In this 27 minute audio recording from the BBC, Rachel Waddingham tells her story of being sectioned multiple times. At various different times, Rachel has been given a large number of different psychiatric labels/ diagnoses. These include schizophrenia (three times), depression, anxiety,…
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This article , written by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz in 2006, is well worth reading in terms of the historical perspective that it provides, though some of his conclusions are starkly expressed in controversial terms. It begins: “A 1999 White House Conference…
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Writing (within an American context) in the March 2019 Bulletin of the International Society for Ethical Psychology & Psychiatry, Chuck Ruby says: “In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged that children be screened for autism as early as three years…
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In Psychosis and Spirituality: Consolidating the New Paradigm , Chapter 18 is authored by Janice Hartley and called “Mapping Our Madness: The Hero’s Journey as A Therapeutic Approach”. She writes: “… The Hero’s Journey approach suggests that although someone may be ‘out of touch’ with consensus reality,…
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In De-Medicalising Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition , Chapter 3 is authored by Mary Boyle and called “Making the World Go Away, and How psychology and Psychiatry Benefit”. It begins: “This chapter is based two propositions. The first is that if we are ever to de-medicalize…
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The article cited below comes from The Daily Beast and is written by Christopher Moraff. Although set within a US-context and in relation to one particular US-state, it also has relevance to similar issues within many other countries concerning mental ill-health and prison/judicial…
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On the Recovery in the Bin website, a blogger writes : “I have never been in a place more indifferent to suffering than a psychiatric ward. People walking around in great distress must be so much part of the furniture that mental health…
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As published in the March 1st 2019 edition of Drug Safety, this survey was conducted by John Read and James Williams. The abstract says: “Background: Antipsychotic medication is currently the treatment of choice for psychosis, but few studies directly survey the…
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The video below is of an address by Dr. Scott Miller to the “Evolution of Psychotherapy 2017” conference. It’s a long video (1 hour), but very well worth watching for some very challenging facts, figures and ideas concerning not just…
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Written by Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr. Sami Timimi, the publishers say : “Boys in the West are being labelled as having psychiatric disorders, behaviour problems and special educational needs, and are receiving psychiatric drugs in ever-greater numbers. In this…
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