Changing Media Depictions of Mental Illness

Claasen, D. (2002). Depictions of mental health problem in print media: A prospective national sample. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36, 697-700. Grohol, J.M. (Jun 1998). Dispelling the violence myth. Gotten from http://psychcentral.com …See all stories on this topic

Luka Magnotta showed no indicators of psychosis a month before killing, psychiatrist testifies

The last psychiatrist to see Luka Magnotta before Jun Lin was eliminated stated he found no indications of schizophrenia or psychosis during an hour-long assessment at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital’s outpatient psychiatry clinic, the first-degree murder …See all stories on this subject

Bring psychiatry in line with Islamic principles: specialist

A committee of volunteer psychologists and scholars of Shariah must be formed to establish standardised tools of psychiatry based on the structures of Islamic and clinical principles of treatment, a consultant psychiatrist has recommended. Dr Tahir …See all stories on this subject

References: Part II

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For rural veterans with PTSD, telemedicine might help

A minimum of 500,000 veterans in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system, or nearly 10 percent of the VHA population, were diagnosed with PTSD in 2012, the analysts write in JAMA Psychiatry. Previous research studies have found that PTSD treatments provided …See all stories on this subject