Primum non Nocere: A Psychiatrist’s Review of “Medicating Normal”
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Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice
The Drugging Of Our Children (Full Length)
This documentary film from 2005, directed by Manette Loudon and Gary Null, has been made within an American context. The programme makers say: “Excessive talking, fidgeting, or squirming. Often loses things. Difficulty remaining seated, playing quietly, or sustaining attention. Sound like your…
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Why popping a pill for every emotional problem is madness: Antidepressants and antipsychotics are now doled out in their millions… but an expert argues they can make your condition WORSE
The Zyprexa Papers
According to mainstream psychiatry (and the pharmaceutical companies that provide funding to psychiatry, especially in the USA’s mainly privatised system of healthcare), some prescribed drugs treat alleged chemical imbalances in the brain – imbalances which, it is claimed, are a…
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Pharmaceuticals as a market for “lemons”: Theory and practice
“Markets for ‘lemons,’ in which customers fall victim to a product or service with flaws, and sellers profit from not disclosing hidden risks or dangers, are a theoretically rich but unexplored domain for social scientists studying information asymmetry, where sellers…
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Medicating Normal (a film)
Do antidepressants create more mental illness than they cure?
“Let’s say you have a drug that provides a relief of symptoms in 20% of people. In placebo it’s 10%. How many people in that study do not benefit from the drug? Nine out of 10. How many people are…
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‘Full Measure’: Fake science
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgement of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly…
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The hidden side of clinical trials
This TEDx Talk by Sile Lane – a 13 minute video (see below) – concerns clinical trials for all types of prescribed drugs. This of course includes drugs prescribed in relation to mental health. The talk is linked to the AllTrials campaign. You can go here to…
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