauma – but inflates the definition of it

In a new series, we look at books that have become cultural touchstones.

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'10-15 cases a month from armed forces', says SSKM's Institute of Psychiatry Kolkata

KOLKATA: According to the statistics available at SSKM's Institute of Psychiatry - Centre of Excellence (IOP), the institute receives at least 10-15 referred mental health cases from the armed forces a month.

The Conversation

A clinical psychiatrist reveals how Indian women in Australia experience family violence – and how to combat it

Manjula Datta O’Connor is a clinical psychiatrist and chair of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Family Violence Psychiatry Network. She has a particular interest in the mental health experiences of migrant women affected by family violence. She has been supporting women in her clinical practice for…

Axios

The "psychiatrist's bible" is suddenly a surprise bestseller

Amid surging interest in mental health

The Times of India

Lucknow: ‘No screen use for kids up to 6 years’, says Dr Adarsh Tripathi

LUCKNOW: While digital literacy is an essential skill in today’s time, the use of smartphones for entertainment must be regulated in the interest of children. Dr Adarsh Tripathi, associate professor of psychiatry at KGMU, says parents must be specifically careful till their child is six-year-old.

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ADHD diagnosis wait times are being blown out by the pandemic, experts say

Despite it affecting one in 10 Australians, experts say there aren't enough specialists who can diagnose ADHD — and the pandemic has made waiting lists even longer.

The Guardian - UK

The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight review – the press, psychiatry and the paranormal

The prizewinning New Yorker journalist provides more questions than answers in a tantalising tale of a psychiatrist fascinated by predicting disasters

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