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I hope Elusive Cures will help shift the current narrative (from scientists as corrupt). Most scientists I know are impassioned individuals throwing their best at complex challenges that matter for society; this is how Elusive Cures describes them. I'm humbled by this review.

Hype-Disappointment-Reinvention Cycles in Transgender Medicine Guest post by Kinnon Ross MacKinnon and Pablo Expósito-Campos psychiatrymargins.com/p/hype-disappo…

We should be critical and clear about the uncertainty that suffuses psychopharmacology and that should temper current over- and misuse of psychiatric meds, but overstating certainty of harm is just an inversion of establishment practices of overstating benefit. It’s not helpful.

Twice-weekly low-dose LSD over 6 weeks did not significantly reduce ADHD symptoms in adults compared to placebo. ja.ma/3HvbY38

1/ There’s a lot of talk about narcissism online. But not much about the beliefs that protect you from becoming one. Here are some beliefs that make people score low on narcissism scales (NPI, PNI, MMPI). Feel free to disagree or add to the list 🧵

“Sometimes, the treatment itself is so toxic, so misguided and myopically administered, that patients lose track of their own truth under layers of expert opinion, therapeutic gobbledygook, and powerful psychotropics.” - Cooper Davis w/Awais Aftab psychiatrymargins.com/p/building-mut…

I feel so honored that my book, Mind the Science, has been named a finalist for the 2024 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Award. And I’m grateful to those in the science communication community who, like me, are doing their best to push back against the damaging

Gertrude Abercrombie, Search for Rest, 1951

E116 - What are Mental Disorders? (with Dr. Awais Aftab) youtu.be/xpUo0eHFeas?si… via YouTube Well worth a listen, with the excellent Awais Aftab

The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion “Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-overdiag…

This whole post is just one gigantic mic-drop. Awais, as always, being based.

"The cry of overdiagnosis reflects a particular kind of cultural anxiety over the public visibility of mental illness. Some people long for a past when mental disorders were invisible, confined within asylums or hidden by stigma." ⬆️only one part of Awais' post on overdiagnosis/

How much is grammar impaired in #schizophrenia? A question that has been bugging a lot of us working on thought disorder in psychosis. We synthesize what is known so far here nature.com/articles/s4385…

"The cry of overdiagnosis reflects a particular kind of cultural anxiety over the public visibility of mental illness. Some people long for a past when mental disorders were invisible, confined within asylums or hidden by stigma. Some people want mental illness to be rare.." a

Hey folks, posting this again as a reminder. If you are doing work in the area of LLMs and psychopathology, please consider submitting a proposal for the special issue!

In my experience as a consultant, I can confidently say that "overdiagnosis" is an overconcern. There are pockets of inappropriate diagnosis to be sure, but I'd contend that underdiagnosis due to stigma and stereotype is still more prevalent.

A very well-written article, as always. The issue of overdiagnosis is deeply concerning and multifaceted. In my view, it often stems from an instinctive urge to “fix” everything immediately after evaluating a patient. During my podcast with Dr. Allen Frances he offered

Very important article 👇