Judge to Allow Chantix Defense in Murder Trial
The judge hearing the case of Tim Danielson, who stands accused of shooting his ex-wife then attempting suicide, will allow expert testimony about the...
Opposition to Murphy Bill Gains Traction in the House
The Murphy bill, which aims to defund or restructure federal initiatives on mental illness such as SAMHSA, as well as promote wider use of involuntary care...
New From Peter Breggin: “We Should Work Towards a Prohibition Against Giving Psychiatric Drugs...
A new article by Peter Breggin, in the journal Children & Society, outlines The Rights of Children and Parents In Regard to Children Receiving...
21 Dead in Japan From New Johnson & Johnson Antipsychotic
The death toll among Japanese citizens who have taken Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen's schizophrenia drug Xeplion has climbed to 21, from 17 on...
Fish Exposed to Prozac Exhibit Significantly Altered Behavior
Concentrations of Prozac as low as 1 microgram per liter (μg/L), a concentration that has been found in many freshwater environments, were found to significantly...
More Than 60% of Female Inmates in Canadian Prisons are Prescribed Psychiatric Medication
The average rate of female prisoners in Canada's prison system who receive psychiatric medication has jumped from 42% in 2001 to over 60% today,...
Prenatal Exposure to SSRIs Significantly Increases Autism & Developmental Delays
Research on 966 mother-child pairs from the Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) Study finds that prenatal SSRI exposure was nearly 3...
Half of Government-Insured Colorado Children Prescribed Antipsychotics are not Psychotic
According to a report prepared by Colorado University and released to the Denver Post, half of the children on government insurance in Colorado who...
Meta-analysis Shows Antidepressants Offer Little to No Benefit to Well-Being of Depressed Children and...
Seeking to rectify the fact that "no meta-analysis has included measures of quality of life, global mental health, self-esteem, or autonomy" (or self-reports of...
“Sluggish Cognitive Tempo” is the New ADHD
"Some powerful figures in mental health," according to today's New York Times, "are claiming to have identified a new disorder that could vastly expand the...
Schizophrenia Drug Blamed for 17 Deaths in Japan
The Japanese unit of Johnson & Johnson affiliate Janssen Pharmaceuticals reports that 17 people have died since the launch of its new antipsychotic, Xeplion,...
Arkansas AG Petitions Supreme Court Decision Favoring J&J
Saying that the Arkansas supreme court had departed from 170 years of precedent by deciding in favor of Johnson & Johnson on grounds not...
Antipsychotic Drug Use Among ADHD-Diagnosed Foster Care Youth Is Increasing
Research in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology finds that "Over the last two decades, the increased use of atypical antipsychotic medications, often...
Joint Crisis Planning Results in Clinically Reasonable Choices
Analysis of 221 joint crisis plans for people with diagnoses of psychotic disorders and at least one psychiatric admission in the past two years,...
Racial Discrimination Associated With Psychotic Symptoms
A study of 650 immigrant and racial & ethnic minority young adults in the United States finds that psychotic symptoms are significantly correlated with...
European Parliament Votes For Clinical Trial Transparency
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to ensure open reporting of European clinical trials, even when negative. The new laws, expected to take effect...
Arkansas AG Seeks to Reinstate $1.2B Risperdal Verdict
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced yesterday he will ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to toss out the $q.2 billion...
Fort Hood Shooter was in Treatment, Taking Psychiatric Medication at Time of Shooting
Specialist Ivan Lopez, who is accused of killing three people and wounding 16 others at Ford Hood army base yesterday, had been examined by...
Hearing on H.R. 3717 (“Murphy Bill”) to Take Place Tomorrow
The House Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing tomorrow (Thursday, April 3, 2014) on the “Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act," also...
Alan Dershowitz Will Work With Justina Pelletier’s Family on “Broader Constitutional Issues”
Harvard Law professor (emeritus) Alan Dershowitz will represent Justina Pelletier in her family's fight to regain custody from the state of Massachusetts and Boston...
Pharmaceutical Companies Lavishly Compensate Leaders of Academic Medical Centers
Leaders of medical schools and hospitals receive much more compensation from pharmaceutical companies than the doctors who have previously been scrutinized for drug company...
20-Year Data Show Antipsychotics Do Not Reduce Psychosis
Martin Harrow's study tracing the effects of antipsychotics on 139 schizophrenia (SZ) and mood-disordered patients over 20 years, just published in Psychological Medicine, finds...
Increased Risk of Preterm Birth in Women Taking Antidepressants
A detailed meta-analysis of the published research on women taking antidepressants during pregnancy finds that the rate of preterm birth is nearly doubled in the third...
Anxiety Medication Associated With Significant Increase in Mortality Long-Term
A study of data from over 11 million patient records in the General Practice Research Database, "the largest anonymized, longitudinal primary care database in...
Drug Regulator Destroys Licensing Data After 15 Years
The Sunday Times of London reports on Peter Gotzsche's efforts to obtain pharmaceutical licensing data before the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)...
