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This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
Bad things happen and can drive you crazy
“Of 701 people who had taken antipsychotics, far more (76%) believed their difficulties were the result of life events and circumstances than subscribed to a ‘medical model’ perspective (17%).” As published in the journal Psychiatry Research, the full title of…
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How Drug Company Money Has Corrupted Psychiatry
“After nearly three decades as a member it is with a mixture of pleasure and disappointment that I submit this letter of resignation from the American Psychiatric Association. The major reason for this action is my belief that I am…
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The Social Context of Paranoia
In De-Medicalising Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition , Chapter 5 – The Social Context of Paranoia – is written by clinical psychologist David Harper. It begins: “’Psychiatry’, suggests Hornstein … ‘is the most contested field in medicine’ and, as Bracken and Thomas … note, ‘it is…
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Open Dialogue: an alternative Finnish approach to healing psychosis
This 74-minute film – a 3 minute trailer is also available – looks at the Open Dialogue Project as developed in Finland by Prof. Jaakko Seikkula The film’s maker, Daniel Mackler, says this project is presently [as of 2010 when the film was…
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness
Written by Robert Whitaker, the first edition of this book appeared in 2010. The publishers say: “In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally…
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Buzzword Bingo: Schizophrenia Gene Discovery
From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : “Don’t get me wrong – I’m very keen to learn about the latest scientific findings on the ‘Genetics of Mental Illness’. Does schizophrenia really have a ‘significant genetic component’ as is so often claimed? The hunt is on….
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Take These Broken Wings: Recovery from ‘Schizophrenia’ Without Medication
Released in 2008, this film is directed by Daniel Mackler and looks at how that people can recover fully from ‘schizophrenia’ without psychiatric medication … when (says the film director) “according to most of the mental health field, and of…
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Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies in Schizophrenia across Cultures
This book is edited by Prof. Tania Luhrmann & Jocelyn Marrow, and published by the University of California Press (October 2016). The publishers say: “Schizophrenia has long puzzled researchers in the fields of psychiatric medicine and anthropology. Why is it…
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