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Since 1968 and the publication of this seminal chapter by Melzack and Casey, pain psychology has been almost solely curious about how our thoughts, emotions and social connection can modify pain. researchgate.net/publication/23…

@Peter_Fitz Maybe a semicolon. 🙂

*Fucking grammar police, 🤫 (you forgot comma.)

Psychiatrists were asked what they’d recommend for depression. 79% chose antidepressants for a patient. But only 39% chose the same if it were them.

@MikeCarlton01 @DanFriedman81 Can't tell if he's being ironical. A good wheez if he is. 🙂

@DanFriedman81 You have no idea how stupid you are…🤣

In 2007, the standards of living in the United States and Western Europe were similar, and most people don’t realize how much things have diverged since the US boomed after the global financial crisis and Europe didn’t. They don’t fully understand how we’re living and we don’t fully understand how they’re living; even when we visit Europe as tourists, we don’t see their tiny, sad flats and their depressing grocery stores. That is why Europeans visiting for the World Cup are going to, like, a Waffle House or a Taco Bell and losing their minds. Stuff we don’t even like or care about is wildly superior to everything everywhere else. We have no idea how rich we are.

@DrAnnieHickox @sanilrege @psycheureka Nice.

@sanilrege @psycheureka I wrote below: ‘you are at fault, you haven’t yet understood, and you will need to work even harder to get to the root of your difficulty by trusting someone who is ultimately leading you away from effective care & into a reeking swamp of pseudoscience.” @anniehickox/wellness-bootstraps-and-gurus-the-new-toxic-mental-health-cheerleaders-337b1b9dc29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@anniehickox/w…

Root Cause Addiction. 🚨 Meet Monocausotaxophilia * 👇 The Elephant in Room 👉the tendency (or love) of explaining everything as if it has a single cause ; i.e., one neat mechanism that explains the whole story. It’s the obsession with one cause, one pathway, one biomarker, one supplement, one villain… and along with that the denial that most real clinical problems are multi-system, multi-level, and context-dependent. *Originally attributed to the German neuroscientist Ernst Pöppel

@PsyChiGuy @tylerblack32 Ron Hubbard (Scientology's founder) recommended antipsychotics and lithium for at least the short-term treatment of acute psychosis and mania.

@tylerblack32 I wonder if people realize there are scientologists all over these feeds trying to get people to stop seeing psychiatrists and go off their meds so they are vulnerable to be recruited.

I've done comprehensive workups with every single patient who presented to the tertiary care psychiatric unit I worked in for 15 years. The number of patients that had "underlying conditions" show up on testing is far less than 1 percent. It might even be 0.1%.

Agree.

@godmitzu So many people go through life with Cushing's without a diagnosis, thinking they have depression or some other mental illness.

When Jeongyeon was going through a hard time mentally, Seungyeon thought something might be off with her body and to get checked at a hospital. That was the first time she heard her diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome. Thanks to Seungyeon, she was able to get treated and recover well

@jennineak Rise and shine.

too many spooky demonic people have tried to shrink me these last few years and I internalised far, far too much of it. I rebuke it all, finally. time to reclaim myself again and be That Girl

@DrAnnieHickox @divisionish @suzypuss x.com/LancyCole/stat…

@divisionish The history of women’s health (both physical and mental) is littered with stories such as this. Thanks to books such as Out of Her Mind: Women’s Mental Health and What Must Change, by @suzypuss, and other recent books on women’s health experiences, awareness is deepening.

Everything that women report to physicians gets labeled as anxiety. We are immediately not believed. Even though Jeannie in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was (understandably) high strung, she called out the same thing lol

@im_PULSE Thanks. I didn't know about her podcast.

She's the only genuine, multi-talented superstar. Her podcast is excellent. Her conversations with literary giants are always thoughtful. And she has a strong moral compass and stands up for causes that scare ordinary celes. International Booker Prize chose well.

Amazing section of Jane Goodall’s Wikipedia page

Just how religious are the Iranian people?

It's not just an email. It's a prose poem that will be remembered for generations

Pope Francis died a year ago today.  I would like to share one memory, which I think reveals something of what made him such a holy man. In May of 2024, after it was reported that Pope had made some negative remarks about gay priests and used an Italian slur (“frociaggine”) in a meeting with Italian bishops, there was a firestorm of reaction. Even I wondered: How could this be? We had had several conversations and notes back and forth about LGBTQ issues. It seemed so out of character. A few weeks later I was scheduled to be in Rome after helping to arrange a papal audience for a group of professional comedians. The pope invited me to see him, along with two friends who served as translators. I asked a cardinal friend how I could possibly bring up something so difficult—the question of gay priests and his use of language. My friend said, “Just say, ‘Holy Father, these things have been much in the news. What thoughts do you have?’” The very first thing Francis said, as if he had been waiting to say it, was that he knew many holy, faithful and celibate gay priests and seminarians. When I suggested that it might help to say so publicly, he said, “Oh, but I think I have. And in any event, you can say that!” I wanted to make sure I understood him, so said, “So you’re saying I can say that you know many holy, faithful and celibate gay priests and seminarians?” He shrugged his shoulders and said, “Of course. Because I do!”  My friends also told him that he shouldn’t have used that slur.  He nodded sadly, and said, “Yes, yes, you’re right.” For the next hour or so, we discussed the word he used, before moving on to other more general topics: the U.S. church, the political scene, and so on. It was a relaxed and friendly conversation, but initially about a tough topic. A few days later, I saw him at the comedians’ audience, when he gave a beautiful reflection on humor in the Sala Clementina. When everyone lined up to shake his hand, I lingered in the back, since I had just seen him. But then several Vatican officials said, “Father, go ahead!”  When I reached his chair, he laughed and said, “Ah, so now you’re a famous American comedian!” I laughed and started to move away, knowing he was probably busy and tired. But he pulled me back insistently. Then the pope said, “Thank you for our meeting the other day. It was helpful for me. I really needed to hear that.” He smiled and then gave me a thumbs up. (Amazingly, a friend sent me video of this very interchange, linked here, where you can see what’s happening.) I thought: Who does this? Who thanks someone for a difficult meeting? Who thanks someone for being challenged? The answer: a person who is open to the Holy Spirit. A person who is not afraid to listen. A person who is truly humble. Something like that doesn’t make you a holy person or a saint on its own, but it’s an important part of holiness.  May this holy man rest in peace.

@MrRexPatrick Is that a manatee sleeping on the bank of the stream?

I’ve filed my short article and have now turned to reading a book by the river. #peaceful #WorkFromRoam

@DrEvgenyLegedin Fascinating. I'm pleased for Dr Cathy she hasn't experienced the sometimes serious side-effects of cingulotomy, and pleased to learn they are only removing a "pea-sized" piece of cortex in cingulotomy these days.

Today we published Dr Cathy Wield’s extraordinary personal story of surviving psychosurgery (cingulotomy) in Britain. Honest, heartbreaking and vitally important. criticalpsychiatry.co.uk/news/from-cing…

@AlinejadMasih @realDonaldTrump Thank you.

Mr. President, @realDonaldTrump The Islamic Republic is a terrorist regime. It has made one thing brutally clear: the lives of its own people mean nothing to it. It kills them. Then it demands money from their families to return their bodies. And if those families dare to grieve, dare to demand justice, they are threatened with gang rape and then arrested. For years, I have said clearly: the Islamic Republic is not a normal government. It is a terrorist occupying force that will only respond to strength and decisive pressure. But with the reported 48-hour ultimatum regarding the Strait of Hormuz, I feel a moral and patriotic duty to issue a critical warning: Targeting Iran’s power plants and civilian infrastructure does not weaken the regime. It punishes the Iranian people. A nationwide blackout in Iran would hand the regime exactly what it wants, a propaganda victory. The IRGC thrives on blaming foreign enemies for the suffering it has created, redirecting public anger away from itself. It would also put millions of civilians at risk. Power outages mean hospitals shut down, water systems fail, and ordinary people who are already struggling under extreme economic pressure are pushed further into crisis. And it would weaken the very people standing up to this regime. A population fighting for basic survival in darkness and desperation has far less capacity to organize, protest, and resist. If the goal is deterrence or disabling the regime, then the target set must be clear and precise: IRGC command centers, missile infrastructure, and the regime’s security and repression apparatus. Disable the regime’s war machine, not the lives of the Iranian people. The Islamic Republic has held Iran hostage for decades. At this critical moment, do not allow it to use our national infrastructure as a shield for its survival. The objective must be the liberation of Iran, not its destruction. #Iran💔

@DrLuisACenteno1 Robin.

Banksy is Robert Gunningham. reuters.com/investigates/s…

@IndianaGPA What a baby.

Part 2 and 3 this guys a trip!!

I present “Enrique Swavvy” HOA Vice President 🤣🤣 LE Officers don’t get paid enough! 😆 Part 2 and 3 in comments 😆

@ColMoeDavis @CaveKimby Trump thiks they are suckers.

@CaveKimby The salute is not the issue

From the 193rd Special Operations Wing website: “Members should salute as the flag passes by. Former military members not in uniform may salute. However, civilians should not salute. As a sign of respect, civilians should instead remove any head gear and place it over their heart. In the absence of head gear, the customary gesture is to place the right hand over the heart.” First President to take the “dignity” out of a “dignified” transfer