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Social psychiatry could stem the rising tide of mental illness

Author: Editorial 22nd November 2021 0 Comments

This article by Prof. Mathew Smith has been published by The Conversation. It begins: “Nearly 400 million people are affected by mental illness, according to the World Health Organization . Depression, alone, afflicts nearly 300 million people. It is no surprise that concern about mental health is sky…
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history of psychiatry, Mathew Smith, prevention, psychiatry, social psychiatry, The Conversation, USA

Are critics of psychiatry stranded in a ‘Jurassic world?’

Author: Editorial 18th November 2021 0 Comments

This article by psychotherapist James Barnes has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “In a recent Psychiatric Times interview with Lucy Johnstone, 1 the interviewer took the very unusual step of seeking ‘clarification’ from two psychiatrists that she mentioned…
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biomarkers, biopsychosocial model, James Barnes, Lucy Johnstone, Mad in the UK, medical model, philosophy, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Robin Murray

The Visual Illusion of Efficacy in Psychiatric Drug Trials

Author: Editorial 11th November 2021 0 Comments

This article by Robert Whitaker has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Published reports of clinical trials of psychiatric drugs typically include a graphic showing the efficacy of the study drug in reducing symptoms of the disorder compared with…
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efficacy, Mad in America, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatric drugs trials, Robert Whitaker

“I’m Normal” and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves

Author: Editorial 10th November 2021 0 Comments

This article – subtitled “Why we are misled by statistics” – has been written by Dr. Steven C. Hayes and published in Psychology Today. It begins: “Our minds think in terms of categories and concepts. It comes easy to us. It’s…
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abnormality, averages, depression, ergodic theorem, New Approaches, normality, psychology, Psychology Today, statistics, Steven C. Hayes

Ruth E Dixon – Crazier Than Me

Author: Editorial 8th November 2021 0 Comments

Ruth E. Dixon performs Crazier Than Me at the A Disorder For Everyone festival, held September 18, 2020.

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A Disorder For Everyone, ECT, music, psychiatry, Ruth E. Dixon, videos

The Anti-Depressant Era

Author: Editorial 5th November 2021 0 Comments

This book (1999) has been written by Prof. David Healy. The publishers say: “When we stop at the pharmacy to pick up our Prozac, are we simply buying a drug? Or are we buying into a disease as well? The first…
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antidepressants, books, David Healy, depression, diagnostic labelling, pharmaceutical industry, Prozac, psychiatry, Zoloft

The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Standardisation of Psychiatric Practice

Author: Editorial 1st November 2021 0 Comments

“Psychiatry has been rather successful at growing business – perhaps even more so than other branches of medicine and even more so since its turn to the body and drugs that can be impossible to stop.” Prof. David Healy has…
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books, David Healy, history of psychiatry, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, standardisation

Think of mental disorders as the mind’s ‘sticky tendencies’

Author: Editorial 29th October 2021 0 Comments

This article by Kristopher Nielsen has been published in Aeon. It begins: “What exactly are mental disorders? The answer to this question is important because it informs how researchers should go about trying to explain mental disorders, how the public responds…
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Aeon, attractor landscapes, complexity science, embodied enactivism, Kristopher Nielsen, New Approaches, philosophy of mind

Causation and evidence-based practice an ontological review

Author: Editorial 28th October 2021 0 Comments

This paper – from Prof. Roger Kerry, Thor Eriksen, Prof. Svein Anders Noer Lie, Prof. Stephen Mumford, and Dr. Rani Anjum – has been published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. The abstract says: “This paper explores the nature…
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causal dispositionalism, causation, complexity science, complexity-based practice, evidence-based practice, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Rani Anjum, Research, Roger Kerry, Stephen Mumford, Svein Anders Noer Lie, Thor Eriksen

£500m… the shameful cost of pills patients should never have been given: As damning new research shows the NHS wastes a fortune on medication every year, a devastating investigation into a scandal wrecking so many lives

Author: Editorial 21st October 2021 0 Comments

“… new research … reveals the terrible cost of the drug-dependency crisis not only on the individual, but also on NHS finances. Damning figures show that in England alone, nearly £570 million-worth of the drugs are given annually to patients…
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prescribed Drug Dependence (APPG), benzodiazepines, bromazepam, Daily Mail, Emma Hames, NHS, Pat Hagan

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