Laura Newman
I am a medical journalist and blogger. My stories have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and on the web. In Patient POV, I strive to bring the same rigor to telling stories about patients that I have shown in my previous work, which has featured research scientists and physicians.
Laura can be found on Twitter as @lauranewmanny.
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Category Archives: mental health
Meeting Time, Ethical Issues in Psychiatry
Tweet I am heading to the annual meeting of the Association of Healthcare Journalists, have been occupied with paying work for a change, and cannot do the usual detailed post I do here. In the meantime, it’s worth flagging some recent … Continue reading
Posted in mental health
Tagged antidepressants, antipsychotics, clinical trials, drug use, medical ethics, psychiatrists
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Mental health medication: is it always A Bad Thing?
Tweet THIS is a guest post written by Martha Roberts, a journalist and mental health blogger in the UK, who writes the blog, Mentalhealthwise. Martha is on twitter @martharoberts01. Thank you, Martha. ###### ‘So when can you come off your … Continue reading
Posted in mental health
Tagged antidepressants, bipolar, clinical trials, medication, pharma
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Mental Health and the Patient Point of View: More High-Quality Stories Needed
Tweet I am thrilled that later today, Martha Roberts’ post on her own experience taking medication for mental illness, will run here. I first came across her post through a tweet from Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Pharma. It’s nice … Continue reading
Mental Health for the 99% Following Hurricane Sandy
Tweet Two weeks after Hurricane Sandy and a Nor’Easter that left thousands of New Yorkers without light, heat, and power for weeks, many New Yorkers were understandably shaken. Some had endured 911 and the disruption, though of an entirely different … Continue reading
Posted in Access to care, mental health
Tagged Hurricane Sandy, physician shortage, posttraumatic stress disorder
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Conflict of Interest, Health Advocacy Organizations, and Patients
Tweet As a follow-up to my post yesterday addressing disclosure and health advocacy groups and nonprofits, I have looked into this further online. And it is not that I think that advocates or advocacy groups are corrupt: I think advocates … Continue reading