The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology
psychiatry
General psychiatry, still in no-man’s land after all these years
Escaping The Shackles of Psychiatry: What I’ve Seen and Survived, as Both Doctor and Patient
Experts call for fewer antidepressants to be prescribed in UK
Beyond Police and Psychiatrists: Chicago’s Plan to Transform Community Mental Health
“From Jacobin: ‘Police violence and lack of access to essential care services have emerged as twinned hallmarks of American life. In a nation in which people with unmet mental health needs are 16 times more likely to be killed by police,…
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The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change
“A fundamental shift is required within the field of mental health … There is an overreliance on biomedical approaches to treatment options, inpatient services and care, and little attention given to social determinants and community-based, person-centred interventions…” The new World…
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Bruce E. Levine | The Rise and Fall of Psychiatry | Psychology Is Podcast 45
In this video “Clinical psychologist Dr. Bruce Levine joins Nick for a conversation about historical and modern practices in the field of psychiatry. The conversation is based on Dr. Levine’s new book, A Profession Without Reason: The Crisis of Contemporary…
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Dangerous Psychiatric Fads
Mental Illness as Brain Disease: a Brief History Lesson
Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz was (and is) sometimes wrongly accused of denying that mental illnesses exist. However, what he actually said is that many (not all) instances of mental illness are the consequence of attempts to confront and tackle the problem…
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The Problem of Polydiagnosis
