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Post by Admin on Dec 11, 2019 9:30:56 GMT
Pinning down consciousness could improve mental health, brain disorder treatments November 13, 2019 by Sandrine Ceurstemont Consciousness – the awareness we have of our self and surroundings – is often referred to as ‘the hard problem’. It’s not easy to scientifically explain how a subjective experience, which is something intangible, can be created by the brain – a physical object. But understanding more about how consciousness works could help us find treatments when things go wrong. horizon.scienceblog.com/1055/pinning-down-consciousness-could-improve-mental-health-brain-disorder-treatments/
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Post by Admin on Dec 12, 2019 10:49:53 GMT
Dr. Huda Has Written His Book: ‘The Medical Model in Mental Health’ Anti-psychiatry writers have devoted a good deal of time and energy to highlighting the distinction between general medicine, which I call real medicine, and psychiatry, which I call a hoax. The basic theme of Dr. Huda's book is that this distinction is not valid, and that psychiatry's claim to medical status is as well-founded as any bona fide medical specialty. www.madinamerica.com/2019/12/dr-huda-book-medical-model-mental-health/Researchers Critique WHO Mental Health Technology Researchers critically examine the underlying assumptions and implications of a new WHO mental health technology designed to streamline psychiatric assessment internationally. A new study conducted by China Mills and Eva Hilberg in the UK carefully examines the mhGAP Intervention Guide technology launched by the World Health Organization (WHO). The paper reviews the development and implications of the WHO mental health technology alongside historical colonial practices and current-day movements for Global Mental Health. Mills’ and Hilberg’s analysis allows for entry into dialogue with the WHO and presents essential critiques about the mhGAP technology. “This study aims to extend and somewhat disrupt the ‘official’ story that is told by the WHO about mhGAP-IG by making a first step in tracing its ‘social life,’ they write. “The analysis throughout this study was written in the spirit of engaging in dialogue with the WHO. We argue the importance of paying closer attention to the epistemological underpinnings of mhGAP-IG’s algorithmic imaginary, in order to open the ‘black box’ of its production. An important element in this process is to take seriously the critique of mhGAP-IG both from within its own paradigm and from other epistemological standpoints, particularly the multiple perspectives of and critiques from what might broadly be termed user/survivor/ Mad, as well as situated, localized and indigenous, epistemologies.” www.madinamerica.com/2019/12/mental-health-technology-built-colonial-logic/
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Post by Admin on Dec 12, 2019 10:55:43 GMT
Statisticians: Current Policies Approve Ineffective Treatments Current standards for clinical trials rely on statistical methods that allow for ineffective treatments to gain approval. Stanford statistician and methodologist John P. A. Ioannidis, working with Don van Ravenzwaaij, examines how certain statistical methods—and the policies that rely on them—can skew the drug approval process in favor of ineffective drugs. In the US, the approval process for new drug treatments is handled by the FDA (the EMA fulfills a similar role in Europe). The agency considers a number of factors in its decision, such as availability of other treatments, the severity of the disease under consideration, potential risks and harms of the drug treatment, and of course, the demonstrated efficacy of the drug in clinical trials. #clinicaltrials #psychiatry #fda #stats www.madinamerica.com/2019/12/statisticians-current-policies-approve-ineffective-treatments/Young Adult Food Insecurity Linked to Poor Mental Health A new study identifies significant links between food insecurity and sleep, anxiety, depression, and compromised wellbeing among young people in the United States. www.madinamerica.com/2019/12/young-adult-food-insecurity-linked-poor-mental-health/
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