MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'furious seasons'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753876&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F14%2Fmental-health-bloggers-we-miss-2010%2F It seems that a year doesn’t go by that another mental health, psychology or psychiatry blogger doesn’t hang up their keyboards and step out of the blogosphere (heck, we still miss Shrinkette from 2006). People stop blogging for all sorts of reasons (anonymous bloggers who fear for their future professional career; lack of interest or boredom; moving on in life to other projects or interests; family or personal life or issues; etc.). But we still miss them nonetheless. So for 2010, here’s our list of bloggers who have either stopped blogging or stopped blogging nearly so much on mental health, psychology or psychiatry issues that we miss them. Furious Seasons One of our favorite journalism-driven bloggers from the past few years, Philip Dawdy seems to be MIA after focusi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753876 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:47:45 +0100 3753876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934767&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F28%2Ftop-ten-bipolar-blogs-2009%2F Every year the entrants for the Best of the Web awards multiply. In 2009, veterans stood tough as new kids dazzled. It was difficult to narrow the list to just ten (and some more faves we want to mention), but here are our picks for the top blogs written by people who have been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder. 1. The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive Do’s and Don’ts for the Mentally Interesting was a BBC Radio play based on Seaneen’s blog produced last May and just nominated for a Mind Mental Health Media Award. Always a compelling and honest read, it was no fluke or sympathy vote that caused us to place this blog near the top of our list last year - it deserves many accolades. Well done. 2. The Trouble With Spikol Another great year for Liz Spikol, a stellar writer an... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934767 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:58:05 +0100 2934767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2807659&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F18%2Fsuicide-rates-unchanged-but-lots-more-think-about-it%2F Thanks to Philip over at Furious Seasons, we find that suicide rates for 2006 (the last year the government has data for) remain virtually unchanged from 2005 and 2004. Despite the dire warnings we heard about the decline of antidepressant medications (due to an FDA-mandated “black box” warning) leading to a huge spike in suicide rates, it appears not to be the case. The real story here is that the pundits and experts warning of such spikes were all wrong, and that the suicide rates have basically remained stable for the past few years. Antidepressant medications are a valuable treatment option for the millions of Americans who take them. But they are not the only treatment option, and most people realize that (if not at first, then eventually when they get frustrated by the l... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2807659 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:06:40 +0100 2807659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2637861&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F24%2Ffriday-flashback-for-july-24-2009%2F While visiting family over the weekend, I thought you might enjoy these classic entries from our past. 10 Years Ago on Psych Central When Tragedy Provides My essay about the Columbine tragedy, which also just celebrated its 10 year anniversary a few months ago. Tragedy reminds us that we’re human and gives us a chance to reconnect with one another. But nothing can make sense of tragedies such as Columbine. 5 Years Ago on Psych Central Drug Maker Acknowledges Misleading Claims In case you thought that some pharmaceutical companies’ recent problems with telling the whole truth about their drugs is something new, I noted 5 years ago when Janssen admitted that it minimized some of the potential side effects of its drug, Risperdal. According to the story, “the FDA determine... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2637861 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:06:10 +0100 2637861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441665&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F-uOYCvuxzsg%2Fopen-up-yer-wallets.html Yeah, I know the economy is in very bad shape and possibly getting worse. But for the kind of fantastic investigative journalism we get from the inimitable Philip Dawdy at Furious Seasons, one really should whip out the credit card and make a donation. A summary of his good work is available, and his more recent work on Seroquel is worthy of accolades (1, 2).Donate here. (Source: Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look) Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441665 Fri, 22 May 2009 16:58:00 +0100 2441665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232544&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F03%2Fshaking-down-a-pharmaceutical-company%2F There’s been plenty of coverage in the past week on the latest drug company to hit an ethical bump in the road of marketing their atypical antipsychotic, coverage we didn’t feel like we could add much to. Instead, I encourage you to read Furious Seasons’ take on it, the first blogger to break the story online (Philip is also in the middle of a fund-raiser, so consider putting a few bucks in). He’ll have continuing updates on the story. CL Psych also has his typical initial witty analysis, and Dr. Carlat has weighed in on the secret documents and sexual relationships involved. CL Psych has since published a more thorough analysis of what the documents show, research-wise. But what I found amusing (and enlightening) was yesterday’s entry on Furious Seasons about... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232544 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:24:26 +0100 2232544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232610&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2Fq8AEiCoH-uw%2Fseroquel-becomes-zyprexa-part-2-but.html I had a big post on Abilify ready to go for today, but I'll sit on it for a few days because Seroquel is the new Zyprexa, and that is the big news of the week. Well, that and Forest getting probed for allegedly marketing Celexa and Lexapro off-label for depression in kids. But more on that later. In the meantime, check out Jim Edwards' nice piece on the emerging scandal.Back to the 'Quel. First off, a big-time round of applause for Philip Dawdy at Furious Seasons. He's been covering the unfolding Seroquel mess like a hawk, which is exactly what he did during the days of the Zyprexa documents scandal, which is still costing the admittedly criminal corporation of Lilly billions. According to legal documents, Wayne Macfadden, former U.S. Medical Director for Seroquel, admits to being engaged ... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232610 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:36:00 +0100 2232610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182518&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F12%2Fzyprexa-redux%2F If you haven’t been hiding under a rock in the past few years, you’ve probably heard about Zyprexa (olanzapine). It’s an atypical antipsychotic psychiatric medication used first to treat schizophrenia, then extended to include the treatment of different types of bipolar disorder. There’s nothing extraordinary about the drug, other than it’s a fairly typical example of this new class of medications that was supposed to have fewer — and less serious — side effects. Time, of course, tells a different story, as it so often does with these kinds of medications. Research that was at first promising and sold the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the drug’s approval doesn’t study a drug’s real-world use. The fact is, virtually nobody i... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182518 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:56:32 +0100 2182518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1413439&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F01%2Fan-interesting-conversation-at-furious-seasons%2F Philip over at the Furious Seasons blog often says things that don’t sit well with “either side” — anti-psychiatry folks and pro-psychiatrists too. You see, there’s this undercurrent anti-psychiatry movement that’s been around for decades, every since doctors in the 1940s and 1950s routinely performed lobotomies (sometimes forced upon the person without their consent) to help “cure” mental illness (as it was understood back then). Leaving a large group of vegetables in their wake. Since those procedures have long since stopped, the profession of psychiatry has come under criticism for other things, such as forced treatment, its cozy relationship with pharmaceutical companies, and its continuing endorsement of radical procedures such as elec... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1413439 Thu, 01 May 2008 14:40:50 +0100 1413439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1087573&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F11%2Fis-bipolar-disorder-a-dangerous-gift%2F Two weeks ago, popular Furious Seasons blogger Philip was in Florida giving a talk about bipolar disorder. He was asked a question he couldn’t get into the kind of answer he felt the question deserved at the time, so he posted his answer today on his blog. The question itself was thought-provoking: My question was, how do you feel about the presence of bipolar? Have you felt that it is, in the terminology of Icarus [Project], a ‘dangerous gift,’ something to be cultivated and learned from (a personality trait for which this culture marginalizes you?), or is it an invasive agent to be kept at bay? Interesting, because the definition of mental illness has never been as clean and as clear-cut as something like diabetes. It has been shaped as much by societal norms and co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1087573 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:24:31 +0100 1087573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=936789&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F167435838%2Fhistory-and-future-lesson.html When science, industry, and government collide, the results are often less than pretty. Aubrey Blumsohn gives a glance into several episodes, all of which apparently related to the date October 8 in various years. Either October 8 is a very bad day, or these incidents occur with regularity on many other days of the year as well. I strongly suggest (nay, I insist), that you educate yourselves over at the Scientific Misconduct Blog.When done, feel free to head over to Furious Seasons and get a reminder about how the "patient advocate group" known as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill touted the second generation antipsychotics as life-saving. That's all fine and dandy, until one notes there is no data that schizophrenia outcomes have improved by a single iota since these drugs were f... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=936789 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:00:00 +0100 936789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=921690&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F164213969%2Fpeer-review-is-mediocre-at-best.html Regarding bias in "science" and the utter balderdash that passes for peer-reviewed science, I sometimes feel like a lone voice in the wilderness. Well, thank God -- another blogger has thrown down the gauntlet on the topic. The Last Psychiatrist has a great post on the topic in which he notes a few huge problems with medical journals, of which I'll highlight a few in upcoming posts. Let's start with peer review... "Most people think peer review is some infallible system for evaluating knowledge. It's not. Here's what peer review does not do: it does not try to verify the accuracy of the content. They do not have access to the raw data. They don't re-run the statistical calculations to see if they're correct. They don't look up references to see if they are appropriate/accurate." Couldn't... Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=921690 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:20:00 +0100 921690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=867379&cid=t_117589_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fthought-round-up-link-up-thanks.html Read about Zyprexa scandal and Egilman's interview at Furious Seasons The Zyprexa Chronicles: Egilman Writes and make sure to read the link in that post to Egilman's full article.Then make sure to read the interview Carlat did with a CME Publisher and see why the CME business is all connected to APA and Universities as well Carlat Blog:Publisher Interview re: CME .I'm grateful for all of these blog authors getting the truth out there, and for giving a place for those who need to tell the truth a place to do it. These blogs are becoming a public service for all of us, if you haven't thought about it that way before, think about it like that now.We wouldn't have a clue about things like Zyprexa documents from Furious Seasons The Zyprexa Documents Lilly didn't want you to see, or how and why ... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=867379 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:58:00 +0100 867379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=823626&cid=t_117589_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fbetween-lines-furious-seasons-blog.html In the comment section in this post at Furious Seasons:The Bipolar Tweens: Risperdal's At The Party, So Are Sycophants a commenter left this remark:"Depression is the name for the state of mind that is the natural consequence of being kicked in the ass one time too many by life and coming to the conclusion that you are to blame for the misery in your family (and the world) and feeling helpless to do anything about it. Guilt, shame, and despair are not illnesses and best resolved with understanding and kindness rather than drugs."-Larry~I took a look at the website and it looks interesting re: med-free lifestyles. Take a look and decide for yourself. Maybe even check out the radio talk.Our Advisory Board:Breggin,Bratter,Glenmullen,Glasser,GottsteinDominick J. Riccio, Ph.D.Laurence Simon, Ph... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=823626 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:35:00 +0100 823626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776180&cid=t_117589_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fwalk-on-warriors-alone-or-together.html I left this comment at Writhe Safely, and it was removed. I dared to entertain the ideal. The one where we all come together as one voice. Maybe I was a sucker. Like in the lunchroom cafeteria, sitting alone and having a group beckon me for company. Only to be made fun of and used as an example of the opposite of what they believe in.I believe in them, whether deleted or removed, they won't believe this, but I am who they are. I am a voice, and I have learned how to be one that is listened to in the world I too---hate.But to be heard, sometimes we have to be quiet and listen. I never would have been able to get my daughter out of a state institution without keeping my mouth shut when I needed to and speak when I knew I was to be heard.I am a mother, yes I am. I am not sorry for that.I am a... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776180 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:09:00 +0100 776180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=747238&cid=t_117589_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fkindness-and-knives.html I always like to read about Mr.B at Furious Seasons, because of what the story is about, which is people watching out for others and taking care of people like Mr.B, well you can read how Mr.B has a family. It's not the conventional type, it's a community. I think Mr.B is lucky to have that community and I hope somewhere out there, others have it the same way who need it. I know I have had several police officers and firemen watch out over my daughter, and when they transported her to the ER last time they had her set with a blanket and a stuffed animal and made sure to tell me not to speed or follow them, to buckle up and be safe myself. In other words they were looking out for me too.When she was lost in a grocery store one day, the entire staff flooded the place and the parking lot look... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=747238 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 747238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=742664&cid=t_117589_140_f&fid=35439&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarsoupkitchen-stephany.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Flife-and-liberty-family-love-or.html Interesting post over at Furious Seasons about family involvement and psychiatric care. There are many comments written there that sound pretty damn sad. Most of them are from people who have awful stories about family involvement in their lives regarding care, treatment and hospitalizations. Read it for yourself.There are some heart breaking stories there.I read this though, and it made me sad.Actually it made me sob."There is some point at which we must as a society grant free will even to our most-cherished and most-coddled family members, regardless of their condition."-DawdyBecause my daughter is our most-cherished family member. Yeah, life and liberty are rough like that.Responses To "All In The Family",at the blog Furious Seasons.In addition, I need to express my feelings here, that... soulful sepulcher blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=742664 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:05:00 +0100 742664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=601202&cid=t_117589_109_f&fid=34800&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FClinicalPsychologyAndPsychiatryACloserLook%2F%7E3%2F115963907%2Fmore-on-new-bipolar-disorder.html Philip Dawdy has chimed in smartly on the subthreshold bipolar diagnosis and its implications. Background here and here. Here's one snippet:My reading of this is that much of that increase is linked to an expanded definition of bipolar disorder as a spectrum disorder (spectrum disorders are all the rage these days) with SBD being the catch basin for all the soft bipolar researchers claim they are detecting in America these days. And so begins the war on the weird, the productive and the agitated of America.Much more at his site. (Source: Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look) Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=601202 Fri, 11 May 2007 18:35:00 +0100 601202