Fundstücke
07-2026
Wissens- und Nachdenkenswertes:
Neuigkeiten, Meinungen, Erfahrungsberichte,
(Psychiatrie-)Kritik, Verbesserungsvorschläge und mehr …
.
| CVI/Zerebral bedingte Sehbeeinträchtigungen |
| CVI Scotland – Blogs & News Newsletter 58 If It Isn’t CVI, What Is It? https://cviscotland.org/news/newsletter-58-if-it-isnt-cvi-what-is-it “If it isn’t CVI, what is it? Exploring the children and adults who fall outside current diagnostic boundaries. … Being told a child does not have CVI can be interpreted as their difficulties not being visual in cause. At present, with CVI though, there is no clear-cut line between whether a child does or does not have it. … We know there are ongoing difficulties agreeing a CVI definition though. But at present we believe it would greatly help those affected if all were to use the same terminology and keep it simple. We are suggesting the use of specific terms that relate to the probable causes, like simultanagnostic vision and optic ataxia, and where both are present, dorsal stream dysfunction. Change takes time, but children and adults in this group need support now. Many of our readers are part of a global campaign to raise awareness of CVI and this is working, because more and more people from this group are identifying CVI and seeking help. When they find our community, we need to welcome and embrace them. Support does not have to wait for the world to catch up, it can start straight away (which is why we have created our illustrated guide for them).” ♥ -- Abbildungen und Verlinkungen zum Inhalt des Newsletters auf der Seite: Dorsal Stream Dysfunction with Typical Visual Acuity Illustrated Guide A free to download, print and share guide, designed to explain dorsal stream dysfunction with what is needed for support. - CVI Project Findings Research in mainstream primary schools found ‘CVI related vision problems’ in many children, the majority identified had existing difficulties, and many also had neurodivergent conditions including autism and ADHD. - CVI in Mainstream Schools To validate a CVI screening tool (the Austin Assessment) over nine hundred children were screened. This feature is about the children it picked up and their difficulties. It uses the term ‘cerebral visual impairment related visual issues’. - CVI Screening Questions Research This research looked at children with and without CVI. Their parents’ answers to screening questions picked up many who may possibly have CVI. Of that group many had difficulties learning and neurodivergent conditions including autism, ADHD and dyslexia. - CVI in Autism A small study of mainstream school children with autism and developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia) found they all had optic ataxia. - Hiding In Plain Sight: children with visual perceptual difficulties in schools Publication looking at the same group and goes as far as suggesting a mild form of dorsal stream dysfunction with associated lower visual impairment may be the cause of the visual difficulties. -- Austin Assessment Validation Paper Mainstream school children were assessed initially, using a CVI screening app, followed up with many further tests and assessments, identifying ‘visual issues potentially indicative of CVI’. - The CLASS Study Research found that 80% of primary school teachers and 98% of secondary school teachers (both mainstream) had never heard of CVI. - Toward Removing Barriers in the Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Care of Individuals with Cerebral Visual Impairments Feature about a paper authored by an international team of experts evidencing the need for global cohesion that includes this group of children. - Emulation of the subjective experience of visual dorsal stream dysfunction Publication looking at dorsal stream dysfunction, highlighting a range of areas that could potentially be measurable and suggesting the term ‘simultanagnostic vision’. -- Siehe dazu auch: CVI-Einträge in den Fundstücken Blogbuchgedanken – CVI CVI-Begriffe Zum Nachdenken – Kontrastwahrnehmung (Dorsal Stream, Ventral Stream) |
|
|
| Fundstücke bei PubMed / EuropePMC |
| [‘Dauerthema’: Warum Ernährung wichtig ist …] Neuronutrition in ASD: Involvement of gut microbiota, oxidative stress and inflammatory markers Avolio E, Olivito I, Minervini D, Soda T, De Bartolo A, Rocca C, Alò R, Facciolo RM. Neuronutrition in ASD: Involvement of gut microbiota, oxidative stress and inflammatory markers. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2026 Aug;187:106775. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106775. Epub 2026 May 22. PMID: 42176766. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42176766/ „Abstract: …Children with ASD are often affected by gastrointestinal problems and gut microbiota dysbiosis. Inflammation and immune dysfunction are key contributors to ASD, as shown by high proinflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress. … Studies in both rodents and humans with ASD have revealed that both pure and mixed Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium were effective in ameliorating behavioral symptoms and GABA/glutamate imbalance. …” Keywords: Autism; Inflammation; Microbiota-based therapies; Neuroplasticity; Oxidative Stress. [U.a.: Selen, Environmental factors, Ketogenic diet] + Exploring the links between nutrition, gut microbiome, and neurodevelopmental disorders Chatzinikolaou R, Rouskas K, Argiriou A. Exploring the links between nutrition, gut microbiome, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Nutrition. 2026 Aug;148:113030. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2025.113030. Epub 2025 Nov 20. PMID: 42034943. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42034943/ “Abstract: Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), emerge during early childhood, affecting cognitive and behavioral health and motor development. While genetic factors contribute to the onset of ASD, recent studies highlight the significant role of environmental factors, particularly nutrition, in influencing the severity and manifestation of symptoms, primarily through the gut microbiome. This review explores how dietary imbalances, such as the consumption of ultra-processed foods, disrupt gastrointestinal health and microbiome composition, which in turn impact neurodevelopmental outcomes. It further explores the gut-brain axis and how early-life exposures, along with dietary and environmental factors, play a significant role in shaping brain development. …” Keywords: Autism; Epigenetics; Gut microbiome; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Nutrition. [Siehe dazu auch: Blogbuchgedanken – Aminosäuresequenzen; Essen & Co. etc.] |
| [Auch ein ‘Dauerthema‘: Weiße Substanz - Substantia alba …] Myelin, white matter, [and social deficits] in autism spectrum disorder Kimchi-Feldhorn O, Sade AN, Barak B. Myelin, white matter, and social deficits in autism spectrum disorder. Neural Regen Res. 2026 Sep 1;21(9):3977-3982. doi: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-25-00366. Epub 2025 Oct 30. PMID: 41169222. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41169222/ Aus dem Fulltext: “…A question emerges – does the fundamental problem lie in developmental deficits of myelin and WM, leading to the problems with the proper emergence of the social brain structures? Or is it a by-product of other mechanisms underlying the disorder? …” Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; myelination; neurodevelopment; social behavior; white matter. - Aus dem Fulltext, zum Nachdenken: Myelin Plasticity in Response to Social Experience in Animal Models [Siehe dazu auch: Fundstücke-06-2026, Eintrag 01.06.2026 – 2. (-> White matter etc.); Blogbuchgedanken – ‚Spaltungsirresein‘; Wunderwerk Gehirn – Kleinhirn, Kommissurenbahnen, Substantia alba; Zum Nachdenken – Kontrastwahrnehmung (-> weiße Substanz: Autismus/NLS), Projektionsbahnen, Stress] |
| [War auch schon oft ein Thema: Autismus und motorische Beeinträchtigungen …] Motor differences in jumping among children with and without autism spectrum disorder Subasinghe Arachchige RSS, Huang PC, Chen PT, Chen CY, Chen CL, Cheng CH, Cheung RTH. Motor differences in jumping among children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2026 Aug;138:106911. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2026.106911. Epub 2026 Jun 29. PMID: 42379098. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42379098/ “Background: Motor impairments in autism are prevalent yet understudied, especially complex skills like jumping. This study compared jump performance and lower-limb kinematics between children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing (TD) peers. …” Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Children; Kinematics; Locomotive task; Motor function. [Siehe dazu auch: Blogbuchgedanken – Streckmuskeln] |
| [U.a.: LSD; siehe dazu auch: Fundstücke-06-2026, Eintrag 23.06.2026 – 2.] Classic psychedelics and autism spectrum disorder: preclinical evidence, mechanistic insights and unresolved challenges Ascone F, Giangiacomo D, Trezza V. Classic psychedelics and autism spectrum disorder: preclinical evidence, mechanistic insights and unresolved challenges. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2026 Aug;187:106761. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106761. Epub 2026 May 18. PMID: 42155788. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42155788/ „Abstract: Classic psychedelics have re-emerged as compelling probes of neural plasticity, raising interest in their potential relevance for behavioral and circuit-level features associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although only a limited number of studies have examined these compounds in validated animal models of ASD, a growing body of preclinical work has investigated their effects on behavioral and neurobiological processes relevant to ASD. … We critically evaluate the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these effects, focusing on serotonergic signaling, glutamatergic neurotransmission, neuroinflammatory processes, BDNF/TrkB pathways, oxytocinergic and dopaminergic modulation. …” Keywords: 5-HT2A signaling; Autism spectrum disorder; Classic psychedelics; Neurobiological mechanisms; Preclinical models; Synaptic plasticity. -- Dazu bitte auch lesen bei Wikipedia: Psychoplastogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoplastogen “…Such compounds are under development for brain disorders, including depression, addiction, and PTSD. The ability to rapidly promote neuronal changes via mechanisms of neuroplasticity was recently discovered as the common therapeutic activity and mechanism of action. …” [Siehe dazu auch: Eintrag 15.07.2026] |
| [U.a. geht es auch um Migräne – ein Thema, das mich natürlich besonders interessiert.] A Cross-Neurotype Analysis of Camouflaging and Illness Perceptions in People with Central Sensitivity Syndromes Grant S, Norton S, Hoekstra RA. A Cross-Neurotype Analysis of Camouflaging and Illness Perceptions in People with Central Sensitivity Syndromes. Autism in Adulthood. 2026 Aug;8(4):646-663. DOI: 10.1089/aut.2024.0186. PMID: 42383277. https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42383277 [Restricted access] “Background: Central sensitivity syndromes (CSS) are a group of conditions, including fibromyalgia, migraine, and others, that are thought to share a common mechanism of central sensitization-that is, pain and hypersensitivity that originate in the central nervous system. Research suggests that autistic adults may be more likely to have a CSS, and that autistic traits, sensory sensitivity and anxiety, all contribute to an association. … What do these findings add to what was already known?: While it is known that autistic people are more prone to physical ill health, these findings add to our understanding of the association between autism and CSS. They also suggest that underdiagnosis of autism and/or diagnostic overshadowing could occur in people with both CSS symptoms and autistic traits, and emphasize the heavy impact of chronic illness on autistic quality of life. … How will these findings help autistic adults now or in the future?: These findings draw attention to the experience of autistic people with a chronic illness and suggest future directions for research into autism and co-occurring conditions.” -- Weitere Infos: Zentralnervöse Schmerzverarbeitungsstörung [https://flexikon.doccheck.com/de/Zentralnerv%C3%B6se_Schmerzverarbeitungsst%C3%B6rung] „1. Definition, 2. Terminologie: …Der Begriff wird nicht einheitlich verwendet. Die im englischsprachigen Raum verwendete Bezeichnung ‚central sensitivity syndrome‘ wird von einigen Autoren als zentralnervöse Schmerzverarbeitungs-störung übersetzt. … 3. Pathophysiologie, 4. Klinische Syndrome, 5. Symptomatik, 6. Diagnostik, 7. Therapie, 8. Prognose, 9. Literatur …“ -- Infos bei Wikipedia: Zentrale Sensitivierung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentrale_Sensitivierung - Nociplastic pain / Central sensitisation (older term) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nociplastic_pain - Central Sensitization Inventory https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Sensitization_Inventory -- Siehe dazu auch: Eintrag 15.07.2026 |
| [[ Schon öfter bin ich bei diversen Recherchen, zuletzt im Zusammenhang mit Brustkrebs, auf das Flammer-Syndrom aufmerksam geworden, dessen Anzeichen ich auch weitgehend für mich ‚abhaken‘ kann: v.a. Migräne, Tinnitus, kalte Hände, verlängerte Einschlafzeit, und in letzter Zeit auch manchmal ein ‚krampfendes‘ rechtes Auge. – Siehe dazu auch: Diskussionsseite – Epileptoide Krankheiten, Migrälepsie ]] - Infos bei Wikipedia: Flammer-Syndrom / Flammer syndrome https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammer-Syndrom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammer_syndrome ↓ Ref. 5: Bitte lesen – PFLICHTLEKTÜRE … [2013] The primary vascular dysregulation syndrome: implications for eye diseases Flammer J, Konieczka K, Flammer AJ. The primary vascular dysregulation syndrome: implications for eye diseases. EPMA J. 2013 Jun 7;4(1):14. doi: 10.1186/1878-5085-4-14. PMID: 23742177; PMCID: PMC3693953. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23742177/ Aus dem Fulltext: 4 General symptoms and signs of PVD 5 Visual signs and symptoms of PVD 6 PVD and ophthalmic diseases 7 Therapy 8 Conclusions „…Despite the emphasised importance, we are still in the infant stage of the research in this field. …” -- [[ …ein hochinteressanter Beitrag. Und ein weiterer Beitrag, der verdeutlicht, dass wir dringend eine ‚Psychiatrie-Reform‘ brauchen. Denn gerade hier musste ich auch wieder einmal denken: Eigentlich sollten Psychiater nur einfach gute Hausärzte sein - Ärzte, die sich nicht auf DSM-Kategorien und psychiatrische ‚Medikamente‘ beschränken, sondern ihre Patienten ganzheitlich betrachten und behandeln, und die, günstigstenfalls, auch über ihre Lebensgeschichte und Lebensumstände Bescheid wissen und auch diese ‚mit behandeln‘, soweit möglich. – Siehe dazu auch Einträge 04.07.2026 - 1., 2. und Wikipedia: |
| [Katatonie, Psychose, Ess-Störungen, Autismus, BPD: Neue ‘Konzepte’ wären hilfreich …] Narrative Review of Catatonia in Psychosis and Eating Disorders: Common Intersections and Treatment Considerations Elwyn R. Narrative Review of Catatonia in Psychosis and Eating Disorders: Common Intersections and Treatment Considerations. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2026 Jul;20(7):e70187. DOI: 10.1111/eip.70187. PMID: 42337940; PMCID: PMC13291091. https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42337940 - BOX 2. Lived experience reflection “…Some of my catatonic episodes occurred directly after experiencing overwhelming, traumatic or re‐traumatising events. … I believe it would have been helpful if nursing staff had communicated with me clearly, respectfully and compassionately during my catatonic episodes, and emphasised how they wished to support my autonomy and safety. For example: …This is a medication called [lorazepam]. It's to help you with your movement and functioning, so you can get back to your usual self. …” ↓ “…Trauma‐responsive care is also critical to consider for the catatonic patient, especially as the catatonia may be traumagenic. It may be helpful to a catatonic patient (whether experiencing excited, akinetic, periodic or malignant catatonia) to speak in a clear, calm, direct, compassionate and respectful manner, to inform them of what is happening, and to acknowledge the disturbances in embodiment and motor control they are experiencing (Box 2). Acknowledging that the staff wish to help the patient regain their autonomy and sense of safety (Box 2) may help to reduce trauma‐related mechanisms that maintain catatonic symptoms.… Use of AHDs* may reduce risk of distress related to losses of autonomy in inpatient treatment, and should be considered as an important tool to support trauma‐responsive and neuro‐affirmative care.“ [* AHD = Advanced Health Directive = Patientenverfügung; siehe dazu auch Eintrag 02.07.2026 und Eintrag 20.07.2026] -- Zum Nachdenken … “…In individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), high catatonic symptoms have been significantly correlated with trauma and elevated suicidality. Autistic patients with co‐occurring BPD diagnoses have been found to have elevated catatonic traits, which may suggest risk factors for catatonia due to socio‐emotional‐relationship stressors, and/or trauma‐related mechanisms such as dissociation. Individuals diagnosed with BPD have also been found to show greater levels of autistic traits and catatonic symptoms compared to controls and patients with major depressive disorder. It is important to note that the epistemic, cultural and ethical legitimacy of BPD as a diagnostic construct has been criticised, particularly in connection to psychiatric constructs shaped by colonialism, misogyny, neuronormativity, and cisheteronormative pathologisation. Autistic people are commonly wrongly labelled as having BPD, particularly as trauma, PTSD, self‐harm and suicidality and social stress are frequently experienced in autistic populations. Sensory and emotional processing in autistic people and coping strategies may be pathologized as a ‘personality disorder’, particularly in those assigned female at birth. It is important to carefully consider if patients with catatonia who are diagnosed with BPD may have been incorrectly diagnosed (i.e., need for autism assessment), particularly as catatonic symptoms in autistic individuals may be associated with high levels of trauma and suicidality. …” [Siehe dazu auch: Fragen, Fragen, Fragen – Autismus/Schizophrenie/Borderlinestörung] - 1.4. Catatonia, Psychosis and Disordered Eating „… Due to the seriousness of catatonia, further understanding of this phenomenon is needed in this population. … Polydipsia and electrolyte imbalance are also common in EDs (see section on malnutrition and immune considerations). …” ↓ BOX 1. Lived experience reflection „…In patients with eating disorders, particularly those who are autistic and/or have a history of psychosis or trauma, behavioural symptom clusters (movement changes, food refusal, suicidality and self‐harm) may warrant consideration of catatonia.” - 1.8. Malnutrition and Immune Considerations „… Catatonic symptoms may overlap with or be associated with hypoglycaemia and malnutrition, hyponatremia and adipsic hypernatremia, pernicious anaemia and Vitamin B12 deficiency and Celiac Disease. …including hyponatremia inducement by antidepressant and antipsychotic medication. … In patients with co‐occurring psychosis‐ED/DE*, it is important to consider Vitamin B12 deficiency as a risk factor for emergence of catatonia, which may be masked by the consequences of severe malnutrition, particularly where paradoxically elevated plasma Vitamin B12 may be seen in individuals with ED, due to hepatic damage. Catatonia in association with Celiac disease is also worth noting for individuals with co‐occurring psychosis‐ED/DE, as higher likelihood for schizophrenia, EDs and autism is associated with Celiac disease.” [* Psychosis-ED/DE: ED = Eating Disorder; DE = Disordered Eating] -- Siehe dazu auch: Aktuelles – 1. Neue ‚Konzepte‘ wären hilfreich … Aktuelles – Katatonie (“Angst-Stress-Trauma-Mechanismus“ -> GABA) Blogbuchgedanken – Risperdal & Co., Zolpidem/GABA Das Asperger-Syndrom Zum Nachdenken – Hypoglykämie, Hypopituitarismus, PDA, Tantrums, Vitamin B12 Und: Zum Nachdenken – Stress (…Angst …Hypoglykämie -> Ess-Störungen sind oft 'Angst-Symptome') |
|
|
| Autismus, Schizophrenie, Psychiatrie … |
| 01.07.2026 [Interview mit Chelsea McVeigh:] A Mother’s Journey Through Psychiatric Drug Harm and Healing https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/chelsea-mcveigh-psychiatric-drug-harm-healing/ "That was always my worst symptom with everything that had to do with withdrawal: the fear, the terror. It's something unimaginable. … There was one day when I was out of my mind, and I said, “I’m not taking these drugs anymore. I am throwing them in the toilet because these are making me worse.” That’s when my psychiatrist and my family thought, “She has to go to a hospital.” My husband drove me to the hospital, and when I got there, I wanted to run into traffic. When I got to the hospital, I tried to explain it to the doctors. They don’t understand what I’m going through. I’m saying that it’s the drugs, it’s the drugs. They think I’m crazy at this point. I ended up getting involuntarily held, and they said, “You’re going to a psychiatric ward.” …” Siem: …like me, you were put on the drugs at a time when you were going through something that was certainly significant at the time, but perhaps in hindsight didn’t warrant psychiatric medication. But once you’re in it, you’re in it, right? It’s very difficult because we’re talking about getting off these drugs and how these drugs so negatively affect the body. …” … … -- Siehe dazu auch: Einträge 07.07., 21.07.2026 ANHANG: Weekly Research Digest [Aktuelles – Antidepressiva] |
| 02.07.2026 Selbstbestimmung in der Psychiatrie: Die Psychiatrische Patientenverfügung und das Projekt PsyWill [Gegen Zwang, Fremdbestimmung und entwürdigende Behandlung:] „…Betroffenenkontrollierte Projekte, wie sie in der UN-BRK gefordert werden, sind im Hilfesystem für Menschen mit psychischen Krisen leider noch immer eine absolute Rarität statt die Regel. Umso deutlicher zeigt PsyWill, was fehlt, wenn Hilfen überwiegend ohne die tragende Beteiligung der Betroffenen entwickelt werden. Menschen mit eigener Krisen- und Psychiatrieerfahrung bringen ein Wissen ein, das sich nicht ersetzen lässt: über Ohnmacht und Selbstbestimmung, über Vertrauen, Angst, Zwang, Schutz und darüber, was in schwierigen Momenten tatsächlich hilfreich sein kann. Denn die entscheidende Frage bleibt, von wem dieses Hilfesystem gestaltet wird und für wen es am Ende da ist. Alle Informationen zum PsyWil-Projekt, praktische Anleitungen und Seminar-Termine finden Interessierte unter www.psywill.de.“ |
| 04.07.2026 – 1. [Bernard Lown und sein ‘Vermächtnis‘: Die verlorene Kunst des Heilens - Anleitung zum Umdenken] What’s Been Lost in Medicine Is Shameful in Psychiatry: Reflections on Bernard Lown (The Lost Art of Healing …] “…it would be a highly unusual patient who would say, “I had a healing relationship with my psychiatrist who put great effort into understanding the important relationships in my life, helped me extricate from toxic relationships, and helped me build caring and loving ones.” This is so rare that such a psychiatrist would be, as the saying goes, “the exception that proves the rule.” … Lown knew that love is a deep affection for the uniqueness of another, and a valuing and respect for another. It is a heartfelt concern for another’s pain, and an experience of resonation to another’s being. … In summary, in addition to the economic reasons why mental health professionals have either nonexistent or worthless relationships with their patients, another reason is that many of them lack the talent and wisdom when it comes to the craft of psychotherapy. And still another reason is that they lack the recognition of how crucial love of their patient is to true healing; … Lown predicted the growth of a rebellion against all of dehumanizing industrialized medicine: …” -- Bernard Lown – Infos bei Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lown https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lown [Kritik am Gesundheitswesen: „…1996 veröffentlichte der mittlerweile emeritierte 75-jährige Lown das Buch The Lost Art of Healing, in dem er sehr ausführlich seine Sicht von Heilkunst darlegte und den Verlust dieser Kunst in der heutigen Medizin kritisierte. Das Buch wurde in viele Sprachen übersetzt, u. a. erschien 2004 die zweite deutschsprachige Ausgabe mit dem Titel Die verlorene Kunst des Heilens: Anleitung zum Umdenken. Eine Rezension im Deutschen Ärzteblatt beschreibt das Werk als ‚außergewöhnlich spannend und lehrreich‘ und empfiehlt, es jedem Studenten zu Beginn des Medizinstudiums zu schenken und am Ende des Studiums nochmals diskutieren zu lassen, ‚damit nicht verlorengeht, was ärztliches Handeln letztlich ausmacht‘.“] ♥ [Siehe dazu auch den nachfolgenden Eintrag.] |
| 04.07.2026 – 2. The Confused (Psychiatric) Caregivers and the Unempathetic World https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/the-confused-psychiatric-caregivers-and-the-unempathetic-world/ From Mad in South Asia. – Aus dem Originalbeitrag: “…There should be a mechanism to holistically integrate mental health issues with the broader health issues and services. There is also a total absence of much-needed support groups for the caregivers or a community mechanism with a trained group of ground-level health workers.” [Siehe dazu auch den nachfolgenden Eintrag und Einträge 07. und 08.07.2026] |
| 06.07.2026 [Neues hilfreiches Modell: Zuhause ‚behandeln‘, statt in der Psychiatrie …] Shifting Acute Mental Health Care to the Home Limits the Cycle of Rehospitalization, Study Finds “…England’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines lists IHT* as the first line choice of treatment for people experiencing acute psychosis and severe depression. While IHT is not common in the US, eight countries (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, and Belgium) have adopted IHT as a viable approach to acute psychiatric treatment. …” ↓ * IHT = Intensive home treatment „…is an approach to acute psychiatric care that avoids the stressful psychiatric ward admission procedures and allows the patient or service user to remain in a familiar environment. …” |
| 07.07.2026 Wenn die vermeintliche Lösung in Wahrheit zum eigentlichen Problem wird – Mad in Deutschland zu Gast im Podcast „Patientin Psychiatrie“ [-> Mit Link zum Anhören.] … Carina: „…Deshalb stellen wir uns eine zentrale Frage – und das ist meiner Meinung nach auch die Grundfrage, die sowohl hinter dem Onlinemagazin Mad in America als auch hinter unserer Arbeit steht: Ist die Art und Weise, wie wir derzeit Menschen in psychischen Krisen behandeln, wirklich zielführend und passend? Funktioniert diese Fortschrittserzählung überhaupt – also die Idee, dass psychische Störungen Gehirnerkrankungen sind, die man medikamentös behandeln muss? Nach allem, was wir gelesen haben – und wir haben nicht nur Robert Whitaker gelesen, sondern viele andere Werke, wie zum Beispiel das Buch Chemically Imbalanced von Joanna Moncrieff (die selbst Psychiaterin ist) sowie das Buch von Michael Hengartner zum Thema Evidence-Biased Antidepressant Prescription – läuft alles aufs Gleiche hinaus: Summa summarum zeigt sich, dass es Alternativen braucht. Die Art und Weise, wie die derzeitige Behandlung aussieht, funktioniert so nicht. Man sollte viel mehr den Menschen zuhören, die eigene Erfahrungen mit der Psychiatrie gemacht haben, und ihr Erfahrungswissen in den Mittelpunkt stellen. Ziel muss es sein, eine menschenrechtsbasierte und recoveryorientierte psychosoziale Versorgung zu gestalten.“ … … … |
| 08.07.2026 [Die Philosophie des Ubuntu und warum Psychiatrie in ihrer jetzigen Form enden sollte:] How Psychiatry Launders Our Debts: An Interview with Khameer Kidia “…His experience navigating two cultures and his expertise across disciplines allow him to see that psychiatry, as it currently stands, needs to end. … Sharing his mother’s struggles with ‘nervous breakdowns’, Kidia shows us the importance of patient autonomy and liberty, and the grace in letting go when people choose a path that does not align with our priorities. … Kidia: …I think we have done a great disservice with the chemical imbalance theory of the way these drugs work. … Here is where I think a lot about the African philosophical concept of ubuntu, which, directly translated, means, ‘I am because we are.’ The idea is that our minds are interconnected. I exist because the people around me exist, and without that connection, I am nothing. … Mental health care is not provided only by psychiatrists and psychologists. … The motivation for us to do it comes purely from our social interest in each other, and that social interest is good for our mental health. I am going to leave this conversation feeling a whole lot better about myself than when we started, and that is because we have had such a lovely chat about things that are important to us and values we share. That is something the capitalist health care system can never understand, but it is also something it can never take away from us.” -- Dazu bitte auch lesen: Autonomous Care Management: An Invitation to Care in Freedom and for Freedom From Mad in Brazil: “…In Autonomous Care Management practices – ACM we create collective spaces for care free from control and subordination to professional and institutional authority, in which the ways of being and experiences of people in care and caregivers, professionals or not, can be respected as they are, without judgment. …” -- Siehe dazu auch: Eintrag 06.07.2026 |
| 09.07.2026 Die Keto-Diät + Medikamentenreduktion: Welche Möglichkeiten gibt es? https://madindeutschland.org/die-keto-diaet-medikamentenentzug-welche-moeglichkeiten-gibt-es/ „In seinem 2022 erschienenen Buch Brain Energy stellte der Psychiater Chris Palmer aus Massachusetts die ketogene Diät als transformative Therapieform vor, die zu einer Remission der Symptome und in manchen Fällen zu einer medikamentenfreien Zukunft führen könnte. Dies galt sogar für einige Patient:innen, bei denen Schizophrenie und bipolare Störung diagnostiziert worden waren. …“ [Originalbeitrag bei Mad in America, 09.05.2026; siehe dazu auch Fundstücke-05-2026, Eintrag 09.05.2026] -- Dazu bitte auch lesen: Ein Antibiotikum hat mich verrückt gemacht https://madindeutschland.org/ein-antibiotikum-hat-mich-verrueckt-gemacht/ „Mein Weg zurück durch ketogene Ernährung … Von der Medizinstudentin hin zur Patientin mit Schizophrenie …“ |
| 11.07.2026 [‘Geschäftsmodell’ Menopause:] Inside the Hot Flush Gold Rush: The Medicalization of Menopause Spreads to Perimenopause “…Just as neurotransmitters are blamed for feelings of distress, leading to the prescription of psychiatric drugs, the real root of women’s distress is overlooked in favor of medications that put them at risk of dangerous side effects and severe withdrawal syndrome. Media’s Portrayal of Menopause … As much as the massive range of available menopause products makes it seem like women have a choice in how they manage their menopause, there’s only one real solution being offered: when something’s wrong, you buy a product, or take a pill, to fix the problem within yourself. While hormone replacement therapy (HRT)*, which replaces the reproductive hormones that decline during menopause, is the primary treatment used for menopausal symptoms, psychiatric drugs are also frequently prescribed—and antidepressants* are the most common treatment used for mental health issues in postmenopausal women. Antidepressants may even be used to treat physiological menopause symptoms, like hot flushes, in women who don’t respond well to hormonal treatments. … Presenting menopause as something that leads to a huge range of experiences could help prevent distress at middle age from being treated as an inevitable result of a woman’s physiology that requires medical intervention. …” [* Siehe dazu auch: Einträge 07.07., 21.07.2026 und ANHANG: Weekly Research Digest] |
| 12.07.2026 [Positive Psychologie: Blickt nicht auf Symptome und Defizite, sondern soll ein hilfreicher Kompass fürs Leben sein, mit Blick auf Stärken und auf Entwicklungspotential …] The SPIRE Model: Five Dimensions of Well-Being https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/the-spire-model-five-dimensions-of-well-being/ From Mad in Slovenia: “Modern positive psychology offers an interesting answer: well-being is not something we achieve once and for all, but something we build every day. Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar developed the SPIRE model, which describes five areas of life important for a sense of inner balance and satisfaction.” Aus der Übersetzung: S – Spiritual (Spiritual) P – Physical (Physical) I – Intellectual (Intellectual) R – Interpersonal/relative (Relational) E – Emotional (Emotional) „…In contrast to approaches that focus primarily on symptoms or deficiencies, SPIRE comes from an individual’s sources of power, potential, and potential for development. Although the model is not a universal solution and cannot replace professional support in the case of more severe and prolonged mental distress, it can be a useful compass for everyday life.” -- Infos zu Tal Ben-Shahar bei Wikipedia: |
| 13.07.2026 [‘Dauerthema’ Antipsychotika/Neuroleptika: „They make you feel lika a zombie.” - Auch ich bin der Meinung, dass diese ‚Medikamente‘ aufgrund ihrer Toxizität* (und auch aufgrund ihrer ‚Heilungsverhinderung‘) nicht mehr verabreicht werden sollten; es gibt hilfreiche Alternativen.] “Every Time I Took a Pill, I Felt I Was No Longer Myself”: Young Adults Describe Antipsychotic Use After First-Episode Psychosis “…Experts have questioned the usefulness of both short- and long-term antipsychotic treatment and pointed to mounting evidence of negative effects. Research has found that starting antipsychotics within one month after first-episode psychosis is linked to worse outcomes. Antipsychotics have also been associated with worse cognitive functioning after first-episode psychosis. One study found that cognitive behavioral therapy for first-episode psychosis led to similar outcomes whether the service user was taking antipsychotics or not. Research has found that a majority of antipsychotic users would like to reduce or discontinue these drugs. However, one study found that mental health staff was reluctant to assist patients and service users in their efforts to reduce or discontinue their dose. Service users have also reported that psychiatric professionals are not helpful in their efforts to quit or reduce their antipsychotic use. Despite clinician reluctance to assist in antipsychotic dose reduction and discontinuation, some experts have argued that it is their ethical responsibility to do so when patients and service users request it. … Research has also found that stopping these drugs results in improved social functioning, better quality of life, and better long-term recovery. …” -- * Link bei MIA: Drug Info: Antipsychotics/Schizophrenia https://www.madinamerica.com/drug-info-antipsychotics-schizophrenia/ „Although it is widely assumed that there is abundant evidence from clinical trials that antipsychotics are effective in knocking down psychotic symptoms over the short term, there is a big hole in the evidence base. As researchers reported in 2017, “no placebo-controlled trials have [ever] been reported in first-episode psychosis patients.” This means that there is an absence of evidence for this class of drugs in medication-naïve patients (i.e., patients who have never been exposed to antipsychotics before). … Adverse Effects Long-term Outcomes The long-term outcomes literature for antipsychotics, which has been compiled over a period of nearly 60 years, consistently tells of drugs that increase the likelihood that a person diagnosed with schizophrenia will become chronically ill. Also see “The Case Against Antipsychotics,” for an in-depth review of this literature. … A. The Chronicity Problem Becomes Apparent (1960s-1970s) … 6. Is the cure worse than the disease? … B. A Biological Explanation for Drug-Induced Chronicity 7. Drug-induced supersensitivity psychosis C. Thirty-Five Years of Confirming Evidence … … … … … … Studies of patients’ perspective of antipsychotics revealed that they found that long-term use of the drugs was a barrier to recovery.” -- Siehe dazu auch: Eintrag 07.07.2026 Fundstücke-06-2026, Eintrag 09.06.2026 – 3. (-> Wenn die Behandlung zum Problem wird/When Treatment Becomes the Problem – Robert Whitaker on the Psychophobia Podcast – Part 1 and Part 2) -- * Zum Nachdenken … „…Patients may want to be sedated when they have acute psychosis, but a Cochrane review showed that this can be better obtained with a benzodiazepine, which is what all the patients have wanted when I asked them during my lectures. But none of them got it. Patients are routinely treated with neuroleptics, even against their explicit will. … Assuming haloperidol works, it seems that benzodiazepines also worked. One cannot say that benzodiazepines have no effect unless the comparator is placebo, and we know that benzodiazepines can calm people down. … (S. 73) These drugs [antipsychotics] are some of the most toxic drugs ever invented and shouldn’t be used for anyone. …” (S. 76) [Aus: Is psychiatry a crime against humanity? Peter C. Gøtzsche, Institute for Scientific Freedom Free Download: https://www.scientificfreedom.dk/ - Books] ↓ Siehe dazu auch: Eintrag Narrative Review of Catatonia in Psychosis and Eating Disorders (oben) Eintrag 23.07.2026 Aktuelles – Katatonie („Angst-Stress-Trauma-Mechanismus“ -> GABA) Aktuelles – 1. Neue ‚Konzepte‘ (und ‚Therapien‘) wären hilfreich … Blogbuchgedanken – Psychiatrie, Risperdal & Co., Zolpidem/GABA -- Aktuelles – Estrogen/Cholesterin/Cortisol: Ein Denkmodell. Ausgehend vom PubMed-Beitrag Women who suffer from schizophrenia: Critical issues. 2018 Gehört zum Eintrag 11.12.2024 – 1. Mad Sisters: An Interview With Susan Grundy in den Dezember-Fundstücken; bitte zuerst lesen: https://www.nlsetc.de/fundstuecke-12-2024.html -- Aktuelles – Imbalances Diskussionsseite – Begriffsentstehung, Zuschreibungen Gedankensplitter – Neuroleptika, UAWs |
| 14.07.2026 [Großes Problem beim Absetzen psychiatrischer ‚Medikamente‘: Akathisie …] What Medicine Does Not Yet Recognize in Psychiatric Tapering https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/what-medicine-does-not-yet-recognize-in-psychiatric-tapering/ “…He bombarded me with questions about how he had ended up here. “Why is this happening? Does any psychiatrist know about this? I think I have akathisia, have you heard of it? Does this happen to everyone? Did I take it too long? Why did no one tell me?” A 55-year-old man whose life had suddenly become nothing but coming off his migraine medication. … His desperation wasn’t simply a personal failing or lapse in judgment, it reflected the problems of a larger system he had relied on. Medications originally developed for psychiatric conditions had quietly found their way into new domains, being prescribed for migraines, insomnia, PTSD, and framed as low-risk solutions. Short-term courses became indefinite without discussion, informed consent, or guidance on how to stop. … The system is structured to recognize only two states: ‘medicated and well’ or ‘unmedicated and sick.’ Withdrawal doesn’t fit neatly into either category. Most safety and efficacy trials last only weeks or months, and do not track long-term outcomes. Participants are not followed after discontinuation, and withdrawal symptoms are often mislabeled or excluded. The absence of evidence does not equate to the evidence of absence, but that’s exactly what happens. …” -- Akathisie/Akathisia war schon oft ein Thema, siehe: Fundstücke-10-2024, Eintrag 06.10.2024 -> Akathisie Tagebuchnotizen 08-2020 09-2020, Eintrag 20.09.2020 06-2021 (Boy, Interrupted: A Story of Akathisia; A Highly Sensitive Psych “Patient”: A Memoir) 04-2022, Eintrag 06.04.2022 Fundstücke 04-2023, Eintrag 04.04.2023 06-2023, Eintrag 24.06.2023 07-2023, Eintrag 14.07.2023 02-2024, Eintrag 02.02.2024 (Akathisia, Restless Legs Syndrome*] [* Siehe dazu auch die Einträge 09.10.2024 und 11.10.2024 – 1.] Blogbuch-Interview März 2019 – ANHANG: #Leseliste Und: Fundstücke-01-2026, Eintrag 09.01.2026 – 2. Akathisie und durch Verschreibung verursachte Schädigung als traumatische chemische Hirnverletzung [Originalbeitrag in Fundstücke-07-2023, Eintrag 14.07.2023: Akathisia and Prescribed Harm as Traumatic Chemical Brain Injury (TCBI)] - Fundstücke-12-2025, Eintrag 21.12.2025 Ich habe überlebt – oder warum unsere Leben keine Anekdoten sind https://madindeutschland.org/ich-habe-ueberlebt-oder-warum-unsere-leben-keine-anekdoten-sind/ - Fundstücke-12-2025, #MeTooInMentalHealth-Erfahrungsberichte Die Falltür |
| 15.07.2026 [Seelischer Schmerz führt zu denselben Reaktionen im Gehirn wie körperlicher Schmerz:] Unlearn Your Pain: Harnessing the Power of Neuroplasticity – A Conversation With Howard Schubiner https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/unlearn-your-pain-howard-schubiner/ "High-level research studies of the brain show that emotional pain leads to the same reactions in the brain as does physical pain. This is how we're wired." … - Siem: I’m going to read just one sentence that, to me, stood out as to what everything boils down to. This is in the context of really any sort of pain, emotional pain, psychic pain, spiritual pain, back pain. You said, “The brain creates real symptoms automatically, and these danger signals come from a subconscious part of the brain that is trying to protect us.” Can you explain a little bit more about what you mean by that and how this ties into your life’s work?” - Schubiner: “…When people say that emotional pain can cause physical pain, that is completely true, and emotional pain obviously can cause anxiety or depression or chronic fatigue or a whole variety of symptoms, and those are real. They’re not imagined, they’re not fake, they’re not all in people’s heads. The thesis of this book is that everyone needs to figure out what they have. If you have back pain, is it because there’s damage in your back, or is it because you’ve been hurt or betrayed or abandoned, or things have happened to you that have caused your brain to go into danger mode and cause pain or any other symptom that the brain might produce? I think that really encapsulates it, and most doctors are totally unaware of that. … We want to give people tools so that they have the belief that they can handle life’s stresses and that they can deal with their symptoms. That’s where these treatments come in. … …we’re helping people become their own self, their true self. Everyone needs agency, belief that they can change their world and have power over themselves and some parts of their world. Everyone needs connection, connecting to ourselves on a deep level, and then using that to be able to connect to others. Everyone needs self-compassion. So those are the three elements of EAET that we hold foremost in our minds. … I think the parting thing that I would say is that there’s hope, because the vast majority of people who are in these worlds of chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and chronic fatigue syndromes have neuroplastic symptoms that are potentially reversible. I think getting stuck in the idea that everything is structural and everything is incurable is a horrible place to be. And for the vast majority of people, there is hope. That’s what drives me.“ -- Neuroplastizität / Neuroplasticity - Infos bei Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuronale_Plastizit%C3%A4t „…Im Laufe der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts gaben Forschungen immer mehr Aufschluss über die plastische Formbarkeit des Gehirns, selbst weit in das Erwachsenenalter hinein. …“ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity [Applications and examples: Chronic pain … “…Prolonged nociception from the periphery then elicits a neuroplastic response at the cortical level to change its somatotopic organization for the painful site, inducing central sensitization*. …; Etc.; -> Psychoplastogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoplastogen] * Siehe dazu auch Eintrag: Camouflaging and Illness Perceptions in People with Central Sensitivity Syndromes (oben) |
| 16.07.2026 ADHS: Wie sind wir hier gelandet? https://madindeutschland.org/adhs-wie-sind-wir-hier-gelandet/ Mad in Italy: „Bis vor wenigen Jahrzehnten erschien in Italien die Vorstellung, dass man Kindern in den USA Psychopharmaka verschreibt, fast wie Science-Fiction. Es wirkte wie eine völlig andere Welt, weit entfernt von unserem Verständnis von Kindheit, Schule und Heranwachsen. Heute hingegen ist es für viele Kinder und Jugendliche schwer geworden, die Schulzeit zu durchlaufen, ohne auf eine neuropsychiatrische Diagnose oder zumindest auf einen entsprechenden Verdacht zu stoßen. …“ Inhalt: Was hat sich so schnell verändert? Der Aufstieg des neurobiologischen Modells Welche Kernideen haben Biederman und seine Kollegen gefördert? - Problemverhalten resultiert aus Veränderungen im Gehirn - Neurochemische Ungleichgewichte verursachen die Symptome - Eine starke genetische Veranlagung Fehlende definierte organische Grundlagen für ADHS, oppositionelle Verhaltensstörung und Störungen des Sozialverhaltens Ein Narrativ, das den Einsatz von Psychopharmaka rechtfertigt Die Medikamente bei ADHS Ritalin gestern und heute Ritalin öffnet die Tür für weitere medikamentöse Behandlungen „Komorbide Störungen“ oder Nebenwirkungen der Stimulanzien? „Komorbide Störungen“ oder die realen Ursachen für problematisches Verhalten? Lernstörungen als ursächliche Faktoren für Verhalten Ein plastisches Beispiel Warum werden die Diagnosen von den Eltern positiv aufgenommen? Warum werden die Diagnosen von Lehrkräften positiv aufgenommen? Welche Folgen haben die Diagnosen für das Kind? [Originalbeitrag bei Mad in Italy, 26.01.2026] -- Siehe dazu auch den nachfolgenden Eintrag und: Fundstücke-01-2026, Eintrag 05.01.2026 Fundstücke-05-2026, Eintrag 13.05.2026 – 2. Fundstücke-06-2026, Eintrag 02.06.2026 – 4. und Eintrag 19.06.2026 |
| 16.07.2026 [ADHS, Autismus, Borderlinestörung (BPD), PTSD - Neue ‚Konzepte‘ wären hilfreich …] The Diagnostic Off-Ramp https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/the-diagnostic-off-ramp/ “…When I said that I wasn’t ready to be discharged, that there was still a lot of trauma we hadn’t gone through, he said, “Wait for ADHD medication, it will help you with everything.” So I waited over a year for the magic pill. Only to see another psychiatrist who did another assessment and concluded that it wasn’t ADHD — she suggested that I was possibly autistic. … As I pushed for my original trauma treatment to be reinstated, out of the blue she said that I had EUPD: Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder in the ICD, also known as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in the DSM. … She had weaponized my symptoms against me. Difficulty regulating emotions, hypervigilance, struggles with concentration — to a clinician eager to close a case, these can look like ADHD, autism, or EUPD/BPD on paper. They are also the textbook hallmarks of complex PTSD. Symptom overlaps are well known. …” -- Dazu bitte auch lesen: What Does Borderline Personality Disorder Entail? https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/what-does-borderline-personality-disorder-entail/ Mad in Mexico: „…There is a growing effort to destigmatize BPD, particularly on social media, and to advocate for better treatment. However, these movements may overlook long-standing feminist critiques of the diagnosis itself, as well as mad feminist interventions that affirm borderline epistemologies while critiquing psychiatry. This essay questions how and why both mainstream and mad approaches to destigmatizing BPD appear to be situated in white, globally elite spaces.” -- Siehe dazu auch: #MeTooInMentalHealth-Erfahrungsberichte (unten) Fragen, Fragen, Fragen – Autismus/Schizophrenie/Borderlinestörung |
| 17.07.2026 [Ein wegweisendes Urteil ist hier zu erwarten:] In the Lindsay Clancy Case, Polypharmacy Will Be on Trial https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/in-the-lindsay-clancy-case-polypharmacy-will-be-on-trial/ “…Lindsay’s mental health deteriorated quickly after she started taking Zoloft. … I know how a psychiatric drug can take hold of your mind and push you into a psychotic state, and I hope that the jurors in this case ultimately will address this question: Is there any possibility that Lindsay Clancy, known by her friends and co-workers as a loving mother, would have killed her children if not for the intoxicating effects of the multiple psychiatric drugs she was on? …” |
| 20.07.2026 [Körperverletzung und Folter: Institutionelle Gewalt durch Zwangsmedikamentierung …] “Assault” and “Torture”: Patients Recall the Institutional Violence of Forced Drugging “…The aim of the current work was to explore the lived experience of being forced to take psychiatric drugs through the lens of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF), an approach that frames psychological distress and abnormal behavior as logical, understandable survival responses to traumatic experiences and oppression. … Many patients believed that psychiatric services were far too dependent on drugs and could do more good if they focused instead on dialogue, talking therapies, and social approaches. Patients also indicated that crisis teams and safe rooms should be tried before resorting to forced drugging. …” ↓ “The Power Threat Meaning Framework”: A New Perspective on Mental Distress |
| 21.07.2026 – 1. Was 776 EKT-Empfänger:innen Ihnen zu sagen haben https://madindeutschland.org/was-776-ekt-empfaengerinnen-ihnen-zu-sagen-haben/ · „Ich fühlte mich auf eine Weise verletzt, die nicht möglich sein sollte. Unsere Erinnerungen sollten unantastbar sein. Mit der Zeit wurde mir klar, dass dies nur eine weitere Vergewaltigung war, aber meiner Seele. Ein Teil von mir wurde mir gewaltsam geraubt. Die EKT war Missbrauch.“ – 35 Jahre alt, weiblich, Australien · „Ich lebe in der Angst, dass mir das wieder passiert. Vor zwei Jahren wäre ich beinahe in die Psychiatrie eingewiesen worden und meine Hausärztin meinte, ich sollte mich einer EKT unterziehen. Ich hatte schreckliche Angst.“ – 31 Jahre alt, weiblich, Australien · „Ich habe mich selbst verloren, und das wirkt sich auf alle meine Beziehungen aus.“ – 36, weiblich, USA · „Schwerer Gedächtnisverlust, der zum Verlust meines Jobs und meiner Karriere als medizinische Fachkraft geführt hat.“ – 48 Jahre alt, weiblich, Kanada · „Verlust meiner Karriere als Ärztin.“ – 35 Jahre alt, weiblich, Kanada · „Soziale Stigmatisierung, das Gefühl, ein „Freak“ zu sein, dessen Gehirn „durchgebrannt“ ist.“ – 40 Jahre alt, weiblich, USA · „Verlust des Vertrauens in die Familie und fast alle Ärzte.“ – 21 Jahre alt, weiblich, USA · „Ich habe das Vertrauen in meine Familie und die meisten Menschen und natürlich auch in das Gesundheitssystem verloren.“ – 26 Jahre alt, weiblich, Ägypten „…Wer hat die Autorität zu beschreiben, wie sich die EKT auf das Leben von Menschen auswirkt? Diejenigen, die sie durchführen, oder diejenigen, die sie erhalten haben? … Nun, da EKT-Empfänger:innen zu Wort gekommen sind: Ist die breite Öffentlichkeit auch bereit zuzuhören? Erschütternde Kosten sowie unbeständige, unzuverlässige Erfolge lassen mich fragen: Was müssen wir tun, um schutzbedürftige Mitmenschen zu bewahren, die verzweifelt nach einer ‚sicheren und wirksamen‘ Behandlung suchen? Denn was einst als ‚Goldstandard‘ galt, gleicht heute eher Katzengold. (Anm. d. R.: Katzengold (Pyrit) sieht echtem Gold täuschend ähnlich, ist aber wertlos und spröde.)“ [Originalbeitrag bei Mad in America, 10.02.2026] -- EKT war schon oft Thema in den Fundstücken, siehe: Fundstücke-05-2026, Eintrag 19.05.2026, etc. |
| 21.07.2026 – 2. [‘Dauerthema’: Antidepressiva …] Yet Another Claim About the Benefits of Antidepressants Bites The Dust „Ever since the FDA issued a black box warning in 2004 that antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents, there has been the frequent publication of articles, in both psychiatry and public health journals, asserting that the warning led to a decrease in the prescribing of antidepressants to youth, which in turn led to an increase in suicide among this age group. This claim is, in fact, easily rebutted. … MIA’s Reports … In Defense of the Black Box Warning … A Tally of Harm Done …” -- Dazu bitte auch lesen: A Story of Bad Science: How Defenders of Antidepressant Efficacy Make Their Case “…It is a consistent observation that antidepressants are ineffective when the patients are asked of their opinion, and this has been demonstrated in meta-analyses of the placebo-controlled trials. …” -- Antidepressiva waren schon oft ein Thema, u.a. hier: Fundstücke-01-2023, Eintrag 30.01.2023 Antidepressants Blunt Emotions and Cause Sexual Dysfunction https://www.madinamerica.com/2023/01/antidepressants-blunt-emotions-and-cause-sexual-dysfunction/ - [2022] Chemical imbalance theory of depression: clearing up some misconceptions -- Fundstücke-06-2026, Eintrag 03.06.2026 – 2. (und weitere Einträge) What Everyone Should Know About Antidepressants https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/06/kaj-naj-bi-vsak-vedel-o-antidepresivih/ |
| 23.07.2026 Kollaborative Forschung zwischen Systemzwängen und Spielräumen: Ein Interview mit Sebastian von Peter „Sebastian von Peter forscht seit 2017 an der Medizinischen Hochschule Brandenburg als Professor innerhalb des Co-Lab Psychische Gesundheiten in gemischten Teams aus Forschenden mit und ohne Psychiatrisierungs-erfahrungen zu Fragen, wie sich die Psychiatrie verändern lässt, bzw. was davon abgeschafft gehört. … SvP: „…Aus diesem Selbstverständnis aufzuwachen und zu erkennen, wie viel ich und Menschen wie ich, trotz ihrer Kritik am gegenwärtigen und ihrem Bemühen um ein anderes System dazu beitragen, dass sich Gewalt, Diskriminierung, Stigmatisierung fortsetzen, ist nicht einfach. Geholfen hat mir hier ein systemischer Blick: Wir alle sind Teil eines Systems, aus dem es kein Entrinnen gibt. Wir alle erfüllen Rollen und uns zugeschriebene Funktionen, sind also gewissermaßen in Systemzwängen gefangen. …“ Wenn wir über Gewalt in der Psychiatrie sprechen, denken viele sofort an Fixierbetten. Aber Gewalt fängt ja viel früher an: In der Sprache, in der Visite auf Augenhöhe, in der Bestimmungshoheit über die ‚Normalität‘. Wo siehst du die subtilste, aber gefährlichste Form von struktureller Gewalt im heutigen Klinikalltag? SvP: „Ja, das sehe ich genauso. Gewalt fängt viel früher an und kann sehr subtil einen Großteil des psychiatrischen Handelns durchweben, ohne dass man sich dessen bewusst ist. Für mich ist die gefährlichste Form epistemische Gewalt. Der Begriff stammt aus der Philosophie, den Postcolonial Studies und den Sozialwissenschaften und bezeichnet Formen von Gewalt, die über die Vermittlung von Wissen, durch Sprache und Deutungshoheit wirken. Epistemische Gewalt liegt vor, wenn bestimmte Wissensformen unterdrückt oder abgewertet werden, wenn Menschen oder Gruppen beispielsweise nicht als glaubwürdig gelten, wenn sie über keine ausreichenden begrifflichen Ressourcen verfügen, um ihre Erfahrungen angemessen ausdrücken zu können. Letzteres zum Beispiel, weil Forschung ganz andere Fragen behandelt, oder wenn ihre Perspektiven unsichtbar gemacht oder verzerrt dargestellt werden, wie das in der psychiatrischen Behandlungssituation ja oft der Fall ist. Die grundlegenden Fragen sind hier: „Wer darf sprechen, wer wird gehört, und wessen Wissen gilt als glaubwürdig? …“ Weitere Fragen: Denkst du, du hast während deiner Arbeit als Psychiater – sei es durch die Verordnung von Medikamenten oder durch das System an sich – Menschen geschadet? - Die Schulmedizin definiert sich über evidenzbasierte Wissenschaft, Diagnosen und Leitlinien. Wenn du jetzt ‚Erfahrungswissen‘ von Betroffenen auf die gleiche Stufe stellst: Wie reagieren deine ärztlichen Kolleg:innen darauf? Wird dir vorgeworfen, die Psychiatrie unwissenschaftlich zu machen? -- Verlinkung im Beitrag: Resolution 2291 (2019) Ending coercion in mental health: the need for a human rights-based approach -- Siehe dazu auch Eintrag 07.07.2026 und: Fundstücke-03-2025, Eintrag 14.03.2025; daraus: [2021] Global Psychiatry’s Crisis of Values: Dainius Pūras, MD https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/06/global-psychiatrys-crisis-values-dainius-puras-md/ „…Coercive practices are so widely used that they seem to be unavoidable, but I suggest turning our thinking and action the other way around. Let us assume that each case of using nonconsensual measures is a sign of systemic failure, and that our common goal is to liberate global mental healthcare from coercive practices. …“ - [2017] United Nations Report Calls for Revolution in Mental Health Care https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/06/united-nations-report-calls-revolution-mental-health-care/ „… When more severe forms of mental distress are present, the reports calls for a rapid shift away from ‚coercion, medicalization, and exclusion‘ and towards evidence-based recovery services. “People can and do recover from even the most severe mental health conditions and go on to live full and rich lives,” he adds. …“ -- Go/No-Go—How Mental Health Research Took a Wrong Turn: An Interview with Author Marianne Apostolides A conversation about cruel experiments, ambitious treatments, and the neuroscience metaphors that have come to define mental distress. https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/marianne-apostolides/ “…I think there is a misconception that science is telling us some ground-level truth. It isn’t. It is telling a story, and it tells that story through metaphor. It translates biological mechanisms, or at least biological processes, into language that contains values, judgments, and presumptions. We don’t see that because we think scientists possess the knowledge, and we defer to them. …” |
| 26.07.2026 Attachment As a Strategy https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/attachment-as-a-strategy/ Mad in the Netherlands: “When I (Sara) was six, my father died. My mother could no longer take care of us after that, and I ended up in special youth care (Belgium). For more than ten years, I went from one facility to another. … You feel that difference as a child. You know immediately whether a connection is real, or if someone is just managing your behavior. …” - Aus dem Originalbeitrag, aus der Übersetzung: „…And it is in line with something that is increasingly more importantly recognized in the provision of assistance: that a label rarely captures the full reality of a human being. … Perhaps that is also at the heart of what the model teaches us: that which someone has been through, and what someone is doing today to deal with it, are rarely separate from each other to understand. And that it is our job as a counselor to keep looking at that beyond the visible behavior.” ↓ Dynamic Maturation Model (DMM) – Infos bei Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic-maturational_model_of_attachment_and_adaptation |
| 28.07.2026 One Day in Paradise https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/one-day-in-paradise/ From Mad in Finland. – Aus der Übersetzung: „…I’m sometimes told such shocking things that I can’t help but move around with people. They want to hug, and so do I. Sometimes nothing else helps so well. …I am increasingly convinced that we should look more honestly at whether our system is helping anyone or deepening the issue of problems and whether it is causing isolation rather than a sense of community and establishing connections. …” |
| 30.07.2026 A Tapering Success Story with Lauren https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/a-tapering-success-story-with-lauren/ From Mad in Canada. – Aus dem Originalbeitrag: „…It’s the kind of story psychiatry meets every day. A young person in pain, parents in chaos, a desperate wish for control, and an equally strong need to understand. And it’s also the kind of story psychiatry still rarely listens to. … “Looking back,” she said, “it wasn’t the medication that helped me. It was being surrounded by people who cared.” But that’s far too simple an explanation for psychiatry to accept. And so, psychiatry credited the drug for what belonging and time had done. …” |
|
|
| Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: Emotional CPR Awakens Our Hearts “…The film explains the creation of emotional CPR (eCPR)*, a practice designed to help people experiencing emotional distress. It is based on Dr. Daniel Fisher’s lived experience of recovery of his life after being diagnosed with schizophrenia in his 20s. … The film emphasizes that there is hope: By spreading the practice of eCPR, many individuals may be prevented from developing mental health conditions, ultimately contributing to greater peace in the world.” [* eCPR = emotional CPR, a new way to connect heart to heart …] -- Doll Days “In a small and slow village in Norway, it has become a well-known theme that more and more men struggle to talk openly about how they feel and their every-day struggles, and the statistics on depression among men is painful to read for the village. …” -- Drunk On Too Much Life “…What was once called illness begins to reveal itself as something more complex: a heightened sensitivity that carries vulnerability and insight, pain and possibility. Through Corrina’s personal journey, the film invites us to reconsider how our culture understands complex ‘mental illness’, and to ask whether the very qualities we often pathologize may also hold the seeds of creativity, perception, and transformation. …” -- Dory Previn – On My Way To Where “…Her childhood was marked by emotional pain, shaped by a war-injured father who neglected and abused her, leaving lasting wounds that followed her into adulthood. In the film, Dory questions why society fears intense emotions—why we are discouraged from expressing pain, anger, or despair, and instead are pushed to suppress them. … Ultimately, Dory concludes that her greatest achievement was learning to face herself. Rather than retreat inward, she found strength in self-confrontation—embracing all parts of her identity as the key to healing and wholeness.” -- Diagnonsense “…By using extensive private archives the film questions the benefits and dangers of diagnoses. It shows the essence of living beyond labels, in an honest, humorous, and touching narrative that is relatable to us all. …” |
| #MeTooInMentalHealth-Erfahrungsberichte … Doctors Who Avoid Conversations: How Psychiatry Made Me Ill https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/doctors-who-avoid-conversations-how-psychiatry-made-me-ill/ “I am a healthy person, but the mental health system made me sick. From the age of 30 to 36—a time when one is still young but is maturing and developing as an adult—I fell prey to a network that seemed unconcerned with talking through human issues, but prescribed medications my body didn’t need, invented labels for me and left my true ailments unaddressed. These doctors instilled fear in me, didn’t listen to me, and seemed not to care about my well-being. The mental health system ended up stealing a significant part of my life. … What began as a typical youthful stumble ended in a negligent diagnosis doomed to last forever. …” - An Antibiotic Drove Me Crazy https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/an-antibiotic-drove-me-crazy/ “…This account, therefore, makes no claim to universal validity, but rather describes my personal experience – with illness, despair, hope, and the long road back to life.” [Siehe auch: Eintrag 09.07.2026] - The Diagnostic Off-Ramp https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/the-diagnostic-off-ramp/ “…The EUPD/BPD label is perhaps the most damaging. Globally, it has become a wastebasket diagnosis for trauma survivors who do not recover on a bureaucratic schedule. By framing my trauma response as a personality disorder, the system shifted the problem from the events that harmed me to me as a person. It marked me as difficult, treatment-resistant, and easier to discharge. It’s a diagnosis that can easily be weaponized against the patient. …” [Siehe auch: Eintrag 16.07.2026] - From Church to Clinic: The Cult of Compliance https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/from-church-to-clinic-the-cult-of-compliance/ “…My grandmother …taught me to think for myself and stand up for what I believe is right. …” - That’s How I Arrived at the Systemic Questions https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/thats-how-i-arrived-at-the-systemic-questions/ From Mad in Sweden: “In a personal and reflective essay, Christoffer Kalfjäll describes how a deep existential crisis led him from self-blame to questions about the systems that shape people’s lives. It’s a story about anxiety, creativity, psychiatry, and the search for a language for the kind of suffering that doesn’t always fit within the explanatory models of healthcare. …” - Die Heilung von Iatrogenese ist ein einsamer Ort Wie geht Genesung von psychiatrischer Behandlung? https://madindeutschland.org/die-heilung-von-iatrogenese-ist-ein-einsamer-ort/ „…Wie wäre mein Leben verlaufen, wäre mir das alles erspart geblieben? Wer wäre ich gewesen und geworden, hätte ich nie einen Fuß in eine psychiatrische Praxis gesetzt? Und: Wie geht es nun mit mir weiter? Wie baut man sich neu auf, wenn man einmal in alle Teile zerfallen ist, in den tiefsten und dunkelsten Abgrund geblickt hat, den man sich gar nicht vorstellen kann, wenn man ihn nie erlebt hat? Wie funktioniert Genesung von psychiatrischer Behandlung, vom Horror des Entzugs und der Akathisie? Und wie kehrt man den Scherbenhaufen, in den man zerfallen ist, zusammen? Wie geht man damit um, vielleicht nie mehr so leistungsfähig zu sein wie vor der psychiatrischen Behandlung und der damit verbundenen Katastrophe? Welche kognitiven und körperlichen Einschränkungen in Form von bleibenden Schäden werden zurückbleiben? …“ [Siehe dazu auch: Eintrag 14.07.2026] - OCD and the Anxiety/Gut Connection https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/ocd-and-the-anxiety-gut-connection/ “…The maddening part is that I carry a label that makes it so doctors won’t take me seriously. … I wholeheartedly believe these mental conditions come from trauma, and it’s how your brain finds a way to cope. It just forms these different neural pathways because it’s thinking it’s keeping you safe. … I’m sharing my story in hopes it helps others. I’m sharing my story acknowledging the ways so many people have helped me.” [Siehe dazu auch: Eintrag 15.07.2026] |
|
|
| Und zuletzt: Kürzlich … Kleiner Flughafen für Paragliding und Tandemsprünge, Café mit Aussichtsterrasse. Etwa 30 Personen essen, trinken, genießen … Wenn das kleine Flugzeug (mittelgroße Propellermaschine für den Transport von 5 Personen „nach oben“) den Motor anwirft und laut dröhnend zur Startbahn rollt, muss nur ich mir die Ohren zuhalten, sonst niemand … [Siehe dazu auch: Ausserdem – Psychiatrie (->Stapedius-Reflex?); Glossar – Fossa cranii] |
Danke fürs ‚Zuhören‘.
♥
ANHANG:
Mad in America - Weekly Research Digest
03.07.2026
The Power of Lived Experience: Challenging Psychiatry’s Artificial Trials and Clumsy Diagnoses
“Three new papers outline a revolutionary drug trial design, critique how the DSM pathologizes normal emotions, and share a harrowing first-person account of surviving standard psychiatric care. …”
· Proposing First-Person Psychopharmacology as a New Drug Trial Framework
· DSM-5-TR vs. Lived Experience: Critiquing the Superficiality of Psychiatric Diagnosis
· Lived Experience of Depression and Antidepressant Drug Use
↓ Bei Mad in Deutschland:
Die Kraft gelebter Erfahrung: Kritik an den realitätsfernen Studien und unbeholfenen Diagnosen der Psychiatrie
Drei neue Artikel skizzieren ein revolutionäres Design für Arzneimittelstudien, kritisieren die Pathologisierung normaler Emotionen durch das DSM und bieten einen erschütternden Erfahrungsbericht über das Überleben von psychiatrischer Behandlung.
10.07.2026
Antidepressants Linked to Suicide Risk, Irregular Heartbeat, and Sudden Death
“New research examines links between antidepressant use and self-injury in bipolar disorder, irregular heartbeat when combined with antipsychotics, and frequent side effects such as weight gain, insomnia, and sexual dysfunction. …”
· Antidepressant Use Linked to Self-Injury and Suicidal Behavior
· Antidepressants Linked to Increased Risk of Irregular Heartbeat and Sudden Death in People Taking Antipsychotics
· Antidepressants Linked to Negative Effects Such as Weight Gain, Insomnia, Anxiety, and Sexual Dysfunction
--
Dazu bitte auch lesen:
Depression Drug Approved by FDA Had 11 Failed Trials and an Advisory Committee Vote Against Approval
-
A Point-by-Point Criticism of “The Top 10 Misleading Claims About Antidepressants”
17.07.2026
When Therapy Makes Things Worse
https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/when-therapy-makes-things-worse/
“Three new studies examine the prevalence of therapy-related harm, the role of nocebo effects, and how clinicians frequently disagree about adverse effects while often viewing worsening symptoms as an unavoidable part of treatment. …”
· Negative Events in Psychotherapy
· The Nocebo Effect in Psychotherapy
· Clinicians Disagree About Negative Effects of Therapy, Commonly Dismiss Patient-Reported Side-Effects as Unrelated, and Believe Worsening Symptoms and Stress are Unavoidable
24.07.2026
Psychosis and the Burden of Inequality
“New evidence challenges symptom-focused approaches by examining the role of oppression, trauma, and social conditions in psychosis. …”
· Coercion and Human Rights Violations Remain Widespread for People that Experience Psychosis
· Discrimination, Police Violence, and Childhood Adversity Increase Psychosis Risk
· Trauma, Stigma, and Structural Disadvantage Shape Women’s Recovery from Psychosis
31.07.2026
Studies Highlight Rapid Expansion of ADHD Drug Prescribing
https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/studies-highlight-rapid-expansion-of-adhd-drug-prescribing/
“Evidence from Canada, Australia, and the United States shows ADHD drug prescriptions rising across multiple populations, with increases associated with the pandemic and expanded telepsychiatry. …”