psychiatry

‘I lost a decade of my life to prescription drugs’

Author: Editorial 25th November 2019 0 Comments

“The main sufferers of prescription-medication withdrawal are white women over the age of 45. We know how to put people on these drugs, we just don’t know how to get them off.” Dr. David Healy, professor of psychiatry, Bangor University….
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addiction, antidepressants, benzodiazepines, David Healy, Miranda Levy, Pregabalin, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, Public Health England, The Telegraph, tranquillisers, Z-drugs

Allen Frances: Overdiagnosis

Author: Editorial 22nd November 2019 0 Comments

“Dr. Frances feels two-thirds of patients diagnosed are being treated unnecessarily.” The makers of the film CrazyWise conducted an interview with psychiatrist Dr. Allen Frances. Dr. Frances is best known for his role as the chair of the group that produced the…
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Allen Frances, CrazyWise, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, DSM, overdiagnosis, pathologisation, psychiatry, videos

Ten Myths about Depression and Psycho-Pharmacology:

Author: Editorial 6th November 2019 0 Comments

An article called “ Psychiatry Gone Astray “, by Prof. Peter Gøtzsche, appears on the blog site of psychiatrist Dr. David Healy. The article lists ten myths about mental illness and psycho-pharmacology: Myth 1: Your disease is caused by a chemical imbalance in…
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antidepressants, antipsychotics, David Healy, depression, Nordic Cochrane Centre, Peter Gøtzsche, psychiatry, psychopharmacology

The diagnosis question

Author: Editorial 1st November 2019 0 Comments

In this article for Prospect Magazine, Eleanor Morgan writes: “Increasingly, mental health problems are labelled as an illness like any other. But can a focus on diagnoses, rather than experiences, harm as well as help? What is mental health? Despite the…
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diagnosis, Eleanor Morgan, labels, pathologisation, Prospect Magazine, psychiatric diagnoses, psychiatry

Breaking the Bonds: Understanding Depression, Finding Freedom

Author: Editorial 30th October 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by clinical psychologist Dorothy Rowe. The publishers say: “As well as discussing the meaning of depression, examining why it is hard to effect change, and describing the journey towards freedom from depression, the author also looks…
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books, depression, Dorothy Rowe, pharmaceutical drugs, psychiatry

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

Author: Editorial 25th October 2019 0 Comments

This book – published in 2000 – has been written by 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…
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books, Lucy Johnstone, psychiatry

Antidepressants: The Emperor’s New Drugs?

Author: Editorial 2nd October 2019 0 Comments

Dr. Irving Kirsch is Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In 2011 he wrote : “Antidepressants are supposed to be the magic bullet for curing…
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antidepressants, Guy Sapirstein, HuffPost, Irving Kirsch, Mad in America, meta‐analyses, placebo effect, psychiatry

Survivor-Controlled Research: A New Foundation for Thinking about Psychiatry and Mental Health

Author: Editorial 30th September 2019 0 Comments

This article by Jasna Russo has been published on the Forum: Qualitative Social Research . The abstract says: “Survivor-controlled research in the field of mental health can be perceived as the most extended development of participatory research. This is not only because it does…
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experiental knowledge, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Jasna Russo, participatory research, psychiatry, qualitative research, Research, researcher's identity, service user involvement, survivor-controlled research, user-controlled research

Pseudoscience in Biological Psychiatry: Blaming the Body

Author: Editorial 26th September 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Colin Ross and Prof. Alvin Pam. The publishers say: “… not a day passes without the media proclaiming yet another sensational breakthrough in the search for the physical origins of mental illness. But beyond…
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Alvin Pam, biological psychiatry, books, Colin Ross, Genetics, history of psychiatry, psychiatry, psychopharmacology, reductionism

Auntie Psychiatry crashes the RC Psychiatrists International Congress

Author: Editorial 23rd September 2019 0 Comments

This cartoon comes from the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry , who says: “I’d love to take credit … but in truth it was a gift from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.”

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ADHD, Auntie Psychiatry, cartoons, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists

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