North American Cities Are Replacing Cops With Civilians And It’s Working
Prophylactic effects or withdrawal reactions? An analysis of time-to-event data from antidepressant relapse prevention trials submitted to the FDA
Are Children and Adolescents Overprescribed Psychiatric Medications?
Philosophy & Madness: A Discussion with Wouter Kusters on his new book
Wouter Kusters is a Dutch philosopher and linguist from the Netherlands. He is best known for his books, ‘Pure Madness, A Quest for the Psychotic Experience’ and ‘A Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking.’ The latter was translated into…
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Soteria Past, Present, and Future: The Evidence For This Model of Care
In this video (see below) Robert Whitaker – an American journalist and author, writing primarily about medicine, science, and history – talks about the evidence base for Soteria houses. The video producers say: “There is a long record of evidence…
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Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?
The question posed by this article is highly relevant to the field of mental health, particularly in relation to research concerning the alleged benefits of the psychotropic drugs that are prescribed on a massive scale. The author is Dr. Richard…
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
“‘The good ones leave, the weak ones follow the crowd, and the leaders bully and intimidate …” This blog-article comes from Dr Creatively Maladjusted and has been published on Mad in the UK. It begins: “The anonymous blogger of The Double Life of the Recovered Professional wrote: ‘The good ones leave, the…
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‘Skin Hunger’ Is Real and It Can Affect You Mentally
“Our longing for human touch is wired into our bodies and without it, the “skin hunger” or touch deprivation can hit us hard.” This article is by Varsha Rani, published in Vice Magazine. It begins: “For a person like me…
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How A New Therapy Helps People with Delusions Feel Safe Again
“”I don’t have to worry any more about people potentially attacking me. That’s all floated away.”” This article has been written by Shayla Love and published in Vice magazine. It begins: “Six months into experiencing psychosis, Susan Weiner woke up…
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Irving Kirsch, Ph.D. “The Antidepressant Data Are Clear: The Spin Remains” 2019 ISEPP Conference
This 51 minute video features author and scientist Dr. Irving Kirsch delivering a lecture at 2019 Annual Conference of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP):