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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

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

A Mind of Your Own: The Truth about Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives

Author: Editorial 22nd October 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Kelly Brogan. The publishers say: “Depression is one of the UK’s leading causes of disability. One in four women in their 40s are prescribed antidepressant drugs BUT depression is a sign of malfunction of…
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antidepressants, books, depression, diet, gut microbiome, inflammation, Kelly Brogan, lifestyle changes, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, psychiatry, serotonin, sleep, women

The rebellious psychiatrists who helped me see beyond the myths and stigma of mental illness

Author: Editorial 20th October 2021 0 Comments

This article by David Shariatmadari was published in The Guardian (2013). It begins: “‘Do you feel you have to agree with what most of the people round you believe?’ ‘Well, if I don’t I usually land up in hospital.’ It is…
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Aaron Esterson, David Shariatmadari, family relationships, psychiatry, R. D. Laing, schizophrenia, The Guardian

Combatting Structural Racism and Classism in Psychiatry: An Interview with Helena Hansen

Author: Editorial 18th October 2021 0 Comments

In this interview , published on Mad in America (and relating more to an American context), Richard Sears talks to psychiatrist and anthropologist Helena Hansen about bringing structural competency to psychiatry while rebuilding communities through activism and mutual aid. Here is…
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audio, black people, gender, Helena Hansen, Mad in America, neuroscience, psychiatry, racism, Richard Sears, social prescribing, socio-economic class, stigma, structural competency, USA

They Say You’re Crazy: How The World’s Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who’s Normal

Author: Editorial 13th October 2021 0 Comments

This book by Paula Caplan, published in 1996, looks at the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). In 2013 the most recent DSM edition (DSM-5) was produced, expanding even further – to well over 600 – the number of…
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Allen Frances, books, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, diagnostic labelling, DSM, Paula Caplan, psychiatry

Does Pain Always Need a Drug? — Navy Psychologist Mary Vieten, PhD, ABPP

Author: Editorial 8th October 2021 0 Comments

This short video clip, set within an American context, is an excerpt from the film Medicating Normal :

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emotional pain, Mary Vieten, Medicating Normal, pharmaceutical industry, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, videos

Abilify commercial: when do possible side-effects greatly outweigh supposed benefits?

Author: Editorial 29th September 2021 0 Comments

Check out this 90-second advert for an atypical antipsychotic (aripiprazole), touted here under the brand name Abilify as an “add-on” to antidepressant medication. Then ask the obvious question – the same one that applies to a great many prescribed psychiatric…
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Abilify, advert, aripiprazole, prescription drug side-effects, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, side effects, USA, videos