psychiatry

Primum non Nocere: A Psychiatrist’s Review of “Medicating Normal”

Author: Editorial 29th July 2021 0 Comments

This blog post come from psychiatrist Dr. Awais Aftab. It begins: “I was lucky to see a screening copy of the documentary Medicating Normal (2020, directors: Lynn Cunningham & Wendy Ractliffe) earlier this weekend, and this post is intended partly as a review and…
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collaborative practice

Awais Aftab, drug withdrawal symptoms, films, Medicating Normal, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

Drowning in Doubts: Why I Think About Leaving Psychiatry

Author: Editorial 19th July 2021 0 Comments

“90% of the people who enter my office are not mentally ill. They are having distressing emotional and psychological experiences. I would estimate 80% of these experiences are due to relational trauma, both current (abusive or unsatisfying relationships) and past…
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E. Baden, Mad in America, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry

Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up

Author: Editorial 16th July 2021 0 Comments

“Teens must try to figure out whether intense emotions and risk-taking behaviors fall within the spectrum of normal adolescent angst, or whether they represent new symptoms or drug side effects.” This book (2012) has been written by Kaitlin Bell Barnett. The…
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a wellbeing society

ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, books, children and adolescents, Kaitlin Bell Barnett, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry

Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice

Author: Editorial 15th July 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by clinical psychologist, Dr. Lucy Johnstone. The publishers say: “Users and Abusers of Psychiatry is a radically different, critical account of the day-to-day practice of psychiatry. Using real-life examples and her own experience as a clinical…
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a coherent system

books, depression, history of psychiatry, Lucy Johnstone, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

Psychiatric Drugs Explained

Author: Editorial 14th July 2021 0 Comments

This book (2016) has been written by psychiatrist Dr. David Healy. The publishers say: “Now in its sixth edition, and written by an author internationally recognised in his field, Psychiatric Drugs Explained offers a wealth of information in a handy easy-to-use…
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collaborative practice

books, David Healy, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, side effects

Prescripticide

Author: Editorial 9th July 2021 0 Comments

This 12 minute video (see below) is set within an American context. The producers say: “This video challenges one of the most popular beliefs: That mental suffering is a disease that requires corrective treatment through chemical intervention. More specifically, this…
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Coalition Against Medicalized Psychiatry and Psychology (CAMPP), International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP), Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, Richard D. Lewis, suicide, videos, violence

The ERNI Declaration: Making Sense of Distress Without “Disease”

Author: Editorial 8th July 2021 0 Comments

This article was originally published on Mad in America. It begins: “ The ERNI (Emotions aRe Not Illnesses) declaration is based on the idea that distress does not equate to disease, dysfunction, dysregulation, or chemical imbalance. Signatories believe that there needs to be a shift from illness and…
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emotion-focused care

disease model, emotion-focused therapy, emotional distress, emotions, ERNI Declaration, Mad in America, Mad in the UK, psychiatry

The Case Against Antipsychotics: A Review of Their Long-term Effects

Author: Editorial 5th July 2021 0 Comments

This publication (2016) from the Mad in America Foundation has been written by Robert Whitaker. The author says it is: “… designed to present a succinct review of what science has to say about the long-term effects of antipsychotics. Do they…
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antipsychotics, Mad in America Foundation, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Robert Whitaker

Tied down and locked away: Harrowing tales emerge from Japan’s psychiatric patients

Author: Editorial 24th June 2021 0 Comments

“Japanese psychiatric patients are nearly 270 times as likely to be physically restrained as American patients, 600 times as likely as Australians and 3,200 times as likely as New Zealanders.”A study by Prof. Toshio Hasegawa, as published in the Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences journal This article is by Simon…
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Japan, phsyical restraint, psychiatry, Simon Denyer, The Washington Post, Toshio Hasegawa

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

Author: Editorial 17th June 2021 0 Comments

Psychotherapist James Davies has written an article for the Daily Mail. It begins: “Medicine has progressed at an astonishing rate over the past 40 years. If, in the late 1970s, a child had contracted leukaemia, their chances of survival would have…
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antidepressants, antipsychotics, Daily Mail, emotional distress, James Davies, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

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