Twenty-year effects of antipsychotics in schizophrenia and affective psychotic disorders
antipsychotics
The BBC, Harrow, and a Public Left in the Dark
“Martin Harrow and Thomas Jobe began their study, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, in the late 1970s. They enrolled 200 psychotic patients who had been treated conventionally in a mental hospital with antipsychotics and simply…
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Patient Experiences With Antipsychotics Largely Negative, Survey Shows
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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Rethinking the Use of Psychiatric Drugs
In “ Rethinking the Use of Psychiatric Drugs ” (Nov. 2016), Robert Whitaker writes: “As prescriptions for antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs have risen, the number of people disabled by mental disorders, in country after country, has risen in lockstep.” He continues: Psychiatric drugs do not…
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Ten Myths about Depression and Psycho-Pharmacology:
An article called “ Psychiatry Gone Astray “, by Prof. Peter Gøtzsche, appears on the blog site of psychiatrist Dr. David Healy. The article lists ten myths about mental illness and psycho-pharmacology: Myth 1: Your disease is caused by a chemical imbalance in…
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My Baby, Psychosis & Me: A lesson in how not to make a documentary about mental health
In this article – as posted on her Behind the Label website – Rachel Waddingham reviews a recent BBC documentary about “postpartum psychosis”. She writes: “Earlier this year, after my own miscarriage, I settled down on the sofa to watch ‘ My Baby, Psychosis & Me…
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Shill Doc Millionaire
From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : Auntie Psychiatry writes: “This cartoon required a lot of background reading and study. I wanted to be as certain as possible about the validity of the phrase ‘Long-term drugging with antipsychotics causes brain shrinkage.’ My starting point…
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