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‘Medications’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life

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Lessons from the Film ‘Limitless’

By Gordon Shippey |

Although film critics have given Limitless tepid praise, I found this movie to be deeply meaningful as a therapist. Understand Limitless and you understand many of the dreams and nightmares that haunt modern life.

CR Health Net Update: Medication Information via SPL

By Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor |

Hot on the heels of our expansion into mental health-related and health-related Facebook apps, the CR Health Net team is now leading the way in delivering practically up-to-the-minute medication information for consumers and health professionals, straight from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Getting By With a Little Help From Your Friends: Drugs as Instruments

By Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor |

It’s wrong to lump drug use and drug abuse together, say the authors of a forthcoming paper. On the contrary, most people who take psychoactive drugs will never be addicts, and for them, drug taking may be an adaptive and rational decision.

Are We Over-Medicating Ourselves?

By Dr George Simon, PhD |

Much of my practice over the years has involved treating individuals with significant disturbances of character. What they need most is to learn self-regulatory skills and self-discipline, but quick-fix medications rob them of the opportunity to make meaningful investments in personal development.

Weight Loss Drug Acomplia Yanked from Market Over Psychiatric Risks

By Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor

With the psychiatric side effects of rimonabant (sold as Acomplia in Europe and as Zimulti elsewhere) turning out to be even worse than originally thought, and the effectiveness of this new weight loss drug turning out to be pretty minimal, Sanofi-Aventis has yanked it from the market following a decision by European regulators to suspend marketing approval.

Placebo Pills for Children

By Sarah Luczaj

A company in the USA produces children’s placebo tablets, cure-alls containing absolutely no active substances, selling in effect the illusion that there is a pill for every kind of distress.

Long Live the Placebo!

By Sarah Luczaj

Compared with placebo, the new-generation antidepressants do not produce clinically significant improvements in depression in patients who initially have moderate or even very severe depression. That’s according to a new meta-analysis of clinical trials research. A triumph for the placebo effect! How does it work?

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