As States Expand Psychiatric Detention, Research Shows Elevated Suicide Risk
by Richard Sears
A nationwide Swedish study reveals markedly higher suicide rates following involuntary psychiatric detention.
https://t.co/rdoMLRUgT6
Anyone involved in psychotherapy must read this fantastic article. For me, it was the best piece (published in the media) on relational psychotherapy in 2025. Drawing the link between Rogers & Winnicott was long overdue - @psychgeist52 does a brilliant job
https://t.co/INRrt4Wq3K
Thanks to my friend and colleague Bob McInerney for his lovely tribute to me and our work together on the "hermeneutics of love." https://t.co/6dAfYxrdHH
@AllenFrancesMD It is fine to use it as a tool but human beings should always be involved in the analysis. You don't put Cthulhu in charge of human well-being.
This article integrates Buddhist concepts pf suffering, craving and insight with modern existential fear to explore mindfulness as a "practical discipline that trains the mind to stay with the rawness of life without being drowned by it." https://t.co/SgUFUpWsXp
New research suggests medications for ADHD do not actually address problems of attention. Rather, they influence wakefulness and reward. https://t.co/de90QKajjh
This article examines Eugene Gendlin’s contributions to philosophy and psychotherapeutic practice as interrelated instruments for existential transformation. https://t.co/XEW8pRkMM7
A short article from the American Psychological Association on my recent talks and scholarship on love and death in the face of cancer.
https://t.co/xh4we6E7z5
Study: "Helping between groups leads to individual and social-psychological changes in helpers, which both sustain further helping commitment." https://t.co/k077RNyHF7
Thanks to Ashley Bobak for this excellent article on "critical metabletics," a method we've collaborated on to study psychology as it has changed in key moments of cultural-historical transformation.
https://t.co/BPpbUQSpvC
A massive discovery in neuroscience: fMRI signals don't always match true neural activity. In ~40% of cases, signals increased where activity actually decreased. This challenges the core assumptions of tens of thousands of studies.
#Neuroscience#fMRI#BrainResearch #CognitiveScience #MedicalResearch https://t.co/jhZ9Rluq5X via @neurosciencenew
Study finds that adverse childhood experiences are linked to lower meaning in life, but self-compassion is protective and mediates this relationship. https://t.co/P08G3oZ4CQ
Thank you to Nisha Gupta, Justin Karter, Micah Ingle, and Zenobia Morrill for their work on this article, which honors not only my methodology in arts-based phenomenology, but is deeply personal. What a joy to read this. My heart is filled with love and gratitude. https://t.co/gxCgcbC3A5