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Patients Warn That Mental Health Surveillance Could Undermine Care (opens the original)
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A 2024 study found that the use of surveillance-based technology in inpatient and acute mental health settings is rising despite little evidence that these systems improve quality of care. A new study published in JMIR Human Factors finds that psychiatric patients and nurses have serious concerns that video-algorithmic patient monitoring (VAPM) compromises privacy and dignity, harms patients, undermines trust between patients and staff, and feels coercive, especially in inpatient settings where
Overmedication, Ambivalence, and Self-Blame: New Research on Psychiatric Drugs and Personality Disorders (opens the original)
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This week, Mad in America examines three new articles around psychiatric drug use in people diagnosed with a personality disorder. The first article reports that people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) in France are likely overmedicated. The second finds that people diagnosed with BPD in the UK are often ambivalent towards psychiatric drugs and believe negative effects of these medications should be regarded as central to the treatment experience. The third finds that people
Dance and Exercise Show Promise as Alternative Approaches to Depression (opens the original)
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This week, Mad in America examines three studies around alternative treatments for depression. The first finds that salsa dancing in linked to improvements of mild to moderate symptoms of depression. The second finds that dance-based interventions for depression show clinically significant improvements. The third finds that exercise-based interventions likely reduce symptoms of depression. A new study published in Psychological Medicine finds that salsa dancing is linked to improvement in mild t
Pharmaceutical Industry Corruption Is Structural, Systemic, and Profitable, New Review Finds (opens the original)
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A new empirical review published in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics reports that pharmaceutical industry corruption is a structural, industry-wide problem. Author Marc A. Rodwin from Suffolk University in Boston argues that existing laws, policies, and self-regulation cannot stem pharmaceutical industry corruption because the profits from illegal and ethically questionable behavior far exceed regulatory fines and civil penalties. According to the current work, this industry uses illegal br
âSticky Labelsâ and Overlooking Physical IllnessâResearchers Highlight Risks of Psychiatric Diagnosis (opens the original)
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This week, Mad in America explores four articles around problems with psychiatric diagnoses. The first study finds that childhood diagnoses of autism and ADHD can stick to service users even after they no longer meet diagnostic criteria or require support. The second article argues that DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ADHD are vague, arbitrary, and fail to make a meaningful distinction between normal and âpathologicalâ behaviors. The third and fourth studies highlight how psychiatric diagnosis
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