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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Controversial acne drug Roaccutane to be reviewed by government panel after being blamed for spate of suicides and depression Roaccutane is to be reviewed by the Commission on Human MedicinesThe drug has been linked to depression and to a number of suicidesBy Emma Innes Published: 15:35 GMT, 28 April 2014 | Updated: 16:29 GMT, 28 April 2014 var twitterVia = '


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Controversial acne drug Roaccutane to be reviewed by government panel after being blamed for spate of suicides and depression Roaccutane is to be reviewed by the Commission on Human MedicinesThe drug has been linked to depression and to a number of suicidesBy Emma Innes Published: 15:35 GMT, 28 April 2014 | Updated: 16:29 GMT, 28 April 2014 var twitterVia = '


The government is to review a controversial acne drug that has been blamed for causing depression and a number of suicides.
Health ministers have ordered the probe after meeting families who say their loved ones committed suicide after taking Roaccutane.
The Commission on Human Medicines, will review all the data on the drug over the next two months and the risk of adverse psychiatric reactions.
A government panel is set to review the controversial acne drug Roaccutane which has been blamed for causing depression and a number of suicides
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A government panel is set to review the controversial acne drug Roaccutane which has been blamed for causing depression and a number of suicides
It will include experts in clinical pharmacology, dermatology, psychiatry and a representative from the British Association of Dermatologists.
News of the review came on Friday as some of the families protested outside the headquarters of the manufacturer Roche, in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
They included the parents of Jamie Sillcock, 26, who suffocated himself in December 2012 after years of mental health problems he blamed on the drug.
 

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He was prescribed Roaccutane at 16 but stopped 18 months later when he began suffering anxiety, fatigue and blurred vision.
Jamie Sillcock suffocated himself in 2012 after years of mental health problems he blamed on the drug. His parents, Melvin and Lorraine, say he never got the drug out of his system and was plagued by mental health problems for eight years
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Jamie Sillcock suffocated himself in 2012 after years of mental health problems he blamed on the drug. His parents, Melvin and Lorraine, say he never got the drug out of his system and was plagued by mental health problems for eight years
His parents, Melvin and Lorraine, say he never got the drug out of his system and was plagued by mental health problems for eight years.
Mr Sillcock, 62, a photographer from Sittingbourne, Kent said: ‘They need to find out why this drug affects a percentage of people in the way it does.
‘It's like Russian roulette - no one knows how much damage it will do to each person.
‘The manufacturers are making millions off Roaccutane - but it has caused devastation for thousands of families.
‘We're pleased that the government appear to be taking this seriously, at last. 
‘I don't think this would have happened without the pressure from the families so we do see it as a small victory.
Jon Medland pictured with his sister Casey
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Jon Medland, a 22-year-old medical student, committed suicide in 2004. His family blame his death on the drug Roaccutane
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Medical student Jon Medland committed suicide in 2004. His family said his death was linked to the drug Roaccutane
‘However we won't stop fighting until this drug is either made safe or taken off the shelves for good.’
Jonathan Medland, 57, from Barnstaple, lost his 22-year-old son Jon, who committed suicide three weeks after starting a course of Roaccutane.
A Roche spokeswoman said: ‘Roaccutane has transformed the lives of many acne sufferers, but like most medications it can have side effects.
‘Whilst no definitive cause and effect relationship has been established to directly link mood swings and depression with the drug, there have been rare reports, amongst both those taking Roaccutane and acne sufferers in general.
‘As a caution we recommend that anybody experiencing these, or other possible side effects with the treatment, to tell their doctor immediately.’
Jon Medland's parents Jonathan and Pam Medland and his sister Casey. Jon's family blame his death on the drug that he had begun taking just three weeks before to help cure acne
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Jon Medland's parents Jonathan and Pam Medland and his sister Casey. Jon's family blame his death on the drug that he had begun taking just three weeks before to help cure acne
In 2012 Jack Bowlby, 16, the nephew of racehorse trainer Jenny Pitman, was found dead at his boarding school.
His family said they felt Roaccutane 'may have played a part' in his death, and that patients and their parents should be 'very aware of the possible risks'.
The same year Melissa Martin-Hughes, 18, hanged herself after spiralling into depression because of severe acne.
The grammar school girl, who was predicted to get three A*s in her A-levels, had been taking the drug for her condition.
News of the review comes just after it was revealed that Roaccutane is being illegally sold online by dealers in Britain.
The medicines watchdog launched an investigation after The Mail on Sunday discovered three websites, including eBay, selling the drug.



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Thursday, April 17, 2014



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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Religious fundamentalism could soon be 

treated as mental illness

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Kathleen Taylor, a neurologist at Oxford University, said that recent developments suggest that we will soon be able to treat religious fundamentalism and other forms of ideological beliefs potentially harmful to society as a form of mental illness.
She made the assertion during a talk at the Hay Literary Festival in Wales on Wednesday. She said that radicalizing ideologies may soon be viewed not as being of personal choice or free will but as a category of mental disorder. She said new developments in neuroscience could make it possible to consider extremists as people with mental illness rather than criminals.
She told The Times of London: "One of the surprises may be to see people with certain beliefs as people who can be treated. Someone who has for example become radicalized to a cult ideology -- we might stop seeing that as a personal choice that they have chosen as a result of pure free will and may start treating it as some kind of mental disturbance."
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Taylor admits that the scope of what could end up being labelled "fundamentalist" is expansive. She continued: "I am not just talking about the obvious candidates like radical Islam or some of the more extreme cults. I am talking about things like the belief that it is OK to beat your children. These beliefs are very harmful but are not normally categorized as mental illness. In many ways that could be a very positive thing because there are no doubt beliefs in our society that do a heck of a lot of damage, that really do a lot of harm."
The Huffington Post reports Taylor warns about the moral-ethical complications that could arise.
In her book "The Brain Supremacy," she writes of the need "to be careful when it comes to developing technologies which can slip through the skull to directly manipulate the brain. They cannot be morally neutral, these world-shaping tools; when the aspect of the world in question is a human being, morality inevitably rears its hydra heads. Technologies which profoundly change our relationship with the world around us cannot simply be tools, to be used for good or evil, if they alter our basic perception of what good and evil are."
[In related news: Atheism a 'suicide risk,' US Marine Corps warns]
The moral-ethical dimension arises from the predictable tendency when acting on the problem, armed with a new technology, to apply to the label "fundamentalist" only to our ideological opponents, while failing to perceive the "fundamentalism" in ourselves.
From the perspective of the Western mind, for instance, the tendency to equate "fundamentalism" exclusively with radical Islamism is too tempting. But how much less "fundamentalist" than an Osama bin Laden is a nation of capitalist ideologues carpet bombing civilian urban areas in Laos, Cambodia and North Korea?
The jihadist's obsession with defending his Islamic ideological world view which leads him to perpetrate and justify such barbaric acts as the Woolwich murder are of the same nature as the evangelical obsession with spreading the pseudo-religious ideology of capitalism which led to such horrendous crimes as the murder ofhundreds of thousands of civilians in four years of carpet bombing operations by the Nixon administration caught in a vice grip of anti-communist paranoia.
The power to control the mind will tend too readily to be used as weapon against our jihadist enemies while justifying the equally irrational and murderously harmful actions we term innocously "foreign policy."
Some analysts are thus convinced that neuroscientists will be adopting a parochial and therefore ultimately counterproductive approach if they insist on identifying particular belief systems characteristic of ideological opponents as the primary subject for therapeutic manipulation.
On a much larger and potentially more fruitful scale is the recognition that the entire domain of religious beliefs, political convictions, patriotic nationalist fervor are in themselves powerful platforms for nurturing "Us vs Them" paranoid delusional fantasies which work out destructively in a 9/11 attack or a Hiroshima/Nagasaki orgy of mass destruction.
What we perceive from our perspective as our legitimate self-defensive reaction to the psychosis of the enemy, is from the perspective of the same enemy our equally malignant psychotic self-obsession.
The Huffington Post reports that this is not the first time Taylor has written a book about extremism and fundamentalism. In 2006, she wrote a book about mind control titled "Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control," in which she examined the techniques that cultic groups use to influence victims.
She said: "We all change our beliefs of course. We all persuade each other to do things; we all watch advertising; we all get educated and experience [religions.] Brainwashing, if you like, is the extreme end of that; it's the coercive, forceful, psychological torture type."
She notes correctly that "brainwashing" which embraces all the subtle and not-so-subtle ways "we make people think things that might not be good for them, that they might not otherwise have chosen to think," is a much more pervasive social phenomenon than we are willing to recognize. As social animals we are all victims of culturally induced brainwashing whose effectiveness correlates with our inability to think outside the box of our given acculturation.


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AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION MAKES IT OFFICIAL: ‘SELFIE’ A MENTAL DISORDER


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AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION MAKES IT OFFICIAL: ‘SELFIE’ A MENTAL DISORDER

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Chicago, Illinois - The AmericanPsychiatric Association (APA) has officially confirmed what many people thought all along: taking ‘selfies’ is a mental disorder.
The APA made this classification during its annual board of directors meeting in Chicago. The disorder is called selfitis, and is defined as the obsessive compulsive desire to take photos of one’s self  and post them on social media as a way to make up for the lack of self-esteem and to fill a gap in intimacy.
APA said there are three levels of the disorder:
  • Borderline selfitis : taking photos of one’s self at least three times a day but not posting them on social media
  • Acute selfitis: taking photos of one’s self at least three times a day and posting each of the photos on social media
  • Chronic selfitis: Uncontrollable urge to take photos of one’s self  round the clock and posting the photos on social media more than six times a day
According to the APA, while there is currently no cure for the disorder, temporary treatment is available through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  The other good news is that CBT is covered under Obamacare.
This is unwelcome news for Makati City in the Philippines, especially for its mayor, Junjun Binay, son of the incumbent vice president.  Makati was recently named selfie capital of the world by Time Magazine. The mayor even organized a ticker tape parade after his city was bestowed the rare honor.
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  1. Le Selfie est-il un trouble mental ? Non, si, non si !! | Maniac Geek  | Reply
    […] exemple nous vient d’un article d’Abodo Chronicles qui nous dit que le Selfie est désormais considéré comme un trouble mental par l’APA […]
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  2. Jennifer Boyle  | Reply
    This article is obviously a satire, however it opens an interesting conversation regarding the psychological implications of social media. So…why do some people post photos of themselves more than others? If I were to make my best educational guess, based upon evidence found upon my friends (and who’s personalities I know) I would say that there is a common psychological thread. People post pictures of themselves on those particular days because at that moment they feel the best about themselves and to share that moment of positivity and self worth on social media like facebook increases the intensity of feeling good about ones self. A simple personal thought to yourself of: “damn I look good” feels great but 10 supportive comments of: “wow you look HOT” feels 10 times better….which is how I can see this ‘satire’ becoming a real psychological disorder. Self-confidence in many people is no longer justified by ones own acceptance in this social media generation rather their confidence is now defined and dependant upon what feedback they receive. To further my point….all my friends that have children…that is all that they post, their beloved kids…not selfies, because they don’t need instant and continuous gratification, they already have it. Anyone who cares to debate what I have said please do, because I am one who does not and has never needed to fulfill any selfie satisfaction…so perhaps I don’t fully understand one’s intention. Enough said.
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    1. memt kizilkaya  | Reply
      Well, Mrs. Boyle, in your case yes… I could clearly spot the difference between people posting their photos taken by people “other than themselves” and posted on social media networks (may be as remembrance of some good spent times) and people who could never stop flashing their devices in their own faces most of the day… In the former case i see no psychological disorder and deem it to be a very ‘normal’ behavior. As you have mentioned, parents and families need no ‘hot’, ‘awesome’, and ‘gorgeous’ sort of comments. While in the latter, I do agree there is obviously something wrong… especially when it comes to the likes, the relikes of the likes, and the utmost attempt to appreciate the likers…
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  3. Poll: ‘Selfitis’ or self-confidence? | Pens and Pumps  | Reply
    […] It has coined the term for people who take selfies as “selfitis,” a so-called mental disorder, the Adobe Chronicles reported. […]
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  4. Love taking selfies? You're suffering from selfitis -- a mental disorder! - Read Health Related Blogs, Articles & News on Diseases & Conditions at Health.India.com  | Reply
    […] (APA) made this classification during its annual board of directors meeting in Chicago according to adobochronicles.com. They’ve decided to call the disorder selfitis and is defined as ‘the obsessive compulsive […]
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  5. rrc  | Reply
    So shouldn’t you also come up with a disorder for people who post their every rant on social media? Or those who text more than a certain number of messages a day? Or people who post photos of other people, the places they’ve been to, or food they’ve eaten? I personally do not post a lot of selfies but I disagree with this. Selfies is a cultural/generational thing so much so that gadgets have been invented to make it easier for people to take them. Calling taking selfies a disorder is like calling this generation’s obsession with certain types of tv shows or their constant job hopping at a certain age a disorder as well.
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  6. jhing  | Reply
    I disagree…my opion is when you do selfie’s you excude confidence, its when you don’t post pictures of yourself in the social media, is a sign of low esteem…
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    1. unknown  | Reply
      dont you choose nice pictures only when posting? that’s low esteem..
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  7. Donna Whitley  | Reply
    Wow, so movie stars, televised news reporters, models, all those folks in sports, real T.V. people, astronauts, singers of all music, the mega rich, exotic animals n dancers, wild animals, domestic animals, third world country exploded children, and list goes on and on and on……how will they ever survive if there’s a band against, “selfie”. Poor people….
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  8. anna nimus  | Reply
    neurotic disorders are diseases so classified if it hinders the daily functions of a person so as it renders him incapable of performing a normal life on day to day basis, so much so that the person is so engrossed on a particular activity that it is all he is doing everyday that other aspect of life is already neglected.
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  9. hondo  | Reply
    AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION? sa tagalog ba ibig abihin nun e samahan ng mga amerikanong sira ang ulo?
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    1. Tammy Lee (@TammyAches)  | Reply
      Waahahaha. Just cuz someone is spilling the ugly truth behind the selfies, it didn’t mean folks like you have to flaunt your bitterness.
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  10. febryn03  | Reply
    I Disagree sa Selfitis :P LOL
    APA is only a group of people that promulgate and made such statement that this one way of self-expression is a mental disorder.
    For everyone who read the post, Is there anybody don’t have a selfie pics which in the category of borderline, acute and chronic?
    If you/everyone has a selfie pics, does it mean that you/everyone will deal on it that they have a “Mental Problem”?
    For me as one of those having selfie pics, I may be can tell its only a diversion that occupies one’s time and thoughts or simply a pastime, dalliance :P or just a way to show yourself coz some of us are introvert/invaginate that persons tend to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts and through selfie they can express there selves.
    Tho’, we have different understanding, interpretation and way of self expression. But if you agree on what they called selfitis, MAGPACHECK-UP NA KA KAY NAA KAY SOMETHING… :D
    #ConfideYourself
    #DiliManKamiMagtug.an
    #MakeSenseTheIssueByAttachingTheReferenceStudy
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    1. Goodluck Philippines  | Reply
      Madam. Search mo sa google yung SATIRE. my gulay ang haba haba ng paliwanag mo hindi mo naman nagets na joke lang tong lahat. in essence, SATIRE = joke. Yung buong adobo chronicles ay puno ng SATIRICAL articles. puro joke ba. Haaaay…
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    2. ianesimus  | Reply
      medyoengot. lol
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  11. LOLwtfkindofworlddowelivein  | Reply
    Sooooooo what I’d like to know is directed at all you people who believe whatever is stamped with an official sounding name: if they say finding things funny is a mental disorder.. would you consider it crazy to laugh?
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  12. Goodluck Philippines  | Reply
    Naman guys.
    Kailangan ba every 5 minutes may magcomment na “THIS IS SATIRE” para hindi tayo mag over react?… kawawa naman ang Pilipinas pag ganun. Puno ng mga “seemingly intelligent” people na hindi marunong mag pause and reflect. tsk. kaya hindi tayo umuunlad eh..
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  13. LM  | Reply
    …April Fools?
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  14. Azure James  | Reply
    wow… that’s one of the worst diseases ever. It makes a lot of people hate you.
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  15. Zyke911  | Reply
    They should be responsible for this mental disorder because they created facebook and without it nobody will know how to take selfie and nobody know how post it online. That is the reason why they cannot find a cure for it. If they did FB will die.
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    1. Anonymous  | Reply
      Yes. The American Psychiatric Association created Facebook.
      Are you a Scientologist or just an idiot? This article is satire.
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  16. Felipe Kauai  | Reply
    Come on, no phychiatrist would come up with such terms and a research so incomplete… Next time you write an article about something apparently interesting, at least come up with a better text and some references…
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    1. raymund llabres  | Reply
      Come on, no pretentious person would think that this is a legit article…. Next time you write a comment about something apparently intelligent, at least have the common sense to check if you are reading a real article or a satire.
      This goes to everyone who thinks they’re ‘too smart to notice the illegitimacy of the article’ as well. :P
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      1. BigWheels  | Reply
        Actually, the assertion that ‘selfies’ are being diagnosed as a mental disorder isn’t as obviously false as you say. According to the APA’s DSM-IV, the criteria’s highlighed on the article already meet multiple symptoms. One that springs to the top of my head is narcassitic personality disoder (NPD) of the compensatory type.
        So get off your high horse, Raymund. There’s good reason, and evidence, to believe that this may be the case. Though not ‘officially’ so.
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    2. jeannie  | Reply
      This is CLEARLY satire… Note the heading on the page “… up to date UNBELIEVABLE news”
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    3. Goodluck Philippines  | Reply
      Come on. No sensible person would not be able to recognize this as satire. Chill dude. I assume with that level of “literacy” demonstrated by your comment, i need not elaborate on the meaning of “satire”. ;-)
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  17. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION MAKES IT OFFICIAL: ‘SELFIE’ A MENTAL DISORDER | Resource Station, India.  | Reply
    […] AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION MAKES IT OFFICIAL: ‘SELFIE’ A MENTAL DISORDER. […]
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  18. JH  | Reply
    haha.. Natatawa ako sa mga reactions.. Address nga pa lang ng site ALAM NA.. hehe.. Nadali kayo.. or baka ako nadali.. hehe.. Anyhow, didn’t convinced me at all.. If this is true, I think most of the world then have mental disorder.. Hehe.. Like Ellen D. during OSCARS.. ^^
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  19. "Selfie Hastalık" Yalanı | Protechman .Net  | Reply
    […] Site haberi “Selfie bir psikolojik bozukluktur” olarak yayınladı. (Ahanda burada). Fakat unutulan bir şey vardı.  Bu site bizim Zaytung’un benzeri bir site ve […]
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