IN THE NEWS
A gym for your feelings? Emotional support now comes with a membership fee (Los Angeles Times)
Why eating french fries could ruin your life (New York Post)
The movement against psychiatry (VICE)
Elon Musk turns on 'irrational' Tucker Carlson (Mediaite)
Why the cult of wellness should trouble us (The Globe and Mail)
From sex to alcohol, doctor influencers bust myths, face threats (India Today)
Psychologists warn about the dangers of rising psychological pseudoscience (News Medical)
How Kennedy family reacted to RFK Jr.'s 2024 announcement (Newsweek)
A rise In psychological pseudoscience Is putting people At risk (IFLScience)
Experts say bipolar disorder didn't cause Kanye West's hate (Gizmodo)
Social media is lying to you about antidepressants (Lifehacker)
The dangerous myths sold by the conspiritualists (Coda)
Psychologists say mental health advice shared on social media is often misleading (Medical News Today)
Vaccine skeptics co-opt the AIDS crisis (Coda)
The dangerous hype around psychedelics as a treatment for mental illness (The Globe and Mail)
Five tips to avoid COVID-19 misinformation online (UCalgary)
What's it like to tell your kids you love weed (VICE)
Addictions experts sound in on common claims about cannabis use (CBC)
How to avoid bad habits during social distancing and isolation (CBC)
Snake oil for the soul: Exposing mental health "wellness" grift (Dr. Jess Steier)
Debunking misinformation: From Goop to anti-psychiatry (Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza)
Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction: Demystifying mental health myths (Dr. Danielle Belardo)
PsychoDrama: Addiction, science communication, and Twitter trolls (Dr. Kathryn Gordon)
SGEM XTRA: She blinded me with science--not pseudoscience (Dr. Ken Milne)
Dr. Drew: Love cannabis? (Dr. Drew Pinksy)
PODCASTS
WRITING
A new resource for fighting vaccine misinformation (Scientific American)
When promoting knowledge makes you a target (Scientific American)
Is there really a difference between drug addiction and drug dependence? (Scientific American)
Is cannabis good or bad for mental health? (Scientific American)
Why do people fall for fake science news? (Psychology Today)
3 ways that pseudoscientific therapies can be harmful (Psychology Today)
Gaps in scientific knowledge doesn’t justify pseudoscience (Psychology Today)
It’s not anti-women to fight against pseudoscientific health ideology (Policy Options)
Let’s clear up some misconceptions about cannabis addiction. First off: yes, it’s real (CBC)
Should you get the COVID-19 vaccine? Yes, but take your word for it, not mine (Toronto Star)
How Canadians can use social media to help debunk Covid-19 misinformation (National Post)
There’s no proof the cannabis compound CBD cures opioid addiction (Global News)
Why anti-psychiatry now fails and harms (MedPage Today)
Addressing the opioid crisis during COVID-19 (MedPage Today)
Cannabis addiction is not heroin addiction: That doesn't make it any less real (Slate)
The psychology of online trolling (Medium)