- ‘Laughter yoga’ tries to tap a natural resource for healing — Washington Post — Don’t see anything funny? Fake it — you’ll feel better anyway. Covered on this blog before here.
- Civil Rights Psychosis — Mind Hacks The latest All in the Mind from ABC Radio National has a fascinating discussion about how the definition of schizophrenia shifted throughout the 20th century in the USA as it morphed from being a disease of the withdrawn middle class female to being the affliction of the aggressive black man.
- The Pill linked to low desire for sex, claims study — Telegraph — The researchers found that the women who took hormonal contraception suffered the most sexual dysfunction especially compared with those who used other types such as condoms. Pharmaceutically convenient yes, but the pill is also linked with many mood problems and diminished mental health for many women.
- Boston Review — Marcia Angell: Big Pharma, Bad Medicine — Boston Review — This article is part of Big Pharma, Bad Medicine, a forum on the impact of the pharmaceutical industry on medical training and science, and the responsibilities of physicians. — In May of 2000, shortly before I stepped down as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, I wrote an editorial entitled, “Is Academic Medicine for Sale?” It was prompted by a clinical trial of an antidepressant called Serzone that was published in the same issue of the Journal.
- For a disabled person, unsolicited advice is not welcome — Washington Post — If I tell them I was hit by a car, it furthers the fears. We just don’t have a good way to respond to the news of someone’s personal tragedy, especially when it challenges our own sense of safety and order in the universe.
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