psychiatry

The Serotonin Zombie: Authors of New Study Try to Breathe New Life into the Dead

Peter Simons reports for Mad in the UK: “In June, Joanna Moncrieff and others had appeared to put the final dagger into the low serotonin theory of depression (the so-called ;chemical imbalance’ theory). They reviewed fifty years of research into the…
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The Wild Doctor – Le Médecin Sauvage

This blog post has been published by RxISK (who describe themselves as ‘… a free, independent drug safety website to help you weigh the benefits of any medication against its potential dangers”). It begins: “The French playwright Moliere loved poking fun at…
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Branding Diseases—How Drug Companies Market Psychiatric Conditions: An Interview with Ray Moynihan

In this podcast (with accompanying transcript) from Mad in America, Ayurdhi Dhar interviews Ray Moynihan. The podcast producers say: “Ray Moynihan is an accomplished health journalist and author who has won several awards for his work. He is also an academic…
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Global Psychiatry’s Attempt to Excommunicate the Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

This article by Susan McPherson and Jeppe Oute has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Between 2014 and 2020, the UN published three reports on mental health, prepared by the special rapporteur on the right to health (Dainius Puras)….
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W.H.O. and U.N. Join Calls to Transcend the Medical Model

“On June 10 the W.H.O. [World Health Organisation] called for a fundamental change in mental health services.” This article from Dr. John Read has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “KEY POINTS The United Nations Special Rapporteur called for a…
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RELEASE (REdressing Long-tErm Antidepressant uSE): protocol for a 3-arm pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial effectiveness-implementation hybrid type-1 in general practice

The abstract for this research protocol (published by BMC) says: “Background Many people experience withdrawal symptoms when they attempt to stop antidepressants. Withdrawal symptoms are readily misconstrued for relapse or ongoing need for medication, contributing to long-term use (> 12 months). Long-term antidepressant use…
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Psychiatric Drugging of Children and Youth as a Form of Child Abuse: Not a Radical Proposition

This research article by Dr. Bonnie Burstow has been published in Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. The abstract says: “Although affirming that the psychiatric drugging of children constitutes both adultism (oppression based on treating adult behavior as normative) and sanism (oppression based…
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The Making of Adult ADHD: The Rapid Rise of a Novel Psychiatric Diagnosis

“The history of psychiatry is a history of fads in theory, diagnosis, and treatment. Such rapid shifts in conceptualization—such as the emergence of the concept of adult ADHD—almost always warrant informed critical examination.” This article by Mark Ruffalo and S. Nassir…
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