The publishers say: “This book explores, in depth, the link between modern psychiatric practice and the person-centred approach. It promotes an open dialogue between traditional rivals – counsellors and psychiatrists within the NHS – to assist greater understanding and improve…
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This article from 2013 has been written by Lisa Cosgrove and Emily E. Wheeler, both of University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA. The abstract says: “The profession of medicine is predicated upon an ethical mandate: first do no harm. However, critics…
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“Antidepressants are not antidepressants – an alternative approach to drug action and implications for the use of antidepressants” is an article written by Dr. Joanna Moncrieff (psychiatrist) and published in the BJPsych Bulletin (Jan. 30th 2018) as part of their “Against…
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From Peter J. Gordon’s Hole Ousia website: “I wrote ‘Transparency at the Top: British Psychiatry’ in April 2015 but did not share it publicly as I wanted to give the Royal College of Psychiatrists time to improve the governance of financial conflicts…
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From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : “There is a very, very long background story to this cartoon. I will try my best to be brief, but please do bear with me. First of all, let me translate the Latin Spell. ARGUMENTUM AD VERECUNDIAM:…
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First published in 2006 and written by psychiatrist David Healy, the full title of this book is Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression. The publishers say (within a North American context): “Prozac. Paxil….
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Written by David Pilgrim (Professor of Health & Social Policy in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool), this book has the following Table of Contents: 1. Psychiatric crises and the crisis of psychiatry 2….
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This article by Robert Whitaker in the May 2011 edition of Psychology Today is well worth reading, despite it being published over seven years ago. Subtitled “Should reports from the NIMH’s STAR*D trial be retracted?”, it begins: “For some time now,…
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The publishers say: “ We All Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest is an irreverent look at psychiatry through stories that, though funny, often have layers of meaning. Ronald Coleman has moved away from his usual critical and sometimes angry approach to the psychiatric system. In this entertaining…
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In this conference paper by Leonie Fennell and Maria Bradshaw (March 2015, Wicklow, Dublin, Ireland), the authors write: “Introduction – The Telling & Selling of a Lie The instinct to protect your child is strong and primal in most human beings. When faced…
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