Saffron improved sleep in randomized trial of 150 (20-30 mg):
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40698...

An old #antidepressant (1st Rx circa 6,000 bce), but only recently crossed the threshold of 3 large trials in #depression (cost = $15-30/mth).

How to use saffron:
chrisaikenmd.com/supplements

Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...

This EO extends state laws, incl CA under Newsom, making homelessness criminal + *any mental health diagnosis* a factor in incarceration.

Involuntary commitment is both horrific & counterproductive: www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/a-groundbr... - excellent analysis as usual by @awaisaftab.bsky.social

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]

thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l... Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize 2025 for Heart Lamp, the first collection of short stories to win the prize 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

As promised, here is a free link to my OpEd on Intimate Partner Violence.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20621/...
I hope this provides a much needed evidence based approach to this is complex issue.One that belongs in the hands of those who understand the it from a position of science, of data

“Insofar as a major goal of any treatment is to diminish suffering, clinicians must consider the physical and emotional burden that patients incur when they submit to multiple ineffective treatments.” Joseph F. Goldberg

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/repost-tre...

I'd love to see this piece get a lot more attention. www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/anatomy-of... #psychsky

Kishore Mahbubani on why American democracy is failing youtu.be/cESlmS6PCow

A phone hotline reduced suicide attempts 3-fold and self-injury 9-fold in this large, 1-year, randomized trial of #borderline personality in France:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38239907

Phone operators were trained in DBT.
#suicideprevention #mentalhealth #suicideawareness #bpd

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

youtu.be/uel0ZN4uHi8

1) This is my top highlight. We found that the global North net-appropriates more than 800 billion hours of labour from the South per year. This occurs because Southern wages are 83–98% lower than Northern wages for work of equal skill in the same sector. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In 2022, NHS England commissioned us to model the potential longer-term trends in alcohol-related deaths based on evidence about changes in alcohol consumption during the pandemic.

We tested 5 scenarios as to how these changes might evolve (the lines). The reality is much worse (the dots).

Scientific Method and Scientific Madness: Scientific conclusions need not be accurate, justified, or believed by their authors

New post discussing a provocative & memorable 2021 article by @haicinnamon.bsky.social & @lastpositivist.bsky.social !

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/scientific...

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“He’s an epoch-defining thinker. But even the greatest scientists are part of their time.” www.theguardian.com/science/2024...