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Escaping The Shackles of Psychiatry: What I’ve Seen and Survived, as Both Doctor and Patient

Author: Editorial 7th December 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Cathy Wield has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “”The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,’”’ said Edmund Burke. This is as true on a world…
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Cathy Wield, coercive psychiatry, Mad in America, psychiatry

Experts call for fewer antidepressants to be prescribed in UK

Author: Editorial 6th December 2023 0 Comments

“Open letter to government from experts and politicians says rising usage ‘is a clear example of over-medicalisation’” This report by Tobi Thomas has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “Medical experts and politicians have called for the amount of antidepressants…
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Andrew Tresidder, antidepressants, APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence, Beyond Pills, British Medical Journal, deprescribing, depression, drug withdrawal, International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal, John Read, psychiatry, Sam Everington, social prescribing, The Guardian

The Neuroplastic Narrative in the classroom

Author: Editorial 1st December 2023 0 Comments

This report has been published by the Critical Mental Health Nurses’ Network. It begins: “The following is a report of a UK-based student mental health nurse discussion group. … It was part of the work of a final-year university module called…
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Adverse childhood experiences, Critical Mental Health Nurses’ Network, evolutionary biology, Haley Peckham, mental health nurses, Neuroplastic Narrative, neuroplasticity, New Approaches, trauma-informed approaches

Critique Of IAPT On BBC TV

Author: Editorial 24th November 2023 0 Comments

On CBT Watch (an Independent Mental Health Watchdog & Discussion Forum), Dr. Mike Scott writes concerning IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies), which has now been renamed ‘NHS Talking Therapies’): “here is my 5 minute interview with BBC TV, https://vimeo.com/316124732 the…
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BBC, CBT, CBT Watch, cognitive behavioural therapy, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), Mike Scott, Talking Therapies, videos

The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change

Author: Editorial 23rd November 2023 0 Comments

“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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antidepressants, counseling, Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, depression, Mad in America, Niall McLaren, psychiatry, psychotherapy, United Nations, World Health Organisation

Bruce E. Levine | The Rise and Fall of Psychiatry | Psychology Is Podcast 45

Author: Editorial 20th November 2023 0 Comments

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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Bruce E. Levine, history of psychiatry, podcast, psychiatry, Spinoza, videos

Dangerous Psychiatric Fads

Author: Editorial 17th November 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Allen Frances (psychiatrist) has been published on Pyschotherapy.net. It begins: “A sad and fairly ubiquitous aspect of human fallibility is that we are extremely suggestable suckers for fashion. Psychiatry is no exception — its history is littered…
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ADHD, Allen Frances, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, ChatGPT, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, psychotherapy.net

Mental Illness as Brain Disease: a Brief History Lesson

Author: Editorial 15th November 2023 0 Comments

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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Benjamin Rush, Carl Wernicke, coercive psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin, Hannah Arendt, history of psychiatry, Johann Christian Reil, John Hughlings Jackson, psychiatry, Roger Qvarsell, Theodor Meynert, Thomas Szasz, Wilhelm Griesinger

Jordan Peterson ~ The Reason We Have So Many People With ADHD/ADD

Author: Editorial 13th November 2023 0 Comments

A four minute video:

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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, children and adolescents, Education, Jordan Peterson, schools, videos

The Problem of Polydiagnosis

Author: Editorial 10th November 2023 0 Comments

“What we may miss when we assign multiple psychiatric diagnoses to one person” This article by Mark Ruffalo has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “Many patients with whom I meet for the first time tell me that they have…
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Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM), Mark Ruffalo, Nassir Ghaemi, polydiagnosis., psychiatry, Psychology Today