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The Serotonin Zombie: Authors of New Study Try to Breathe New Life into the Dead

Author: Editorial 8th November 2023 0 Comments

Peter Simons reports for Mad in the UK: “In June, Joanna Moncrieff and others had appeared to put the final dagger into the low serotonin theory of depression (the so-called ;chemical imbalance’ theory). They reviewed fifty years of research into the…
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depression, Joanna Moncrieff, Mad in the UK, Oliver Howes, Peter Simons, psychiatry, Research, serotonin

Concept Creep and Psychiatrization

Author: Editorial 3rd November 2023 0 Comments

This article from Nick Haslam, Jesse S. Y. Tse and Simon De Deyne has been published by Frontiers in Sociology. The abstract says: “Some aspects of psychiatrization can be understood as forms of concept creep, the progressive expansion of concepts of…
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Frontiers in Sociology, Jesse S. Y. Tse, Nick Haslam, psychiatry, Simon De Deyne

Study highlights growing diversity of mental health models

Author: Editorial 2nd November 2023 0 Comments

This report by Justin Karter has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Mental health, a topic traditionally dominated by psychiatric and psychological theories, is undergoing a profound evolution. A recent study highlights the increased richness and diversity of…
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Biopsychology, biopsychosocial model, Dirk Richter, Jeremy Dixon, Justin Karter, Mad in the UK, medical model, mental health models, Psychosocial models, Research, salutogenesis

The Wild Doctor – Le Médecin Sauvage

Author: Editorial 1st November 2023 0 Comments

This blog post has been published by RxISK (who describe themselves as ‘… a free, independent drug safety website to help you weigh the benefits of any medication against its potential dangers”). It begins: “The French playwright Moliere loved poking fun at…
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clinical drugs trials, effect size, efficacy, evidence-based medicine, Food and Drugs Act, Louis Lasagna, psychiatry, Randomised Control Trials (RCTs), RxISK, Tony Hill

Branding Diseases—How Drug Companies Market Psychiatric Conditions: An Interview with Ray Moynihan

Author: Editorial 27th October 2023 0 Comments

In this podcast (with accompanying transcript) from Mad in America, Ayurdhi Dhar interviews Ray Moynihan. The podcast producers say: “Ray Moynihan is an accomplished health journalist and author who has won several awards for his work. He is also an academic…
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audio, Ayurdhi Dhar, Mad in America, pharmaceutical companies, podcast, psychiatry, Ray Moynihan, USA

The Problem of Inflated Efficacy in Psychiatry Journals

Author: Editorial 25th October 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Christopher Lane has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “KEY POINTS New research finds widely prescribed drugs are much less effective than their published record suggests. One study saw financial conflicts of interest driving whether unfavorable…
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Christopher Lane, efficacy, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Martin Plöderl, Michael Hengartner, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatric drugs trials, Psychology Today, Simone Amendola

Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

Author: Editorial 23rd October 2023 0 Comments

“By embracing the technology-worship “religion,” psychiatry is permitted to ignore the reality of its repeated failures.“ This article by Dr. Bruce Levine has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “How can psychiatry maintain its authority and influence despite its…
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Bruce Levine, Mad in America, pharmaceutical industry, technocracy, technology

UN community does not endorse biomedical psychiatry

Author: Editorial 13th October 2023 0 Comments

This blog-post from Duncan Double has been published by Relational Psychiatry. It begins: “I’ve mentioned before reports produced by professor Dainius Pūras, when he was Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of…
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biomedical model, Culture & Society, Dainius Pūras, Duncan Double, OHCHR, Relational Psychiatry, UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, United Nations

Beyond the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression: An Interview with Prof. Joanna Moncrieff

Author: Editorial 11th October 2023 0 Comments

This interview , conducted by Justin Garson, has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “KEY POINTS In 2022, a large review led by Joanna Moncrieff showed the ‘serotonin theory of depression’ to be groundless. Her review puts into question our…
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antidepressants, chemical imbalance theory, depression, Joanna Moncrieff, Justin Garson, Psychology Today, Research, SSRIs

Global Psychiatry’s Attempt to Excommunicate the Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Author: Editorial 6th October 2023 0 Comments

This article by Susan McPherson and Jeppe Oute has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Between 2014 and 2020, the UN published three reports on mental health, prepared by the special rapporteur on the right to health (Dainius Puras)….
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Dainius Puras, Jeppe Oute, Mad in America, psychiatry, Susan McPherson, United Nations

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