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Subscribe to this Blog- Repost: Francis “Frank” J. Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: A Textbook Case of Antisocial Personality Disorder March 4, 2015Last week, Netflix released Season 3 of House of Cards. In light of this, I am reposting a blog I wrote about the second season of the series last year: “Frank” J. Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: A Textbook Case … Continue reading »Shaili Jain, MD
- How Understanding Psychosis could have been more credible and trustworthy February 28, 2015As promised, this issue of Mind the Brain explains how the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology ’s Understanding Psychosis could have been much more credible and trustworthy. I point to well-founded skepticism about like-minded, self-selected groups representing single … Continue reading »James Coyne PhD
- “Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia” and mental health service users February 26, 2015Does Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia exploit, disrespect, and marginalize service users? Genre confusion. The 180-page Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia produced by the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology is a puzzling document. We need to know its genre to … Continue reading »James Coyne PhD
- Biomarker Porn: From Bad Science to Press Release to Praise by NIMH Director January 29, 2015Concluding installment of NIMH biomarker porn: Depression, daughters, and telomeres Pioneer HPA-axis researcher Bernard “Barney” Carroll’s comment left no doubt about what he thought of the Molecular Psychiatry article I discussed in my last issue of Mind the Brain: Where … Continue reading »James Coyne PhD
- NIMH Biomarker Porn: Depression, Daughters, and Telomeres Part 1 January 21, 2015Does having to cope with their mother’s depression REALLY inflict irreversible damage on daughters’ psychobiology and shorten their lives? A recent BMJ article revived discussion of responsibility for hyped and distorted coverage of scientific work in the media. The usual … Continue reading »James Coyne PhD
- Repost: Francis “Frank” J. Underwood From Netflix’s House of Cards: A Textbook Case of Antisocial Personality Disorder March 4, 2015
But it’s not PTSD! Bad research distorts our understanding of a serious disorder.
Posted: July 23, 2013