Diagnosis as Self-Understanding & Self-Alienation: what you need to know about your diagnosis
Author Archive: Editorial
The helpful delusion: Evidence is growing that mental illness is more than dysfunction, with enormous implications for treatment
Withdrawal Syndrome Following Discontinuation of 28 Antidepressants: Pharmacovigilance Analysis of 31,688 Reports from the WHO Spontaneous Reporting Database
“Antidepressants are associated with an increased reporting of withdrawal syndrome compared with other drug classes.” This open-access research article by multiple co-authors has been provided by Springer Link. The abstract says: “Introduction Evidence is lacking on withdrawal syndrome related to individual antidepressants…
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The Evolution of ADHD: The advantages of wandering attention
This article by Justin Garson has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “ Attention -deficit/hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) is often described by psychiatrists as a neurodevelopmental disorder, one marked by inattention, disorganization, and impulsiveness. In contrast, some psychologists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists see…
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Turning Emotion Inside Out: Affective Life Beyond the Subject (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Doctor knows best, poisoned chalices, and beings on drugs: Young people’s accounts of getting the diagnosis of bipolar disorder
Calling someone ‘anti-psychiatry’ is not an argument – and for many it feels abusive
Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness
Mental ill-health – better described as psychological and emotional distress – fundamentally involves consciousness, a subjective awareness and experience. So, if we misunderstand the nature of consciousness, then we will not be best placed to help those in distress. But…
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Book Review: ‘Evidence-biased Antidepressant Prescription’ by Michael P. Hengartner
This book review by Marion Brown has been published by BJGP Life (which publishes comment and opinion on research and clinical care for the primary care community): “Hengartner begins ‘Over my academic career, I went into different stages of belief and disbelief.’…
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Stop caging people with autism and learning disabilities, says Robert Buckland
