The Psychiatrist Who Warned Us That Donald Trump Would Unleash Violence Was Absolutely Right
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Theoretical Alternatives to the Psychiatric Model of Mental Disorder Labeling: Contemporary Frameworks, Taxonomies, and Models
Ivor Browne rightly lauded – but we are a long way from his vision and values
This article has been published by Mad in Ireland. It begins: “The great Ivor Browne, who many will know for his humane approach to human distress, died this week to widespread plaudits from the media. This is right and fitting for a…
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Seven reasons why most Major Depression is probably not a brain disorder
Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic
This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The decades-long attempt to locate the gene or genes for schizophrenia has failed, according to a new article in Psychiat r ic Research by prominent schizophrenia researcher E. Fuller Torrey. In the article, Torrey reviews…
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Saving psychiatry from itself: will young psychiatrists choose authoritarian power or authoritative respect?
This editorial comment from John Read appears in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. It begins: “In their important paper, ‘Images of psychiatry and psychiatrists’, Stuart et al. 1 document the negative beliefs about psychiatrists and psychiatric treatments held by other medical disciplines in 15…
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Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills
This article from Mark Horowitz, Joanna Moncrieff and Katharine Wallis has been published by The Conversation. It begins: “Misinformation about antidepressants is rife and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are: Antidepressant withdrawal effects are mild and…
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Psychiatry overwhelmed by referrals for ‘normal emotions’
Rapid Response: No good argument for treating mild depression with antidepressants
A response – published in the British Medical Journal – to the argument put forward by Jauhar et al who support the current scale of antidepressant prescribing, including for mild conditions, and for those provoked by social and economic conditions:…
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Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry: How Modern Psychiatry Lost Its Way While Creating a Diagnosis for Almost All of Life’s Misfortunes
