Richard Sears is a Science Writer at Mad In America. His work focuses on mental health, digital health, and alternative medicine, exploring the intersection of healthcare systems and individual experiences. Richard's research interests include the dehumanization in healthcare and the search for natural substitutes to psychopharmacological interventions. He is featured in Mad In America.
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Richard Sears' articles focus on mental health, psychiatric medications, psychotherapy, childhood trauma, and research in mental health. His coverage heavily cites data and includes expert commentary. If you have access to extensive data or can provide expert insights into the latest trends in mental health treatment or pharmaceutical research related to psychiatric medications and their impact on patients, your input may be valuable for his articles.
Given the scientific nature of his coverage, experts with a deep understanding of mental health treatments and pharmaceuticals would likely resonate well with him. It's important to note that Richard doesn't appear to have a specific geographic focus but rather covers topics from an international perspective.
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By: Richard Sears
Intensive home treatment (IHT) is an approach to acute psychiatric care that avoids the stressful psychiatric ward admission procedures and allows the New research shows intensive home treatment provides lasting benefits over inpatient wards, though researchers note the model requires stable housing and systemic support.
By: Richard Sears
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.
By: Richard Sears
A qualitative study out of Israel found that most participants reported negative experiences with antipsychotic medication, while supportive
Three new studies examine the prevalence of therapy-related harm, the role of nocebo effects, and how clinicians frequently disagree about adverse
By: Richard Sears
A new scoping review exposes the psychological trauma and institutional power dynamics behind forced drugging, highlighting the urgent call from survivors for alternatives.
New evidence challenges symptom-focused approaches by examining the role of oppression, trauma, and social conditions in psychosis.
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.
By: Richard Sears
Research across 19 countries finds that psychiatrists often assign different diagnoses to the same symptoms, challenging assumptions that modern diagnostic systems have solved reliability problems.
Three new papers argue that lived experience is essential to mental health recovery while highlighting the stigma, role confusion, and organizational barriers that continue to limit peer support workers' impact.
By: Richard Sears
Researchers followed more than 48,000 adults for five years and found mortality risk increased with dose, with overdose and suicide accounting for the largest increases in preventable deaths.
