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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

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

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

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False

Author: Editorial 22nd December 2021 0 Comments

This paper (2005) by John Ioannidis has been published by PLOS Medicine. The abstract summary says: “There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false. The probability that a research claim is true may depend on study power…
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John Ioannidis, PLOS Medicine, Research

ADHD as Cargo Cult Science

Author: Editorial 20th December 2021 0 Comments

“[Richard] Feynman argued that Cargo Cult Science involves cherry-picking evidence to support an assumed conclusion, ignoring contradictory evidence, and giving the appearance of science while failing to actually follow the scientific method.” This article by Sheelah Mills has been published by…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Cargo Cult Science, executive functioning, impulsivity, Mad in America, neuroscience, Richard Feynman, Russel Barkley, Sami Timimi, Sheelah Mills

Overdiagnosis: it’s official

Author: Editorial 17th December 2021 0 Comments

Within the field of mental healthcare there has long been massive over-diagnosis of mental illness (not to mention shaky scientific justification for many of the diagnostic labels applied). Hence the relevance of this article (published in the British Medical Journal –…
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Barnett Kramer, British Medical Journal, MeSH, National Library of Medicine, overdiagnosis, psychiatry, Steven Woloshin

“If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here”: Working for real change in societal responses to distress

Author: Editorial 16th December 2021 0 Comments

This paper comes from David Harper and has been published in the Context journal. It begins: “Systemic therapists are well-used to considering the multiple layers of context within which our lives are embedded, so I thought I’d use the invitation to…
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biopsychosocial model, Context journal, contextual model, Culture & Society, David Harper, history of psychiatry, Open Dialogue, psychiatry, system thinking

Autistic Hull man goes home after 15 years in hospital

Author: Editorial 1st December 2021 0 Comments

The BBC reports that: “A man with autism who has spent nearly half his life detained in a mental health hospital has been released after a long campaign by his mother. Ryan Clarke, 32, had been in hospital since 2006. His…
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autism, BBC, National Autistic Society, neurodiversity, psychiatry

The Emperor’s New Drugs : Antidepressants and the Placebo Effect

Author: Editorial 29th November 2021 0 Comments

This free course (from Mad in America Continuing Education) includes a lecture video from Prof. Irving Kirsch (Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), together with…
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antidepressants, depression, drug trials, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Irving Kirsch, Mad in America, placebo effect, videos

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