James Moore

Medical Organizations Turn Blind Eye to Harms of Maternal Antidepressant Use: A Conversation With Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff join Robert Whitaker on the Mad in America podcast to discuss risks posed by maternal use of antidepressants.

Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff join us on the Mad in America #podcast to discuss potential harms caused by #antidepressant use during pregnancy.
#mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry #pregnancyhealth #maternity #FDA

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@zackpolanski.bsky.social used his QT appearance last week to talk about the case for a #WealthTax, and to remind us we shouldn’t be intimidated by the empty threats of a minority of greedy vested interests.

@patmillsuk.bsky.social are happy to pay their fair share.

Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health Listen to Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health wherever you get your podcasts!

The Mad in America #podcast is available on most podcast services including Apple, Google, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon podcasts. 275+ interviews dedicated to rethinking #psychiatry and #psychology. We'd love you to join us as a listener, find us here: buff.ly/PiDoHpX

‘I discovered there's a world of phenomena driven by common knowledge’ | BPS Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and author of new book ‘When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows… Common Knowledge and the S...

‘I discovered there's a world of phenomena driven by common knowledge…’

Prof Steven Pinker @harvard.edu is author of ‘When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage’.

Repost for your chance to win a copy!

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Joining us on our #podcast are Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff to discuss a recent FDA panel on potential harms caused by #antidepressant use during pregnancy. #mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry

Full interview here: buff.ly/IHKmnSu

Joining us on the @mad-in-america.bsky.social #podcast are Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff to discuss a recent FDA panel on potential harms caused by #antidepressant use during pregnancy.

Full interview here: www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/medi...

Anika Nilles is a fabulous choice, Neil is obviously irreplaceable and Rush has never played by the rules so this is perfect. I hope they venture out to Europe too. 🤞

Canadian rock band Rush announces 2026 tour "It’s time for a celebration of 50-something years of Rush music," frontman Geddy Lee said.

Rush is ready to return to the limelight.

Stopping antidepressants: Exploring the patient's experience Podcast Episode · The Royal College of Psychiatrists Podcast · 19/10/2020 · 30m

To explain more about the issues of #antidepressant withdrawal, I was interviewed for the Royal College of Psychiatrists #podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Sign the Petition Provide Tapering Strips for Safe Withdrawal from Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Benzos

Have you experienced #antidepressant withdrawal? If so, please consider signing this petition to get Dutch tapering strips made available through the NHS. #SSRI #mentalhealth

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Poem of the Week: "Beauty Remains" by Diana Spore
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Medicine Is on the Brink of "AI-Induced Deskilling" Research is piling up: once doctors use artificial intelligence, they begin to lose vital skills, and trainees may never learn them.

Medicine Is on the Brink of “AI-Induced Deskilling”

Research is piling up to show that once doctors use artificial intelligence, they begin to lose their vital skills—and trainees may never learn them.

By Peter Simons

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Science Under Pressure, Humanity at Stake: An Interview with John Ioannidis The Stanford professor behind the most famous paper in modern medicine warns that much of today’s research is unreliable, yet insists the project is worth defending.

New #Podcast Interview with John Ioannidis

The Stanford professor behind the most famous paper in modern medicine warns that much of today’s research is unreliable, yet insists the project is worth defending.

By Ayurdhi Dhar, PhD

A Call for Evidence-Based, Fear-Free Practice It is right to criticize MAHA, but poorly researched, fear-based responses by mainstream psychiatry only further mislead the public.

Now also featured by
@mad-in-america.bsky.social

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Micronutrient Supplements: Better Than Antidepressants for Depressed Pregnant Mothers and Their Babies In NUTRIMUM, newborns ended up with fewer complications than even the newborns of women who didn’t have depression at all.

In NUTRIMUM, a placebo-controlled trial of micronutrients for pregnant women with depression, newborns ended up startlingly healthy, with fewer complications than even the newborns of women who didn’t have depression at all.

By Peter Simons

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Anders Sørensen – Tackling Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Through Research and in Practice Anders Sørenson is a Danish clinical psychologist with a special interest in psychiatric drug withdrawal.

Good to see Anders Sørensen on @news.sky.com talking about #antidepressant withdrawal. An important and little understood issue. I enjoyed a meaningful discussion with him for the @mad-in-america.bsky.social #podcast. #SSRI www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/ande...

AI Study Finds Psychiatric Diagnoses Overlap Too Much to Be Useful New research shows that attempts to sort human distress into discrete boxes—whether by experts or algorithms—fail to capture lived experience.

AI Study Finds Psychiatric Diagnoses Overlap Too Much to Be Useful

A data-driven study shows that mental health symptoms are too interconnected for categorical systems like the DSM to hold.

By Shirin Amouei

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Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health Listen to Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health wherever you get your podcasts!

The Mad in America #podcast is available on most podcast services including Apple, Google, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon podcasts. 275+ interviews dedicated to rethinking #psychiatry and #psychology. We'd love you to join us as a listener, find us here: buff.ly/C25v6WU

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Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health Welcome to the Mad in America podcast, a weekly discussion that searches for the truth about psychiatric prescription drugs and mental health care worldwide. Hosted by James Moore, this podcast is…

The Mad in America #podcast is available on most podcast services including Apple, Google, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon podcasts. 270 interviews dedicated to rethinking #psychiatry and #psychology. We'd love you to join us as a listener, find us here: buff.ly/C25v6WU

Anders Sørensen – Tackling Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Through Research and in Practice Anders Sørenson is a Danish clinical psychologist with a special interest in psychiatric drug withdrawal.

Good to see Anders Sørensen on @news.sky.com talking about #antidepressant withdrawal. An important and little understood issue. I enjoyed a meaningful discussion with him for the @mad-in-america.bsky.social #podcast. #SSRI www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/ande...

Jessica Chastain criticises decision to delay release of The Savant after Charlie Kirk killing Jessica Chastain has criticised Apple's decision to delay the release of political thriller series The Savant after the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Jessica Chastain criticises decision to delay release of The Savant after Charlie Kirk killing

Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and Democratic Socialism: A Conversation with Frank Gruba-McCallister Frank Gruba-McCallister argues that healing must confront capitalism, reclaim spirituality, and advance justice.

Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and Democratic Socialism: A Conversation with Frank Gruba-McCallister

Frank Gruba-McCallister argues that healing must confront capitalism, reclaim spirituality, and advance justice.

By Justin Karter

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This week’s main story is about ABC’s move to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air, what it has to do with Brendan Carr and the FCC, what it means for free speech in the United States, and why it’s all giving Donald Trump such sweet dreams you could break his bedsheets.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

The voice in your head is political Market ideology teaches us to blame ourselves for a rigged economy - and doing so makes us feel in control.

@graceblakeley.substack.com understands mental health and knows what to be done about it.

'We need to figure out how to rebuild the social networks that once allowed us to deal with uncertainty together.'

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What If Psychology Started With the Heart Instead of the Mind? A new cross-cultural study suggests that “aesthetic attunement” through the heart offers a richer, more humane template for mental health care.

What If Psychology Started With the Heart Instead of the Mind?

A new study explores how Chinese and Japanese traditions of “heart-mind” open alternatives to psychiatry’s brain-bound models of distress and healing.

By Justin Karter

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On the Mad in America #podcast we are joined by John Ioannidis the Stanford professor behind the most famous paper in modern medicine warning that much of today’s research is unreliable.

#Science #Research #STEM #ScienceMatters #ScienceNews #AI #Antidepressants

Full interview: buff.ly/uUJ5QlP

Offical 11th Birthday photo 🧡

Thank you Nathan Flowers for the wonderful phot