a coherent system – A New Vision for Mental Health

Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization

Author: Editorial 1st June 2023 0 Comments

“Motherboard tested the currently public version of Tessa and was told that it was a chatbot off the bat. ‘Hi there, I’m Tessa. I am a mental health support chatbot here to help you feel better whenever you need a stigma-free way to talk…
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chatbots, Chloe Xiang, National Eating Disorders Association, Vice magazine

Mental health hospitals are ‘making children worse’, leading charity warns

Author: Editorial 25th May 2023 0 Comments

Rebecca Thomas reports for The Independent: “Mental health hospitals for children are making patients worse, a major charity has found, as more than half of those they treat report negative experiences. Britain’s child inpatient mental health units are being used as…
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children and adolescents, coercive psychiatry, in-patient experiences, inpatient mental health units, Rebecca Thomas, restraint, The Independent

What did the scientific literature learn from internal company documents in the pharmaceutical industry? A scoping review

Author: Editorial 24th May 2023 0 Comments

This review by Marc-André Gagnon and Miaoran Dong has been published in Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. The abstract says: “Objective To identify all scientific papers that used internal industry documents in the pharmaceutical sector and analyze what and how the…
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Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, drug trials, Marc-André Gagnon, Miaoran Dong, pharmaceutical industry, Research

JAMA Psychiatry: No evidence that psychiatric treatments produce “successful outcomes”

Author: Editorial 22nd May 2023 0 Comments

This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “In a viewpoint piece published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers write that there is no evidence that psychiatric interventions lead to ‘successful’ outcomes. Successful outcomes, they write, include…
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Charles Zorumski, JAMA Psychiatry, Kenneth Freedland, Mad in the UK, outcome measurement, Peter Simons, psychiatry

It has a huge and powerful lobby which turns with fury on its critics so I know this question will get me into loads of trouble but… does ADHD even exist?

Author: Editorial 19th May 2023 0 Comments

This article by Peter Hitchens has been published by the Daily Mail. It begins: “Does ADHD in fact exist? This week the BBC ’s Panorama programme quite rightly exposed some very worrying private clinics. In online consultations, staff had diagnosed a BBC reporter with ADHD — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder —…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Daily Mail, diagnostic labelling, medical model, Peter Hitchens, psychiatry, ritalin

I don’t have ADHD, but three private clinics say I do

Author: Editorial 17th May 2023 1 Comment

This report by Rory Carson concerns undercover work that he conducted for the BBC’s Panorama team, which specialises in investigative journalism. It begins: “A leading NHS consultant psychiatrist has met me in person and concluded I don’t have ADHD – attention…
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ADHD, ADHD 360, ADHD Direct, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, BBC, BBC Panorama, Harley Psychiatrists, overdiagnosis, psychiatry, Rory Carson

What is formulation in psychiatry?

Author: Editorial 12th May 2023 0 Comments

“When assessing the same patient, two experts may produce two similar summaries, but two different formulations. This is the fundamental difference: a summary is descriptive, whereas a formulation is analytical and evaluative… formulating a case with clarity and precision is…
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biopsychosocial model, diagnostic hierarchy, formulation, Gareth Owen, holism, philosophy of psychiatry, psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, verstehen

ADHD is Not an Illness and Ritalin is Not a Cure: A Comprehensive Rebuttal of the (alleged) Scientific Consensus

Author: Editorial 11th May 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Yaakov Ophir. The publishers say: “Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most prevalent neuropsychiatric label in childhood, a valid medical condition? Should we really refer to the millions of children diagnosed with ADHD…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, books, neurodiversity, neuroscience, ritalin, Yaakov Ophir

One Flew Over the Scientific Consensus’ Nest—The Story of Dr. Ophir and ADHD

Author: Editorial 8th May 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Yaffa Shir-Raz has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “As a child, Jacob did everything right. He went to the best schools, had the best grades, and made it to the best universities. Soon enough…
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academia, Adderall, ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Israel, Mad in America, psychiatry, ritalin, scientism, Yaakov Ophir, Yaffa Shir-Raz

Psychiatrogenesis (Whither Psychiatry or Reform)

Author: Editorial 5th May 2023 0 Comments

This article by T.N. Tampiyappa has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Having worked in multiple public services in the UK and Australia over the last 27 years, the constant personal struggle has been, ‘Am I doing more harm…
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diagnostic labelling, iatrogenesis, Mad in America, medical model, nocebo, Psychiatrogenesis, psychiatry, T.N. Tampiyappa