psychiatry

Schizophrenia and Genetics: The End of An Illusion

Author: Editorial 22nd December 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Jay Joseph. The publishers say: “Schizophrenia is a widely investigated psychiatric condition, and though there have been claims of gene ”associations,’ decades of molecular genetic studies have failed to produce confirmed causative genes. In this book, Joseph…
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adoption studies, books, genetic psychiatry, Genetics, Jay Joseph, molecular genetics, psychiatry, schizophrenia, twin studies

On the Heels of Ignorance: Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing

Author: Editorial 14th December 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Owen Whooley. The publishers say: “Psychiatry has always aimed to peer deep into the human mind, daring to cast light on its darkest corners and untangle its thorniest knots, often invoking the latest medical…
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books, history of psychiatry, Owen Whooley, psychiatry, sociology

Not doomed: sociology and psychiatry, and ignorance and expertise

Author: Editorial 8th December 2022 0 Comments

This paper by George Ikkos has been published in the BJPsych Bulletin. It begins: “According to Whooley, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico, there is a growing body of sociological research on ‘ignorance’, including the ignorance…
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George Ikkos, history of psychiatry, Owen Whooley, psychiatry, Research, sociology

Take Your Pills: Xanax

Author: Editorial 2nd December 2022 0 Comments

“Take Your Pills: Xanax” – directed by Emmy winner Blair Foster – is the title of a documentary on Netflix that looks at this widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication. Here is a trailer: You can only watch the entire documentary if you…
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anxiety, Blair Foster, drug withdrawal symptoms, Netflix, psychiatry, videos, Xanax

Diagnosis as Self-Understanding & Self-Alienation: what you need to know about your diagnosis

Author: Editorial 30th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Awais Aftab has been published on his Psychiatry at the Margins website. Although it’s very much open to question as to what extent the views expressed actually inform mainstream psychiatric practice, the article is nonetheless well worth…
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Awais Aftab, diagnosis, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, diagnostic labelling, Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP), Nancy McWilliams, psychiatry, Psychiatry at the Margins

The helpful delusion: Evidence is growing that mental illness is more than dysfunction, with enormous implications for treatment

Author: Editorial 28th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by Prof. Justin Garson has been published in Aeon magazine. It begins: “Most people thought my dad lived alone. He didn’t. He lived with God and the French actress Catherine Deneuve. They were outside of him but somehow projected…
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Aeon, depression, evolution, evolutionary biology, hearing voices, psychiatry

Doctor knows best, poisoned chalices, and beings on drugs: Young people’s accounts of getting the diagnosis of bipolar disorder

Author: Editorial 21st November 2022 0 Comments

This account by JP Marshall of part of a research study has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Not long ago, as part of a research study, I asked six young people how it was for them to…
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antidepressants, biomedical model, bipolar, diagnostic labelling, JP Marshall, Mad in the UK, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

Calling someone ‘anti-psychiatry’ is not an argument – and for many it feels abusive

Author: Editorial 18th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by James Davies has been published on the Mad in the UK website. It begins: “Different groups use phrases and words in dissimilar ways to achieve specific ends. This has never been truer than when considering the highly contentious…
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anti-psychiatry, James Davies, Mad in the UK, psychiatry, Ronald Pies

Book Review: ‘Evidence-biased Antidepressant Prescription’ by Michael P. Hengartner

Author: Editorial 16th November 2022 0 Comments

This book review by Marion Brown has been published by BJGP Life (which publishes comment and opinion on research and clinical care for the primary care community): “Hengartner begins ‘Over my academic career, I went into different stages of belief and disbelief.’…
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antidepressants, BJGP Life, depression, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, DSM, evidence-based practice, Marion Brown, Michael Hengartner, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

Stop caging people with autism and learning disabilities, says Robert Buckland

Author: Editorial 14th November 2022 0 Comments

This report (from January 2022) – by Shelley Phelps and Kate Whannel – comes from the BBC. It begins: “Ex-Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland is calling for changes to mental health laws to stop people with autism or learning disabilities being…
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autism, BBC, coercive psychiatry, Kate Whannel, learning disabilities, mental health hospitals, psychiatry, Robert Buckland, Shelley Phelps

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