Fundstücke

10-2025

Wissens- und Nachdenkenswertes:

Neuigkeiten, Meinungen, Erfahrungsberichte,

(Psychiatrie-)Kritik, Verbesserungsvorschläge und mehr …

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CVI/Zerebral bedingte Sehbeeinträchtigungen

 

CVI Scotland – Blogs & News

CVI & Stroke Paper

https://cviscotland.org/news/cvi-and-stroke-paper-06-10-2025

“…A key point is that this paper doesn't mention CVI, not even once. …

However, there are some broad differences between CVI following a stroke and CVI from birth, a major one being that when present from birth, for many, both sides of the brain are affected, called bilateral. The condition we associate with visual perception difficulties in children, called dorsal stream dysfunction, is typically due to bilateral atypical processing.
Almost all strokes affect just one side of the brain. (They are unilateral). Bilateral strokes do happen, but they are much less common and are usually described in the medical literature as rare. …”

[Übersetzt in etwa: …Ein wichtiger Punkt ist, dass CVI in diesem Artikel nicht ein einziges Mal erwähnt wird. …Es gibt jedoch einige große Unterschiede zwischen CVI nach einem Schlaganfall und CVI von Geburt an, wobei ein wichtiger davon ist, dass bei vielen beide Seiten des Gehirns betroffen sind, wenn von Geburt an vorhanden, und was als bilateral bezeichnet wird. Die Erkrankung, die wir mit visuellen Wahrnehmungsschwierigkeiten bei Kindern in Verbindung bringen, die sogenannte Dorsalstromdysfunktion, ist typischerweise auf eine bilaterale atypische Verarbeitung zurückzuführen.
Fast alle Schlaganfälle betreffen nur eine Seite des Gehirns. (Sie sind einseitig). Beidseitige Schlaganfälle kommen zwar vor, aber sie sind viel seltener und werden in der medizinischen Literatur in der Regel als selten beschrieben. …]

Siehe dazu auch:

Blogbuchgedanken – CVI, Frühgeborene

Zum Nachdenken – Kontrastwahrnehmung (-> Dorsaler Pfad etc.)

Bei CVI Scotland:

A-Z Index: ‘Dorsal Stream Dysfunction’

https://cviscotland.org/site_index.php

Bei Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-streams_hypothesis

[Dorsal stream; Ventral stream]

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“So what do we know about the brain visual impairments?

In IVIS

  • 56% had impaired central vision (including reduced visual acuity), this could have been ocular (of the eye) or cerebral
  • 44% had eye movement abnormalities due to injury to parts of the brain that control eye movements
  • 28% had visual field loss, listed in order of frequency - hemianopia (cerebral), quadrantanopia (cerebral) and scotomas (small blind spots)
  • 27% had visual inattention - these were always cerebral
  • 5% had detectable visual perception disorders while the patients were in hospital, but it is likely that more subtle perceptual challenges may emerge later, during recovery

In IVIS-e

  • 54% had impaired central vision
  • 43% had eye movement abnormalities
  • 41% had visual field loss
  • 36% had visual inattention
  • 5% had visual perception disorders

What we don't know is how many crossovers there were, for example how many of the patients with visual inattention also had visual perception disorders etcetera. …”

Siehe dazu auch:

Blogbuchgedanken – CVI

CVI-Begriffe

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“By identifying such high proportions of people with stroke developing visual challenges, this paper shows that vision testing after stroke is essential. This team has therefore developed international clinical guidelines for vision testing post-stroke. Their findings combine visual impairments from the eyes and the brain. … 

This work shows that it is time to raise awareness of CVI in stroke, so that people of all ages get the recognition, diagnosis and support they deserve.”

[Übersetzt in etwa: Da ein so hoher Anteil von Menschen nach einem Schlaganfall Sehprobleme entwickelt, zeigt diese Arbeit, dass Sehtests nach einem Schlaganfall unerlässlich sind. Das Team hat daher internationale klinische Leitlinien für Sehtests nach einem Schlaganfall entwickelt. Ihre Ergebnisse kombinieren Sehstörungen der Augen und des Gehirns. … 

Diese Arbeit zeigt, dass es an der Zeit ist, das Bewusstsein für CVI nach einem Schlaganfall zu schärfen, damit Menschen jeden Alters die Anerkennung, Diagnose und Unterstützung erhalten, die sie verdienen.]

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Siehe dazu auch den nachfolgenden Eintrag und:

Die weiteren Verlinkungen bei CVI Scotland

Und:

Ausserdem; Wahrnehmung; Sehen und Lernen 

Wunderwerk Gehirn – Hirnventrikel, Hirnsinus

Zum Nachdenken – Rautengrube

 

CVI Scotland Blogs & News

Yellowstone Blog 40 The ‘Girl Club’

https://cviscotland.org/news/yellowstone-blog-40-the-girl-club

“… When the social dynamics are this complicated, is it any wonder people struggle? …  

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CVI Scotland: This is really interesting, as we know issues with facial recognition and recognising facial expressions are associated with social issues. As you have explained in previous blogs. Here we have another association with social difficulties, not to do with faces but actually to do with dorsal stream dysfunction, the type of CVI that means a person struggles in crowded places and can only see one or two things in a visual scene at a time.

Yellowstone: To me, the link between social difficulties and dorsal stream dysfunction seems kind of obvious, although that might just be because I’ve lived it. …”

[Übersetzt in etwa:

CVI Scotland: Das ist wirklich interessant, da wir wissen, dass Probleme mit der Gesichtserkennung und der Erkennung von Gesichtsausdrücken mit sozialen Themen verbunden sind. Wie du es in früheren Blogs erklärt hast. Hier haben wir eine weitere Assoziation mit sozialen Schwierigkeiten, die nicht mit Gesichtern zu tun haben, sondern tatsächlich mit der Dysfunktion des dorsalen Stroms, der Art von CVI, die bedeutet, dass eine Person an überfüllten Orten Probleme hat und nur ein oder zwei Dinge einer visuellen Szene gleichzeitig sehen kann.

Yellowstone: Für mich scheint der Zusammenhang zwischen sozialen Schwierigkeiten und einer Dysfunktion des Dorsalstroms ziemlich offensichtlich zu sein, und was vielleicht nur einfach daran liegt, dass ich es erlebt habe. …]

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[[ “Nicola acquired CVI age 16, and before her brain injury, she was a popular girl. After her injury she became a ‘social outcast’ (Nicola McDowell’s Blog 12).”

Link: https://cviscotland.org/news/nicola-mcdowells-blog-13-11-09-2017

MeToo? - Siehe dazu auch:

Ausserdem; Zum Nachdenken – Schockformen, Schockerlebnisse ]]

 

Zum Nachdenken …

Via Aspies e. V. – Selbsthilfeforum – Neurologische Vielfalt

[2020] Face individual identity recognition: a potential endophenotype in autism

Minio-Paluello I, Porciello G, Pascual-Leone A, Baron-Cohen S. Face individual identity recognition: a potential endophenotype in autism. Mol Autism. 2020 Oct 21;11(1):81. doi: 10.1186/s13229-020-00371-0. PMID: 33081830; PMCID: PMC7576748.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7576748/ 

„…Difficulties in face individual identity recognition are present in autistic individuals and their family members and are possibly linked to oxytocin polymorphisms in families with an autistic child. …“

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Siehe dazu auch:

Aktuelles – Empty-Sella-Syndrom (ESS) und Hypopituitarismus: Ein Denkmodell

 

Zum Nachdenken …

Profiles in Nonverbal Learning Disability, Academic Skills, and Psychiatric Diagnoses in Children

Margolis AE, DeRosa J, Kang M, et al. Profiles in Nonverbal Learning Disability, Academic Skills, and Psychiatric Diagnoses in Children. JAMA Network Open. 2025 Oct;8(10):e2533848. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.33848. PMID: 41032301; PMCID: PMC12489661.

https://europepmc.org/article/MED/41032301

Aus dem Fulltext:

„… Neuroimaging studies have used criteria focused on visual-spatial deficits, identifying disruptions in related brain circuits. In 2025, a working group proposed updated diagnostic criteria focused on these deficits, renaming the condition developmental visual-spatial disorder (DVSD). … 

Across profiles, visual-spatial reasoning was linked with functional outcomes—math, fine-motor, social, and EF skills—highlighting the importance of assessing distinct dimensions of visual-spatial ability. …”

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Siehe dazu auch:

Die Nonverbale Lernstörung

Bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichtsprachliche_Lernst%C3%B6rung

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_learning_disorder

Und zum Nachdenken:

Blogbuchgedanken – Schizophrenie

 

MIA-History – zum Nachdenken …

[2014] Early Brain Injury and Autism

https://www.madinamerica.com/2014/09/early-brain-injury-autism/

„…’Problems in cerebellar function (whether caused by injury or genetic mechanisms) aren’t the cause of autism, but they are potentially a significant cause of autism.’ …“

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Kleinhirn/Cerebellum - Infos bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleinhirn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebellum

[Clinical significance]

Und siehe dazu auch:

[Eintrag 03.10.2025]

Aktuelles – Autismus-Theorie (Auf der Suche nach einer Autismus-Theorie)

Wunderwerk Gehirn – Kleinhirn, Kleinhirnstiele, Kleinhirnwurm, Kleinhirnkerne

Gedankensplitter – ‚Layer to layer‘

 

 

 

Autismus, Schizophrenie, Psychiatrie …

 

01.10.2025

Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis

Zhang, X., Grove, J., Gu, Y. et al. Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09542-6

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09542-6

„Although autism has historically been conceptualized as a condition that emerges in early childhood, many autistic people are diagnosed later in life. … These findings provide further support for the hypothesis that the umbrella term ‘autism’ describes multiple phenomena with differing aetiologies, developmental trajectories and correlations with mental-health conditions. These findings have implications for how we conceptualize neurodevelopment more broadly, and for understanding diagnosis, sex and gender differences, and co-occurring health profiles in autism.“

[Übersetzt in etwa: Obwohl Autismus in der Vergangenheit als eine Erkrankung konzipiert wurde, die in der frühen Kindheit auftritt, werden viele autistische Menschen erst später im Leben diagnostiziert. …

Unsere Ergebnisse stützen die Hypothese, dass der Oberbegriff ‚Autismus‘ mehrere Phänomene mit unterschiedlichen Ätiologien, Entwicklungsverläufen und Korrelationen mit psychischen Erkrankungen beschreibt. Diese Ergebnisse haben Auswirkungen darauf, wie wir die neurologische Entwicklung im weiteren Sinne konzeptualisieren, und auf das Verständnis von Diagnose, Geschlecht und Geschlechtsunterschieden und gleichzeitig auftretenden Gesundheitsprofilen bei Autismus.]

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Siehe dazu auch:

Aktuelles – 1. Neue ‚Konzepte‘ wären hilfreich …

Aktuelles – Autismus-Theorie (Auf der Suche nach einer Autismus-Theorie …) 

 

01.10.2025

[[ Eine interessante Analyse, zum Nachdenken: ]]

Effects of Tea (Camellia sinensis) or its Bioactive Compounds l-Theanine or l-Theanine plus Caffeine on Cognition, Sleep, and Mood in Healthy Participants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Payne ER, Aceves-Martins M, Dubost J, Greyling A, de Roos B. Effects of Tea (Camellia sinensis) or its Bioactive Compounds l-Theanine or l-Theanine plus Caffeine on Cognition, Sleep, and Mood in Healthy Participants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Nutrition Reviews. 2025 Oct;83(10):1873-1891. DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuaf054. PMID: 40314930; PMCID: PMC12422004.

https://europepmc.org/article/MED/40314930

Conclusions: This meta-analysis provides evidence that theanine plus caffeine, and theanine alone, could be beneficial for cognitive and mood outcomes. More research using tea beverages or tea-equivalent bioactive doses and research in free-living participants is needed.“

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Ein interessanter Punkt aus dem Fulltext:

„…In children with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), 400 mg theanine per day for 6 weeks, compared with a placebo, significantly improved objective sleep parameters (the percentage of time spent in restful sleep and occasions of night-time activity).https://europepmc.org/article/MED/40314930#nuaf054-B65 [Ref. 65] …

In children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 1 studyhttps://europepmc.org/article/MED/40314930#nuaf054-B56 [Ref. 56] reported that objective sleep parameters were not significantly different between the oolong tea and placebo conditions, or the green tea and placebo conditions. …“  

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Ref. 56:

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised-designed GABA tea study in children diagnosed with autism spectrum conditions: a feasibility study clinical trial registration: ISRCTN 72571312

Hannant P, Cassidy S, Renshaw D, Joyce A. A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised-designed GABA tea study in children diagnosed with autism spectrum conditions: a feasibility study clinical trial registration: ISRCTN 72571312. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2021 Jan;24(1):45-61. DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.2019.1588486. PMID: 31060476.

Objective: …Brain GABA levels are decreased in ASC. This study explored the effect of introducing a non-invasive GABA substitute, in the form of GABA Oolong tea, on sensorimotor skills, ASC profiles, anxieties and sleep of children with ASC.

Conclusions: These results suggest that sensorimotor abilities, anxiety levels and DSM-5 symptomology of children with ASC can benefit from the administration of GABA in the form of Oolong tea.“

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Ref. 65:

The effects of L-theanine (Suntheanine®) on objective sleep quality in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Lyon MR, Kapoor MP, Juneja LR. The effects of L-theanine (Suntheanine®) on objective sleep quality in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Alternative Medicine Review : a Journal of Clinical Therapeutic. 2011 Dec;16(4):348-354. PMID: 22214254.

Conclusions: This study demonstrates that 400 mg daily of L-theanine is safe and effective in improving some aspects of sleep quality in boys diagnosed with ADHD. Since sleep problems are a common co-morbidity associated with ADHD, and because disturbed sleep may be linked etiologically to this disorder, L-theanine may represent a safe and important adjunctive therapy in childhood ADHD. Larger, long-term studies looking at the wider therapeutic role of this agent in this population are warranted.“

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Siehe dazu auch:

Blogbuchgedanken – Zolpidem/GABA

 

01.10.2025

Evolutionary psychiatry and the activities of the relevant WPA Section

Abed R, Swanepoel A, O'Connell H. Evolutionary psychiatry and the activities of the relevant WPA Section. World Psychiatry : Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA). 2025 Oct;24(3):456-457. DOI: 10.1002/wps.21370. PMID: 40948038; PMCID: PMC12434374.

https://europepmc.org/article/MED/40948038

„…Many have considered the biopsychosocial model originally proposed by Engel [Ref. 5] to be in need of review and updating. One way of achieving this could be the incorporation of an evolutionary dimension through subjecting Engel's three levels (the bio, psycho and social) to Tinbergen's four causal domains (mechanism, development, phylogeny and function). We argue that this ‚evo‐biopsychosocial model‘ may provide a more coherent, scientifically complete and philosophically sound model of mental disorder (and of disease and disorder generally) [Ref. 6] . …“

Ref. 6:

Evolutionary theory can advance and revitalise the biopsychosocial model

Abed R, Hunt A, St John-Smith P. Evolutionary theory can advance and revitalise the biopsychosocial model. The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science. 2024 Oct;225(4):424-426. DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2024.87. PMID: 39308246.

https://europepmc.org/article/MED/39308246

„…Here we report on recent updates integrating evolutionary theory with the biopsychosocial model to provide a more comprehensive and scientifically complete approach to understanding the multiple relevant levels of causation of medical and psychiatric problems.“

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Aus dem Fulltext, zum Nachdenken:

„…[George] Engel was a gastroenterologist who had undergone psychoanalysis, and his proposed model was aimed at medicine generally, but primarily became influential in psychiatry. Engel proposed that the biomedical model, in exclusively considering processes below the level of the individual's psychological and social circumstances, was ‘critically ignorant’. Thus, even a perfect understanding of changes in neurobiology associated with a given mental disorder, such as depression, could miss important aetiological factors of these changes such as bereavement, loss of job, bankruptcy. Also, …

Engel's BPSM sought to re-establish the importance of psychosocial factors to clinicians. Engel's primary aim was unifying psychoanalysis with biomedicine. …

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In evolutionary biology, ethologist Nikolaas Tinbergen's ‘four questions’ (expanding upon Ernst Mayr's earlier proximate/ultimate causation distinction) are widely recognised for their systematic asking of distinct questions about causation from within the framework of evolutionary theory. In understanding the cause of an animal's behaviour, we can ask about its precipitating psychological and neurological state, its developmental history and experiences, the adaptive function of relevant behaviours and the phylogenetic roots of the behaviour. Tinbergen thus distinguished proximate questions of mechanism and development (the answers to ‘how’ questions) from ultimate questions of phylogeny and function (the answers to ‘why’ questions) (Table 1). …“

Table 2: Twelve evobiopsychosocial model questions

Table 3: Nesse's S.O.C.I.A.L. and Troisi's G.O.A.L. systems

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Infos bei Wikipedia:

George Engel

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_L._Engel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_L._Engel

Daraus: „His ideas came to be termed as the biopsychosocial model.[6]

The fundamental assumption of the biopsychosocial model is that health and illness are consequences of the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors. This concept is particularly important in health psychology.[8] …“

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopsychosocial_model

Daraus: „Biopsychosocial model vs. Biomedical model

The biomedical model, which was historically prevalent, takes a reductionist approach by focusing on biological factors and treating diseases through medical interventions.[13] It sees diseases as isolated physical abnormalities.

While this approach was once deemed sufficient, research within psychology and the social sciences cast doubt on its effectiveness.[14]

The biopsychosocial model adopts a holistic viewpoint, acknowledging the complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in shaping health and illness.[13] It sees diseases as outcomes of dynamic interactions among various dimensions. The model emphasizes the interconnectedness of these dimensions, recognizing their mutual influence on an individual's health. …

Treatment under the biopsychosocial model is comprehensive, involving medical, psychological, and social interventions to address overall well-being.[15] …

After publication, the biopsychosocial model was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2002 as a basis for the International Classification of Function.[70]“

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In der deutschen Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopsychosoziale_Medizin

Daraus: „Auf den ersten Lehrstuhl für biopsychosoziale Medizin im deutschen Sprachraum wurde 2011 Josef W. Egger an der Medizinischen Universität Graz berufen. Biopsychosoziale Medizin ist zum Leitbild dieser Universität erhoben worden und bildet heute auch an anderen Medizinischen Universitäten und Fakultäten (z. B. Heidelberg, Berlin, Groningen, Leiden, Bologna u.v. a.) die Grundlage für eine deutlich stärkere Beachtung der ‚sprechenden Medizin‘ in der Ärzteausbildung.“

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Nikolaas Tinbergen

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaas_Tinbergen

Daraus: „Bei jedem Lebensphänomen, forderte Tinbergen, sollten die später so genannten Vier Grundfragen der Biologischen Forschung gestellt werden. Sie wurden von Tinbergen The Four Whys genannt und betreffen die proximaten und ultimaten Ursachen des Verhaltens (proximate causes und ultimate causes).“

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In der englischen Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaas_Tinbergen

Tinbergens‘ four questions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinbergen%27s_four_questions

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Dazu bitte auch lesen, zum Nachdenken:

1.

New Research Suggests Early Childhood Behavior May Predict Cluster A Personality Disorders

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/early-childhood-factors-tied-to-later-schizoid-and-schizotypal-traits/

„…the current research seeks to untangle how certain childhood traits and experiences interact with social environments: how parental and peer responses to oddity, withdrawal, or low self-esteem can reinforce or magnify those traits, and how these patterns may harden into difficulties with functioning and well-being in adolescence. …“

Infos bei Wikipedia:

Persönlichkeitsstörung - Cluster A

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pers%C3%B6nlichkeitsst%C3%B6rung

[Cluster-Einteilung der PS]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_personality_disorders#Cluster_A

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“How Are You?” The Strangest Question to ask in a Psychiatric Hospital

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/how-are-you-the-strangest-question-to-ask-in-a-psychiatric-hospital/

„…The world of psychiatry has a whole separate language that shapes mental health settings, including psychiatric hospitals. “How are you?” becomes shorthand for ‘I need to tick this box’ as opposed to genuine curiosity. That is not to say that mental health professionals don’t care, but that for a patient to receive treatment, boxes must be ticked in relevant categories for diagnosis. …“

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Siehe dazu auch:

Eintrag 07.10.2025

 

03.10.2025

[[ Zum Nachdenken: Ein Eingriff mit weitreichenden Folgen … ]]

Nasotracheal Intubation in Extreme Prematurity and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cautionary Tale

Junges C, Garfinkle J, Oskoui M. Nasotracheal Intubation in Extreme Prematurity and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cautionary Tale. Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2025 ;2025:3005450. DOI: 10.1155/crpe/3005450. PMID: 41079043; PMCID: PMC12513784.

https://europepmc.org/article/MED/41079043

„…Traumatic nasal intubation with injury to the cribriform plate and tract through the right cerebral hemisphere occurred. Now at 10 years of age, he has left hemiplegic cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and externalizing disruptive behavior. This case highlights a potential complication of nasal intubation in preterm infants and the importance of considering this in choosing the route of intubation in preterm infants.“ 

[Übersetzt in etwa: …Es kam zu einer traumatischen nasalen Intubation mit Verletzung des Siebbeins und der Leitungsbahn durch die rechte Gehirnhälfte. Jetzt, im Alter von 10 Jahren, hat er eine halbseitige Zerebralparese, eine Autismus-Spektrum-Störung, eine geistige Behinderung und externalisierendes störendes Verhalten. Dieser Fall verdeutlicht eine mögliche Komplikation der nasalen Intubation bei Frühgeborenen und wie wichtig es ist, dies bei der Wahl des Intubationsweges bei Frühgeborenen zu berücksichtigen.]

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Infos bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siebbein

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cribriform_plate

Und siehe dazu auch:

Aktuelles – CP/Zerebralparese

Gedankensplitter – Bulbus olfactorius

 

04.10.2025

A Call for Evidence-Based, Fear-Free Practice

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/a-call-for-evidence-based-fear-free-practice/

“…the few available studies show that people who do not seek treatment fare well in the longer term. And as repeatedly pointed out above, treatment with antidepressants hardly outperforms treatment with placebo, at least for the majority of patients. Thus, instead of spreading fear we should provide hope. …

Scientists need to do better by separating beliefs from evidence and by embracing facts, uncertainty, and critical views.“

[Übersetzt in etwa: …die wenigen verfügbaren Studien zeigen, dass es Menschen, die sich nicht behandeln lassen, längerfristig gut geht. Und wie oben immer wieder betont, übertrifft die Behandlung mit Antidepressiva die Behandlung mit Placebo kaum, zumindest bei der Mehrzahl der Patienten. Anstatt also Angst zu verbreiten, sollten wir Hoffnung geben. …

Wissenschaftler müssen es besser machen, und Überzeugungen von Beweisen trennen und bereit sein, sich mit Fakten, Unsicherheiten und kritischen Ansichten auseinanderzusetzen.]

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Dazu bitte auch lesen:

Controversial Paxil “Study 329” Earns Expression of Concern After Critic Sues Publisher

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/controversial-paxil-study-329-earns-expression-of-concern-after-critic-sues-publisher/

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Und siehe auch:

Einträge 08., 22.und 29.10.2025

 

07.10.2025

Psychiatric Labels Confine More Than They Clarify, Researchers Argue

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/psychiatric-labels-confine-more-than-they-clarify-researchers-argue/

„A new article reviews evidence that diagnostic categories shape identity and worsen outcomes, calling for alternatives to fixed labels. …

The article, by Lars Veldmeijer, Gijs Terlouw, Nynke Boonstra, and Jim van Os, draws on systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and cohort studies to show how diagnostic terms influence identity, public perception, and clinical practice.

“Psychiatric diagnostic labels can no longer be considered as mere neutral descriptors,” they write. “Instead, it is safe to say that diagnostic labels shape reality in problematic ways.”

Open access:

Opening doors or building cages? The adverse consequences of psychiatric diagnostic labels

Lars Veldmeijer, Gijs Terlouw, Nynke Boonstra, Jim van Os

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102076

Abstract: „…Academic psychiatry and psychology must therefore learn to resist the temptation to reduce human complexity to fixed labels, provide accurate information when labels are applied, consider to separate diagnoses from experienced distress, recognize patients’ experiences as legitimate perspectives, and, most importantly, develop the conceptual competence to design and integrate alternative human-centered approaches that go beyond diagnosis-centric practices.“

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Aus dem Fulltext – Inhalt:

- Research into the potential adverse consequences of psychiatric diagnostic labels

- The adverse consequences of labels on self-conception

- The adverse consequences of labels on public perception and social behavior

- Opening doors or building cages?

„…In the article, we have also established that, given the highly complex nature of mental distress, psychiatric diagnoses instead have become rigid constructs that define and confine human experiences. For instance, many still believe diagnostic labels explain mental distress. …

The systematic interpretation and explanation of mental distress as individual fixable biological or psychological malfunctions make people with mental distress vulnerable to hermeneutical injustice; it downplays the importance of people's unique perspectives and sensemaking of their experiences, which very well may differ from dominant narratives in contemporary psychiatry. …

To improve psychiatric care, frameworks that allow a focus on individual narratives and the contexts in which they arise need to be designed, tested, and implemented. …“

- Conclusion

„…Acknowledging that labels, which are all too easy to construct but far less easy to dismantle, tend to shape reality, is the first step in doing better.“

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Siehe dazu auch:

Diskussionsseite – Zuschreibungen

 

07.10.2025

An Open Letter to Those I Love Whose Neurotypical Privilege Keeps Them from Seeing What They Need to See

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/an-open-letter-to-those-i-love-whose-neurotypical-privilege-keeps-them-from-seeing-what-they-need-to-see/

„…If you have privilege, that’s not a bad thing, but it is a reason to think more, learn more, and consider more about those things you aren’t forced because of your own life experiences and circumstances to think about, learn about, and consider. That’s what I’m saying in this open letter to my friends to everyone who reads this piece. …

Think more about us. …

Learn more about us, including our present struggles and attacks on our human rights. Learn about our history and the history of psychiatric treatment in this country. It’s your history, too, because history is something that informs all of us and that all of us share. …”

[Übersetzt in etwa: …Privilegien zu haben, ist das keine schlechte Sache, aber es sollte ein Grund sein, mehr nachzudenken, mehr zu lernen und mehr über die Dinge nachzudenken, über die du aufgrund deiner eigenen Lebenserfahrungen und Umstände nicht nachdenken musst ...Das ist es, was ich in diesem offenen Brief an meine Freunde und allen, die diesen Artikel lesen, sagen möchte. …

Dass sie mehr an uns denken sollen. …

Mehr über uns erfahren sollen, einschließlich unserer aktuellen Kämpfe und Angriffe auf unsere Menschenrechte. Über unsere Geschichte und die Geschichte der psychiatrischen Behandlung in diesem Land. Weil es auch ihre Geschichte ist, denn Geschichte ist etwas, das wir alle teilen. …]

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“And finally: …Consider your assumptions. Consider your silence. Consider the ways in which you may be complicit or complaint or just plain ignorant but don’t have to be.“

[Übersetzt in etwa: Und schließlich: …Denkt über eure Annahmen nach. Denkt an euer Schweigen. Denkt darüber nach, wie ihr euch mitschuldig macht oder ihr einfach nur ignorant seid, es aber nicht sein müsstet.]

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Siehe dazu auch:

Diskussionsseite – Zuschreibungen

Was uns hilft; Was uns nicht hilft

Zuletzt noch ein Wunsch

 

08.10.2025 – 1.

Medical Organizations Turn Blind Eye to Harms of Maternal Antidepressant Use: A Conversation With Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/medical-organizations-turn-blind-eye-to-harms-maternal-antidepressant-use/

„…Here is where we are today. That FDA hearing put two narratives on public display, and most media reports embraced the narrative put forth by the medical organizations. What we will do today is review the evidence that exists on this topic and the response by the medical guilds to a public airing of that evidence. …”

Ein paar Aussagen daraus, zum Nachdenken:

Urato: „…Serotonin plays a crucial role in fetal development. These SSRI chemicals disrupt the serotonin system. We would expect to find complications with them and impacts on fetal development. That’s exactly what the studies are now showing. …

These drugs absolutely impact and disrupt fetal brain development. From a basic science standpoint, we can see the impact of SSRIs when we look at individual neurons. …

There have now been 12 consecutive MRI studies showing the impact from these medications on the brain. There are also EEG studies, three of them now, that have been done in babies or children exposed to SSRIs in utero, showing different brainwave patterns and different connectivity. …”

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Moncrieff: “People need to know it when they’re considering starting an antidepressant, don’t they? I mean, a young woman in her twenties may have no idea about having a baby in the foreseeable future, but 10 years down the line, she might well be thinking of that, and she might still be on that antidepressant and then really struggle to get off it. …

MRIs have enabled us to see quite subtle changes in the brain, and we can detect them when people are on antipsychotics. There are one or two studies suggesting there might be similar changes with antidepressants. …

We’re actually putting chemicals into the brain whose effects we do not properly understand. We shouldn’t be surprised if we see harmful consequences down the line. …

I think that we can see that these effects on the fetus may have long-term effects on sexual functioning, but also on emotional experience. …”

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[Withdrawal from the drug:]

Urato: “…The babies come out, and they’re not doing well. It’s a problem for the baby. It’s a problem for the mom and the parents now that they’ve got the baby who’s having this difficulty. …On the FDA label, it says it may be withdrawal, but it also may be direct toxicity. In fact, the ultrasound studies would suggest that it’s direct toxicity because we’re seeing these agitated, or jittery movements. …”

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[Withdrawal symptoms – downplayed in adults as well:]

Moncrieff: “I hear a lot of stories about how awful antidepressant withdrawal is, particularly when people are discontinued abruptly from something that they’ve been on for a while, and the thought of a newborn baby having to endure the extreme discomfort that people describe—it can be extreme restlessness, dizziness, sickness, headaches, and brain fog. I don’t know what that feels like for a newborn, but people describe extreme discomfort. So, you would think that the extreme discomfort that a newborn baby feels is going to be even more extreme than that which an adult feels on withdrawal. …”  

Urato: “…why it’s so important that this message gets out to the public, the general public, and to providers who take care of women of childbearing age, because it’s really something that needs to be discussed with a young woman of childbearing age prior to starting the medication. …”

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Moncrieff: “…Another thing we haven’t mentioned is the fact that taking antidepressants is associated with fetal malformations. The association between some antidepressants, like paroxetine, and fetal malformations, again, is not disputed. I was absolutely shocked to see that statement that they are safe, because I don’t think anyone who knows that they’re going to increase your risk of having a major fetal malformation would consider that to be safe. …”  

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Whitaker: “And I’m asking you both, as members in these professions, do these professional societies believe this, or do they know they’re lying?”

Moncrieff: “There’s a knee-jerk reaction to defend the status quo, to defend current practice. And I think raising this question and really highlighting the evidence of, as Adam says, the chemical effects on developing brains that are produced by antidepressants, is one of those really scary topics that the profession wants to shut down so that current practice, which is doling out these drugs without anyone worrying about them too much, can continue.”

Urato: “I agree with that. I don’t want to speak poorly of my colleagues, but I think that professional medical associations, by and large, currently in our society function more as a branch of the pharmaceutical industry than they do in their actual role to protect and defend and inform the public. …”

Moncrieff: “…I think this whole idea that depression is a medical condition and that medical treatments are the right way to go has become crucially important to the identity of psychiatry. It’s really, really challenged by things that question it. Our paper on the serotonin theory of depression questioned it. This discussion of the effects of antidepressants in pregnancy also really questioned it.”

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Whitaker: “I have to say from my perspective, Mad in America is really focused on the sense that the public has been fed a false narrative around psychiatric diagnoses and treatments. And it’s a betrayal of the psychiatric profession to not be honest communicators of their own research, because the research is there, and they’re not honest in their presentation of that to the public. …

As a society, one of the fundamental things we should be doing is trying to maximize the potential of those children who are born. And here we are not doing that. …”  

Urato: “…I think, as a closing note for me, again, would be just to get back to trying to get people to realize that medications are chemicals, and these chemicals are going to have chemical effects. Chemicals have consequences. To keep that in mind and to really look into whatever you’re taking and putting into your body, and during pregnancy, that are going into the fetus.”

Moncrieff: “…I thought Adam put it very well. Ideally, physicians should be in that middle point, acting as a barrier between pharmaceutical company propaganda and the patient. They should be able to provide the prospective patient with an informed and balanced view of the evidence. …

There’s an ideology out there, isn’t there, that depression is a medical condition, that medical treatments like antidepressants are inherently benign and effective. It’s heresy to question this. It’s stigmatizing and hurtful to people if you dare to suggest that things might actually be different. It’s not just the medical professional, the pharmaceutical industry, lots and lots of people have jumped on this bandwagon and are promoting this view.”

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Whitaker: “I thank you both for joining us here today. I commend your bravery in doing so, Hopefully, this can be a little bit of note, out there in the world of information, that provides a counter to that conventional narrative.”

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Zum Nachdenken …

Thalidomid und der Contergan-Skandal:

Die Folgen waren deutlich zu sehen …

Bitte lesen bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomid

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contergan-Skandal

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal

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Und siehe dazu auch:

Eintrag 16.10.2025

 

08.10.2025 – 2.

Psychotropic drugs behind bars: the Italian penitentiary system

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/psychotropic-drugs-behind-bars-the-italian-penitentiary-system/

From Mad in Italy. – Aus der Übersetzung:

„…The question that runs through the article is profound and uncomfortable: can psychiatry be a tool for treatment in a context that denies freedom, dignity, and connection? And what does ‘treatment’ mean today in a system that prioritizes sedation over understanding emotional distress?

The article invites us to radically rethink the role of psychiatry in prison, to restore its relational, narrative, and community-based vocation. It is a call for clinical, political, and human responsibility.“

[Übersetzt in etwa: …Die Frage, die im Artikel durchgehend gestellt wird, ist tiefgründig und unbequem: Kann Psychiatrie ein Instrument der Behandlung sein, in einem Kontext, der Freiheit, Würde und das Bedürfnis nach Verbundenheit leugnet? Und was bedeutet ‚Behandlung‘ heute in einem System, in dem Sedierung wichtiger ist als das Verstehen emotionaler Belastungen?

Der Artikel lädt uns ein, die Rolle der Psychiatrie in Gefängnissen radikal zu überdenken, um eine beziehungsbezogene, narrative und gemeinschaftsbasierte Berufung wiederherzustellen. Es ist ein Aufruf zu klinischer, politischer und menschlicher Verantwortung.]

 

09.10.2025

DSM: Improve, Trash, Replace, or None of the Above?

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/dsm-improve-trash-replace-or-none-of-the-above/

DSM has been with us since, believe it or not, 1952, and we’re now on the fifth version. And it has lots of problems. …

Most clinicians are and were well aware that many diagnoses were still vague, not specific, didn’t point to a treatment that worked. And that problem has not gone away. …”

[Übersetzt in etwa: Das DSM gibt es, ob man es glaubt oder nicht, seit 1952, und wir sind jetzt bei der fünften Version. Und es gibt viele Probleme damit. …

Die meisten Kliniker sind und waren sich bewusst, dass viele Diagnosen vage und nicht spezifisch sind und auch nicht auf eine wirksame Behandlung hindeuten. Und dieses Problem besteht nach wie vor. …]

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The patient has to feel that the person sitting across from them is making a good-faith effort to understand without making wrong assumptions. …“

[Übersetzt in etwa: Der Patient muss das Gefühl haben, dass die Person, die ihm gegenübersitzt, in gutem Glauben bemüht ist, ihn zu verstehen, und keine falschen Annahmen treffen wird. …]

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Zu DSM siehe auch:

Tagebuchnotizen-02-2022, Eintrag 09.02.2022 – 4. und Eintrag 17.02.2022

Tagebuchnotizen-04-2022, Einträge:

06.04.2022, 19.04.2022, 25.04.2022 – 2., 27.04.2022

Fundstücke-09-2025, Eintrag 12.09.2025 – 2. und Eintrag 20.09.2025

Fundstücke-07-2024, Eintrag 25.07.2024

Fundstücke-08-2024, Eintrag 15. und 18.08.2024

Fundstücke-03-2025, Eintrag 14. und 20.03.2025

Etc. …

Bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders

[(Bezug zur ICD); Kritik: Symptomorientierte, reduktionistische Fehler; Mangelnde Unabhängigkeit aufgrund finanzieller Unterstützung durch Pharmafirmen; Mangelnde Transparenz, wissenschaftliche Kontrolle und Kritik; Zuverlässigkeit der Diagnose; Mangelnde Berücksichtigung der Ursachen; Willkürliche Abgrenzungen; Fehlerhafte Berücksichtigung kultureller Umstände]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders

[(Distinction from ICD); Criticisms: Reliability and validity; Diagnosis based on superficial symptoms; Obscuring root causes; Overdiagnosis; Dividing lines; Cultural bias; Medicalization and financial conflicts of interest; Potential harm of labels]

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Und siehe auch:

Diskussionsseite – Zuschreibungen

 

10.10.2025

Facing the Truth About World Mental Health Day

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/facing-the-truth-about-world-mental-health-day/

By Mad in the UK:   

„…Almost a decade on, I hoped that by now things might look different.

They don’t. Not in the ways that matter. The same biomedical story* still dominates. The same industries still profit. And the same tired messages are rolled out every October under the banner of ‘awareness’. …“

[Übersetzt in etwa: …Ich hatte gehofft, dass die Dinge jetzt anders aussehen würden. Das tun sie aber nicht. Nicht auf die Art und Weise, auf die es ankommt. Die gleiche ‚biomedizinische Erzählung‘* dominiert immer noch. Die gleichen Branchen profitieren immer noch. Und die gleichen müden Botschaften werden jeden Oktober unter dem Banner ‚Bewusstsein‘ verbreitet. …]

* Siehe dazu auch: Eintrag 01.10.2025

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„But what has changed since that 2017 blog is us. The collective voice that refuses to collude has grown louder and more connected. Many more critical individuals, groups and organisations are demanding to be heard. …  

Distress is not a defect. Emotional pain is not a symptom of disease.“

[Übersetzt in etwa: Aber was sich seit diesem Blog von 2017 geändert hat, das sind wir. Die kollektive Stimme, die sich weigert, zu konspirieren, ist lauter und vernetzter geworden. Viele weitere kritische Personen, Gruppen und Organisationen verlangen, gehört zu werden. … 

Distress* ist kein Defekt. Emotionaler Schmerz ist kein Symptom einer Krankheit.]

* Übersetzungen für Distress: Not, Notlage, Bedrängnis, Leid, Kummer, Verzweiflung, Trübsal, Sorge, Schmerz, Bekümmerung, Bestürzung …

 

16.10.2025

Lemmings Don’t; Humans Do

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/lemmings-dont-humans-do/

“Humanity has been given the blueprint for the good society many times. We could stop being Calhoun’s rats by following the message of all the great religions and philosophies, which has been validated by decades of research in positive psychology. That is, you can work for a survivable world, and one worth surviving in, whether you are an atheist or follow any religion. …”

[Übersetzt in etwa: Der Menschheit wurde viele Male die Blaupause für eine gute Gesellschaft gegeben. Wir könnten aufhören, Calhouns Ratten zu sein, indem wir der Botschaft aller großen Religionen und Philosophien folgen, die durch jahrzehntelange Forschung in der positiven Psychologie bestätigt wurde. Das heißt, wir können für eine Welt arbeiten, für eine Welt, in der es sich zu überleben lohnt, egal ob man Atheist ist oder einer Religion folgt. …]

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“The theme of Mad in America is to get psychiatry off its drug addiction. Big Pharma is part of the assault of all life on Earth, and we need to fight it personally, and in an organized way. I hope I have described the method.“

[Übersetzt in etwa: Das Thema von Mad in America ist es, die Psychiatrie von ihrer ‚Drogensucht‘ zu befreien. Big Pharma ist Teil des Angriffs auf alles Leben auf der Erde, den wir bekämpfen müssen. Ich hoffe, dass es mir gelungen ist, die dazu nötige Methode anschaulich zu beschreiben.]

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„…replacing a global culture of greed and hate with one of compassion, decency, cooperation. …“ The author: Bob Rich

[…die globale Kultur der Gier und des Hasses durch eine Kultur des Mitgefühls, des Anstands und der Zusammenarbeit ersetzen. …]

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Big Pharma: Bitte lesen bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmahersteller

[Kritik]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry

Daraus: “The pharmaceutical industry has faced extensive criticism for its marketing practices, including undue influence on physicians through pharmaceutical sales representatives, biased continuing medical education, and disease mongering to expand markets. …”

[Controversies: Drug marketing and lobbying; Medication pricing; Regulatory issues; Pharmaceutical fraud; Physician roles …]

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Und siehe dazu auch:

Eintrag 08.10.2025 – 1.

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Infos zu John B. Calhoun bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Calhoun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Calhoun

Daraus: „His supporters later claimed he was anticipating the development of the World Wide Web.”

 

17.10.2025

What human rights really means in mental health law

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/what-human-rights-really-means-in-mental-health-law/

From Mad in Ireland:

“Quoting UN Special Rapporteur Dainius Pūras, Ms Griffin said ‘Mental health policies and services are in crisis – not a crisis of chemical imbalances, but of power imbalances

We need little short of a revolution in mental health care to end decades of neglect, abuse and violence.’”

[Übersetzt in etwa: Unter Berufung auf den UN-Sonderberichterstatter Dainius Pūras sagte Ms. Griffin: ‚Sowohl die Politik als auch die Dienste im Bereich der mentalen Gesundheit befinden sich in einer Krise – aber nicht in einer Krise chemischer Ungleichgewichte, sondern in einer Krise des Machtungleich-gewichts ...

Wir brauchen nicht weniger als eine Revolution in der psychiatrischen Versorgung, um Jahrzehnte der Vernachlässigung, des Missbrauchs und der Gewalt zu beenden.]

[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. …“

[Übersetzt in etwa, gekürzt: …der Bericht fordert eine rasche Abkehr von ‚Zwang, Medikalisierung und Ausgrenzung‘ hin zu evidenzbasierten Therapien.

"Menschen können sich auch von schwersten psychischen Erkrankungen erholen und ein erfülltes und reiches Leben führen", fügt er hinzu. …]

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Siehe dazu auch:

Fundstücke-07-2025, Eintrag 17.07.2025

Etc.

 

20.10.2025

The Healing Powers of Nature

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/the-healing-powers-of-nature/

„…One holistic approach to treating folks with trauma histories is ecotherapy. Defined broadly, ecotherapy is a modality that incorporates nature as an element of healing. …For folks who struggle to fully trust, or attach, to a therapist, forming an attachment with nature can be revelatory. …

It is important to note that C-PTSD is in the ICD-11, which has led to more international research on ecotherapy and C-PTSD. …“

[Übersetzt in etwa: …Ein ganzheitlicher Ansatz zur Behandlung von Menschen mit einer Traumageschichte ist die Ökotherapie. …Für Menschen, die Schwierigkeiten haben, einem Therapeuten voll und ganz zu vertrauen oder sich an ihn zu binden, kann es eine Offenbarung sein, eine Bindung zur Natur aufzubauen. …

Es ist wichtig zu beachten, dass C-PTBS in der ICD-11 enthalten ist, und was zu mehr internationaler Forschung über Ökotherapie und C-PTBS geführt hat. …]

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C-PTBS – Infos bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komplexe_posttraumatische_Belastungsst%C3%B6rung

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_post-traumatic_stress_disorder

 

22.10.2025

Antidepressants Took Our Sex Lives Away — We Are Taking Them Back: Brooke Siem & Angie Peacock

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/antidepressants-took-our-sex-lives-away-we-are-taking-them-back-brooke-siem-angie-peacock/

Youtube-Video. - From Angie Peacock’s YouTube channel.

„In this candid and deeply personal conversation, Brooke Siem, author of the award-winning memoir, May Cause Side Effects and Angie Peacock, whose story was featured in the award-winning film, Medicating Normal, explore the complexities of #PSSD, sexuality, healing, and personal growth after long-term medication use. …“

[Übersetzt in etwa: In diesem offenen und zutiefst persönlichen Gespräch erkunden Brooke Siem, Autorin ihrer preisgekrönten Memoiren May Cause Side Effects, und Angie Peacock, deren Geschichte in dem preisgekrönten Film ‚Medicating Normal‘ zu sehen war, die Komplexität von #PSSD, Sexualität, Heilung und persönliches Wachstum nach langfristiger Einnahme von Medikamenten. …]

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PSSD – Infos bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-SSRI_Sexual_Dysfunction

Daraus: „Die Störung kann nach Absetzen des SSRI noch Monate bis Jahre andauern; in manchen Fällen bleibt sie permanent bestehen. Bereits eine Einnahmedauer von nur wenigen Tagen kann zu diesem Syndrom führen.“

[Anfängliches Unterschätzen der Häufigkeit sexueller Nebenwirkungen während der Einnahme; Ursachen;

Tierstudien: „…Es ist nicht auszuschließen, dass spätere verhaltensneurologische Folgen auch bei Menschen auftreten können, weil Kinder, die im Mutterleib SSRIs ausgesetzt waren, von keiner Studie über die frühe Kindheit hinaus untersucht worden sind.“;

Langzeitfolgen;

Verhältnis zur ‚Chemisches-Ungleichgewicht-Theorie‘: „…Es findet sich denn auch die Vermutung, dass SSRI chemische Ungleichgewichte und abnormale Gehirnzustände überhaupt erst verursachen. Ein möglicher Mechanismus, durch den dies geschehen kann, ist die Hemmung dopaminerger Neurotransmission, welche in den oben erwähnten Sexualstörungen resultiert.“;

Andere Medikamente und psychotrope Substanzen: „Auch Neuroleptika und andere Antidepressiva (z. B. Clomipramin) können erwiesenermaßen sexuelle Funktionsstörungen verursachen. …“]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor#Post-SSRI_sexual_dysfunction

[Side effects: [Akathisia*]; Sexual dysfunction; Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction: „… Reports of PSSD have occurred with almost every SSRI (dapoxetine is an exception). In 2019, the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended that packaging leaflets of selected SSRIs and SNRIs should be amended to include information regarding a possible risk of persistent sexual dysfunction. …”]

[ * Akathisie: Auch ein Thema, das noch zu wenig beachtet wird.

Siehe dazu auch:

Fundstücke-10-2024, Eintrag 06.10.2024:

MAKING MEDICINE SAFER FOR ALL OF US: Antidepressant Dysregulation Syndromes  

Akathisie/Akathisia

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akathisie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akathisia

[Causes: Medication induced]

Zu Akathisia siehe auch:

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 ]  

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Und dazu bitte auch lesen:

Overmedicated in America: Share Your Story

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/overmedicated-in-america-share-your-story/

„The Wall Street Journal is reporting on the overprescribing of psychiatric drugs in America. They would like to hear about your experiences and any stories they should look into. …“

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Interview with Jessica Fairfax Hirst: The Withdrawal First Aid Kit

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/interview-with-jessica-fairfax-hirst-the-withdrawal-first-aid-kit/

By Mad in Puerto Rico.

„…Hirst shares how her personal experience of withdrawal from psychotropic drugs evolved into a multidisciplinary work that combines objects, video, and performance, questioning biomedical discourses on mental health. From a critical and human perspective, the artist reflects on the power of art to make visible the effects of medicalization, the lack of information about withdrawal, and the parallels between the pharmaceutical industry, the climate crisis, and the colonial structures that sustain them. …“

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Und siehe dazu auch:

Eintrag 08.10., 29.10. und 31.10.2025

Aktuelles – Imbalances etc.

Fundstücke-04-2025, Eintrag 02.04.2025: 

Confessions of an Advertising Writer: How I Helped Pharma Sell Antidepressants

Fundstücke-06-2025, Eintrag 24.06.2025:

From Wounds to Labels to “Mental Illness”

 

28.10.2025

How do novelists write about characters who are experiencing emotional distress?

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/how-do-novelists-write-about-characters-who-are-experiencing-emotional-distress/

From Mad in the UK:

“…I hope my novel will contribute to an honest debate about ‘autism’ research in the 1930s and 40s. Adelheid tells us, in her own inimitable way, how these brave pioneers held true to their ideas and values, even as the net of fascism closed around them. …”

[Übersetzt in etwa: …Ich hoffe, dass mein Roman zu einer ehrlichen Debatte über die ‚Autismus‘-Forschung in den 1930er und 40er Jahren beitragen wird. Adelheid erzählt uns auf ihre unnachahmliche Weise, wie diese tapferen Pioniere* ihren Ideen und Werten treu blieben, selbst als sie vom Netz des Faschismus umschlossen waren. …]

* Diese tapferen Pioniere waren: Georg Frankl, Anni Weiss-Frankl, Sister Viktorine Zak, Dr. Josef Feldner – Siehe dazu auch in:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger

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Fundstücke-11-2024, Eintrag #Medizin-/Psychiatriegeschichte …

Fraisenanfälle -> Begriff aus dem Buch:

Herwig Czech - Hans Asperger und der Nationalsozialismus

Geschichte einer Verstrickung

Mit einem Vorwort von Peter Rödler; 2024 Psychosozial-Verlag, Gießen

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Und zu Hans Asperger:

Blogbuchgedanken – Hans Asperger, Archiv (-> Hans Asperger)

Nachtrag

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Bei Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_Spiegelgrund

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_Spiegelgrund_clinic

Etc.

 

29.10.2025

Psychiatric Drugs: The Real World is Where the Harms Live

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/psychiatric-drugs-the-real-world-is-where-the-harms-live/

A roundtable discussion between Brooke Siem, David Healy, Angie Peacock, David Antonuccio, and Kim Witzak

“We discuss the challenges of openly discussing psychiatric drug withdrawal, the meaning of informed consent, getting doctors to acknowledge medication-induced harm and much more. …”  

[Übersetzt in etwa: Wir sprechen über die Herausforderungen einer offenen Diskussion zum Thema Absetzen von Psychopharmaka, über die Bedeutung der Einwilligungserklärung, über die Anerkennung von medikamenteninduzierten Schäden durch Ärzte und vieles mehr. …]

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Siehe dazu auch den nachfolgenden Eintrag und:

Einträge 04., 08.10.2025 und #MeToo (unten)

 

31.10.2025

Establishing a network for safe tapering: Psychotropic drugs are not designed for quitting

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/establishing-a-network-for-safe-tapering-psychotropic-drugs-are-not-designed-for-quitting/

From Mad in Norway: “There is a great need for knowledge about tapering off psychiatric medications. Doctors know a lot about how to prescribe medications and increase doses, but face unexpected challenges when patients want to taper off and manage without the medications. …”

[Übersetzt in etwa: Es besteht ein großer Wissensbedarf zum Thema Ausschleichen/Absetzen von Psychopharmaka. Ärzte wissen zwar viel darüber, wie man Medikamente verschreibt und die Dosis erhöht, stehen aber vor unerwarteten Herausforderungen, wenn Patienten ihre Medikamente ausschleichen und ohne sie auskommen wollen. …]

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Aus der Übersetzung:

It seems like psychiatric drugs are being prescribed over the counter. But the road back to a drug-free life can be both long and painful. The Withdrawal Network offers support and knowledge along the way. …”

[Übersetzt in etwa: Es scheint, als würden Psychopharmaka ‚over the counter‘ verschrieben. Aber der Weg zurück zu einem medikamentenfreien Leben kann sowohl lang als auch schmerzhaft sein. Das ‚Withdrawal Network‘ bietet Unterstützung und Wissen für diesen Weg. …]

Mit Link zur Website:

The de-escalation network

Expertise and support network for tapering off psychiatric medications

 

 

 

#sichtbarwerden - Tag der nicht sichtbaren Beeinträchtigungen

https://www.kreis-reutlingen.de/sichtbarwerden

„…Unser Anliegen ist es, das Bewusstsein in der Gesellschaft für mehr Toleranz und Diversität zu schärfen und für die Belange von Menschen mit Behinderungen zu sensibilisieren. Die heutige Veranstaltung soll dazu beitragen, Menschen mit unsichtbaren Beeinträchtigungen und die Herausforderungen, die damit einhergehen in den Blick zu nehmen. Der Weg zu echter Inklusion ist nicht immer einfach. Aber er beginnt mit der Entscheidung, niemanden zu übersehen. wir wollen heute ein Zeichen setzen – für Verständnis, für Rücksichtnahme und für eine Gesellschaft, in der niemand sich verstecken oder erklären muss, um gesehen und respektiert zu werden", so Susanne Blum, Leiterin der Geschäftsstelle Inklusionskonferenz. …“

Mit Link zum Film #sichtbarwerden [35 Min.]

 

SWR Wissen – ARD Mediathek …

Wie tickt ein autistisches Gehirn?

https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr-wissen/wie-tickt-ein-autistisches-gehirn/swr/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzIyMjA5NjI

Video verfügbar bis 01.04.2030, 08:00 Uhr

Zum Nachdenken:

Jason, bekannt als ‚Wochenendrebell‘, ist Linkshänder.

Siehe dazu auch:

Blogbuchgedanken – Linkshändigkeit

Zum Nachdenken – Händigkeit

 

 

 

#MeTooInMentalHealth …

Sweltering in My Own Sour Breath

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/sweltering-in-my-own-sour-breath/

„…I then slipped into the deep dark tunnel of antidepressants, prescribed to me by him. The quack doctor had promised me it would thrust a passion for life under my skin. However, all I could feel was nightmares budding and leafing darkly from my nerve endings, swinging and rustling in the black air of my grief. …“

 

The power of psychiatry: Reflection

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/the-power-of-psychiatry-reflection/

From Mad in Finland. - Aus der Übersetzung:

“…Over the past years and decades, psychiatric medication has not only chronicized my psychological symptoms, but also paralyzed my general functional capacity. It has made me incapacitated for long periods of time and has had a detrimental effect on my physical health. …”

 

A Call from a Former Psychiatric Patient

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/a-call-from-a-former-psychiatric-patient/

From Mad in Denmark. – Aus der Übersetzung:

“I think it’s like that for a lot of us who haven’t gotten the help we thought we could get through public services. We’ve been left alone with it. It could be the person with a disability who lost the fight to get what they were entitled to. It could be the person with mental illness for whom the battle becomes too much, and you give up and let yourself be carried away by psychiatry’s stories about diseases of the brain.

…together we are David. We must share our stories …

A wise man once said: ‘People only fit into boxes when they are dead.’ …”

 

My PTSD Is Mine Only

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/my-ptsd-is-mine-only/

„…Science can replace a heart. A lung. A liver.

But sometimes it can’t cure eczema. Or a fungus under the nail.

How can we expect it to always know what to do with the soul?

I believe in the person who listens inward.

Who knows that while we’re all a little alike

we’re also entirely different.

Each of us is like a yellow wildflower growing in the middle of a manicured lawn.

Our pain is our own.

Our trauma is ours alone. …“

 

Reclaiming Myself After Lexapro

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/reclaiming-myself-after-lexapro/

„…I was going through a difficult time, and instead of being guided through it, I was chemically numbed. …In my opinion, these drugs should NEVER be given without talk therapy alongside them. Medication should go hand in hand with therapy, ensuring that people are not only numbed but also guided through their struggles. …

I am now six weeks drug-free but still feeling the aftereffects. Recently, I cried over a song that stirred bittersweet memories. I got angry over an injustice I witnessed. Some might say my emotions are too raw now, but I see it differently. I am more myself. I am an empath. I feel things deeply. I lose my temper. I fight for justice, I get cranky, and I lash out at times. All of these traits were stymied while I was on Lexapro. Now, I welcome back the true Diane—with all her flaws.”

 

The Unspoken Lexicon of Healing: When My Symptoms Became Stories

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/the-unspoken-lexicon-of-healing-when-my-symptoms-became-stories/

„…“My daughter, your heart is a house with too many windows.” …

Longing is not something to medicate; it’s proof of what we’ve loved. It’s a part of cultural resilience. These lexicons are how we survive without being “fixed.” It’s a remembering that calls for gentler spaces, rooms where homesickness isn’t treated like a symptom but a meaningful story. A space for personal narratives, and the freedom to submit, for those who should desire it, to lexicons of longing.“

 

Eating Disorders: Where Madness Meets Medicalization

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/eating-disorders-where-madness-meets-medicalization/

„…What I’ve Learned On My Own …

In order to regain trust in myself and my body, I must stop outsourcing my self-knowledge to “experts.” Of course, proper medical guidance would help things be a lot less scary, and a lot safer, too, but not because it would provide me with some perfect recovery “formula” or “roadmap” or “blueprint” or anything. The role of medical care would ideally be a collaborative one, not an authoritative one. Ultimately, recovery is a creative act; the kind of story where you make it up as you go. And I get to be the author.“

 

Mad in [not only] Greece

https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/mad-in-greece/

…“I didn’t find any kind of basic human understanding of what I was going through,” he says. “That kind of shook me to my foundations. At the time, I felt very vulnerable for a number of reasons … I naively thought the psychiatric ward would be a refuge. Well, it wasn’t.” …

 

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