How much does it matter for patients to believe they will get well?

Thanks to the work of Dr. Irving Kirsch, we now know that the majority of the effect of antidepressants is attributable to...

This article first appeared on Greenmedinfo.com and is cowritten with Sayer Ji.

“Could you please make sure the eggs aren’t runny? I’m pregnant.”

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This article first appeared on Mercola.com as The New Psychiatry: Psychoneuroimmunology

“We used to count a baby’s 10 fingers and 10 toes and assume that any drug his mother took must have been safe,” said Dr. Daniel Kahn, a specialist in fetal-maternal health from...

The limitations of a randomized trial is that it cannot help us to understand what individuals bring to treatment risks and benefits. A critical new study by Harrow et al adds to previous data...

The Medicalization of Pregnancy

Women have permitted doctors and pharmaceutical companies privileged access to their fierce and primitive drive toward protecting a pregnancy. They have been made to...

Several studies have indicated a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia, but a recent study is the first to identify deficiency at the onset (first episode),...

Understand 4 principal tenets that may be undermining your current understanding of the efficacy and safety of antidepressants.

The suppression of inquiry around vaccination science, policy, and practice is unacceptable and smacks of faith-based adherence to a faltering tradition of paternalistic medicine. Recently, Sayer...

A recent study contributes to the literature suggesting a bidrectional relationship between schizophrenia and autoimmune diseases. In a Danish cohort, individuals with schizophrenia and infectious...

• This is a thorough discussion of the fluoride fallacy – it doesn’t help decay and it puts the whole body at risk.

The push to vaccinate for flu (influenza) has trickled down to our most vulnerable, pregnant women, children, and elderly. I discuss my concerns about this practice here and here, but a study, hot...