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Inside Britain’s psychiatric nightmare

Author: Editorial 31st August 2022 0 Comments

This article by Ian Birrell has been published on the UnHerd website. It begins: “There were still grim Victorian-era asylums dotted around Britain when Penelope Campling started out as a young psychiatrist almost 40 years ago. She began her career in…
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coercive psychiatry, Don’t Turn Away, Ian Birrell, Penelope Campling, psychiatry, UnHerd

This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone

Author: Editorial 29th August 2022 0 Comments

“Increasingly, anxious and depressed teens are using multiple, powerful psychiatric drugs, many of them untested in adolescents or for use in tandem.” This article by Matt Richtel has been published in the New York Times. It begins: “One morning in the…
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antidepressants, children and adolescents, Matt Richtel, New York Times, pharmaceutical industry, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, Renae Smith

Diagnosing Long-Term Sexual Dysfunction from SSRIs

Author: Editorial 26th August 2022 0 Comments

This article by Christopher Lane has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “With more than 13.2 percent of the adult U.S. population monthly filling prescriptions for SSRI antidepressants , a figure involving at least 45 million Americans, it is disconcerting to…
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antidepressants, Christopher Lane, psychiatry, Psychology Today, sexual dysfunction, SSRIs

Do delusions have and give meaning?

Author: Editorial 25th August 2022 0 Comments

This paper , co-authored by Rosa Ritunnano and Lisa Bortolotti, has been published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. The abstract says: “Delusions are often portrayed as paradigmatic instances of incomprehensibility and meaninglessness. Here we investigate the relationship between delusions and…
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cognitive psychology, delusions, hearing voices, irrational beliefs, Lisa Bortolotti, lived experiences, phenomenological psychopathology, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, psychiatry, psychosis, Rosa Ritunnano

Coming off lithium ‘lifted the veil’ of tranquillising medication for a more fulfilling life

Author: Editorial 24th August 2022 0 Comments

This article by John Kelly has been published by Mad in Ireland. It begins: “You have bipolar disorder? No need to be so bloody sheepish about it!’ Insisted Mattias bullishly, on hearing why I had an appointment that required me to take time…
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bipolar, drug tapering, Ireland, John Kelly, lithium, Mad in Ireland, psychiatry, Sweden

My adult ADHD drugs felt like a lifeline. Then came the scary side-effects …

Author: Editorial 22nd August 2022 0 Comments

“After a year on prescription stimulants, I started to unravel. Would a desperate experiment with street narcotics make me see things differently?” This article by Sophie Knight has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “At first being diagnosed with ADHD…
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ADHD, Dexamphetamine, Joanna Moncrieff, methylphenidate, psychiatry, ritalin, Sophie Knight, speed, The Guardian

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs

Author: Editorial 18th August 2022 0 Comments

This book (with relevance to the psychiatry’s prescribing of psychotropic drugs on a massive scale) has been written by investigative journalist Melody Petersen. The publishers say: “In an odyssey into the dark side of American medicine, an award-winning journalist reveals how…
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books, marketing, Melody Petersen, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, USA

The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Psychiatry: Robert Chapman, PhD

Author: Editorial 12th August 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “Is neurodivergence to be cured or is it a healthy part of our social ecology?“, this interview with philosopher Dr. Robert Chapman is conducted by psychiatrist Dr. Awais Aftab and has been published by the Psychiatric Times: “Aftab: Let’s start…
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ADHD, autism, Awais Aftab, disability studies, dyspraxia, neurodiversity, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Robert Chapman, schizophrenia, social ecology

Psychiatry & Its Discontents

Author: Editorial 11th August 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Prof. Andrew Scull. The publishers say: “Written by one of the world’s most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Discontents provides a wide-ranging and critical perspective on the profession that dominates the treatment of mental illness. Andrew Scull…
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Andrew Scull, community care, history of psychiatry, medical model, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychopharmacology

Psychiatry beyond the current paradigm

Author: Editorial 10th August 2022 0 Comments

This article – by several co-authors – was published in The British Journal of Psychiatry 2012. The summary says: “A series of editorials in this Journal have argued that psychiatry is in the midst of a crisis. The various solutions proposed…
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biomedical model, neuroscience, psychiatry, technological paradigm