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New Vision for Mental Health – an Ecological Paradigm
Marjorie Castillo reviews “Anxiety — The Inside Story”
“He argues that psychiatry has no theory of mental disorders, and views psychological disorders as originating in biology. He explains that this ideological perspective is highly problematic because it ignores the source of mental distress, and instead pushes biologically-based treatments…
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Psychiatric Diagnosis and the Power of Names
This research article , co-authored by Claire Chang and Ronald Bassman, has been published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. The article’s abstract says: “Psychiatric diagnosis is accepted and pervasive in mental health care and adjoining social systems throughout the world. The…
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Interview: Researchers Deconstruct Ghostwritten Industry Trial for Antidepressant
“… articles go through a lot of drafts, maybe 10-15 drafts, that get passed around between the statisticians and the marketing people at the companies and then, after most of this has already been written, they go looking for the…
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Surviving Work in Healthcare:
The Future of Mental Health: Deconstructing the Mental Disorder Paradigm
Where Is the Evidence for “Evidence-Based” Therapy?
“Buzzword. noun. An important-sounding usually technical word or phrase often of little meaning used chiefly to impress.” This article has been written by psychotherapist Dr. Jonathan Shedler. It begins: “Evidence-based therapy” has become a marketing buzzword. The term ‘evidence based’ comes…
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Challenging, compromising or colluding? Some thoughts on trying to bring about change in mental health systems
This presentation from Dr. Lucy Johnstone ( Consultant Clinical Psychologist) is aimed at mental healthcare professionals. It was delivered at a conference – POSITIVE ACTION FOR CHANGE IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES – hosted by PCCS books in 2015. You can view…
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