A monthly summary of newly published research findings in psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Presented by Mad in America's Peter Simons.
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In this 30-minute podcast, Peter Simons reports on the latest scientific articles in psychiatry. The goal is to provide more... more
In this 30-minute podcast, Peter Simons reports on the latest scientific articles in psychiatry. The goal is to provide more... more
In this 30-minute podcast, Peter Simons reports on the latest scientific articles in psychiatry. The goal is to provide more... more
Peter Simons covers a study in Nature finding that the positive results of psychiatry’s brain imaging studies are false; a study... more
Peter Simons covers a study that found both therapy and medication to have very limited effectiveness; an article suggesting that... more
Peter Simons covers a clinical trial that found lithium ineffective at preventing suicide attempts, an essay by Allen Frances... more
Peter Simons covers articles about the validity of psychiatric diagnoses, the medicalization of normal human experiences like grief, and how... more
This week, Peter Simons covers a study about the controversial practice of placebo run-in periods in antidepressant studies, a study... more
This week, Peter Simons covers studies examining whether mental health literacy and essentialist thinking are associated with stigma against those... more
This week, Peter Simons covers a study that found prolactin-increasing antipsychotics associated with increased breast cancer risk, an analysis that... more