W.H.O. and U.N. Join Calls to Transcend the Medical Model
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A Peek Inside the Modern Asylum
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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How I Woke up from Medication Spellbinding | An interview with Trudy S.
This video-interview is conducted by Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring (psychiatrist). A transcript of the interview is also available from the YouTube video address.
Early Intervention in Ultrahigh Risk for Psychosis Ineffective
“Few transition to psychosis anyway, relapse rates were high after treatment, maintenance therapy was ineffective, and no treatment was more effective than any other.“ This report from Peter Simons has has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In…
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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 IAPT Service Is an Abject Failure
This article by Michael Scott has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “In 2012, an editorial in the prestigious journal Nature claimed that the UK’s IAPT Service is ‘world-beating’—meaning that the service is the world’s best for treating mental health concerns. Now that 10…
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The Making of Adult ADHD: The Rapid Rise of a Novel Psychiatric Diagnosis
What’s Eating Oregon? Peer Respites, The Lund Report & Beyond
America Has Reached Peak Therapy. Why Is Our Mental Health Getting Worse?
This article by Jamie Ducharme has been published in Time magazine. It begins: “The U.S. has reached peak therapy. Counseling has become fodder for hit books, podcasts, and movies. Professional athletes, celebrities, and politicians routinely go public with their mental health struggles….
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