Editorial

People with autism are being locked away in institutions. A radical change is needed

Author: Editorial 19th January 2022 0 Comments

This article comes from Dr. Sheila Hollins and has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “When people like my son go into crisis there is a high chance they won’t be supported at home – not because they can’t be…
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autism, Clients & Patients, in-patient experiences, involuntary detention, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, person-centred, Sheila Hollins, The Guardian

World needs “revolution” in mental health care – UN rights expert

Author: Editorial 17th January 2022 0 Comments

This news item comes from the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. It begins: “GENEVA (6 June 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, has called for a sea change in mental…
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biomedical model, Dainius Pūras, psychiatry, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, United Nations Special Rapporteur

Laurie Santos – Cognitive Scientist, Professor of Psychology at Yale University

Author: Editorial 14th January 2022 0 Comments

In this 23 minute interview, Stephen Sackur – host of the BBC’s HARDtalk – speaks to American psychologist Professor Laurie Santos, whose work on the science of happiness has won her an audience of millions far beyond the lecture theatre….
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a wellbeing society

audio, BBC, happiness, HARDtalk, Laurie Santos, podcast, Stephen Sackur, wellbeing

Unraveling the Bundles of Research Bias

Author: Editorial 13th January 2022 0 Comments

This free course (from Mad in America Continuing Education) includes a lecture video from Dr. Erick Turner (associate professor of psychiatry at the Oregon Health & Science University), together with downloadable slides and more. The organisers say that the course: “… describes the…
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Erick Turner, Mad in America, online course, Research, research bias, videos

A Holistic Self‑learning Approach for Young Adult Depression and Anxiety Compared to Medication‑Based Treatment‑As‑Usual

Author: Editorial 12th January 2022 0 Comments

This study – conducted by Shannon Hughes, Mary Rondeau, Scott Shannon, Julia Sharp, Grace Ivins, JeongJin Lee, Ian Taylor, and Brianna Bendixsen – has been published in the Community Mental Health Journal. The abstract says: “A package of biopsychosocial services for…
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collaborative practice

anxiety, biopsychosocial model, children and adolescents, Community Mental Health Journal, depression, holistic self-learning, nutrition, Research

Time for Some Serious Thought about ‘Antidepressants’

Author: Editorial 10th January 2022 0 Comments

This blog post (2016) from Peter Hitchens has been published in the Daily Mail. It begins: “I expect to have more to say about this, but today’s BMJ? UCL/ Nordic Cochrane Centre analysis of research on ‘antidepressants’ should surely change the terms…
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antidepressants, Daily Mail, depression, Peter Hitchens, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, serotonin

The Illusions of Psychiatry

Author: Editorial 7th January 2022 0 Comments

This article (2011) by Dr. Marcia Angell (ex-editor of the New England Journal of Medicine) has been published by The New York Review. It begins: “In my article in the last issue, I focused mainly on the recent books by psychologist…
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Daniel Carlat, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, Dr. Marcia Angell, history of psychiatry, Leon Eisenberg, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, The New York Review

At the Forefront of Medicine: My Summer Involuntary Hospitalization

Author: Editorial 6th January 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “A neuroscience student reflects on the psychiatric system’s failure to care for its patients”, this article by Cassidy Wilson, written within an American context, has been published by The Chicago Maroon. It begins: “Our culture conditions us to keep quiet…
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bureaucracy, Cassidy Wilson, Clients & Patients, psychiatry, The Chicago Maroon, USA

Creating A Mental Illness Called Schizophrenia

Author: Editorial 5th January 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “A brief history of an archetypal psychiatric diagnosis”, this article by Dr. John Read has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “During the pandemic, increased incidences of distress can be portrayed as proliferations of mental illnesses such as ‘Depressive…
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anxiety, depression, diagnostic labelling, history of psychiatry, John Read, psychiatry, Psychology Today, schizophrenia

The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research

Author: Editorial 3rd January 2022 0 Comments

This book has been co-authored by Prof. Jon Jureidini and Dr. Leemon McHenry. The publishers say: “An exposé of the corruption of medicine by the pharmaceutical industry at every level, from exploiting the vulnerable destitute for drug testing, through manipulation of…
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antidepressants, books, celexa, citalopram, evidence-based medicine, evidence-based practice, Jon Jureidini, Leemon McHenry, paroxetine, Paxil, pharmaceutical industry, Research

Author Archive: Editorial

People with autism are being locked away in institutions. A radical change is needed

World needs “revolution” in mental health care – UN rights expert

Laurie Santos – Cognitive Scientist, Professor of Psychology at Yale University

Unraveling the Bundles of Research Bias

A Holistic Self‑learning Approach for Young Adult Depression and Anxiety Compared to Medication‑Based Treatment‑As‑Usual

Time for Some Serious Thought about ‘Antidepressants’

The Illusions of Psychiatry

At the Forefront of Medicine: My Summer Involuntary Hospitalization

Creating A Mental Illness Called Schizophrenia

The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research

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