A Straight-talking Introduction to Children’s Mental Health Problems
Author Archive: Editorial
Psychological Formulation as an Alternative to Psychiatric Diagnosis
“… we might be in the very strange position of admitting, as one psychiatrist has pointed out, that psychiatry is ‘something very hard to justify or defend—a medical specialty that does not treat medical illnesses’ …”Dr. Peter Breggin, 1993, p….
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Insane Medicine: How the Mental Health Industry Creates Damaging Treatment Traps and How you can Escape Them
New paper on how to stop antipsychotic drugs deemed ‘historic breakthrough’
“Stopping medications is an important part of the job of a psychiatrist, yet it has received relatively little attention. In clinical practice, I often see patients perking up when they reduce their antipsychotic medication, and they tell me that they…
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Cured: How mental illness was used as a tool against LGBT rights
Do we really need the diagnostic model of distress?
This ASC It! podcast and video – from the ASC Wellbeing Clinic – features a conversation with Dr Lucy Johnstone (Clinical Psychologist):
Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs That Changed Our Minds
Science of happiness course improves students’ mental health, study finds
“Almost 1,000 students at the University of Bristol have taken the 12-week course.” Claire Hayhurst reports for the Evening Standard: “A university course teaching students lessons in happiness improves their mental wellbeing, research has found. The University of Bristol’s Science of Happiness…
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The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery
Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency
From the BBC : “Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency is a deeply personal and candid film following Roman as he explores the mental health and suicide crisis affecting young men in the UK. In August 2020, Roman’s life changed dramatically with the sudden…
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