Effects of biological explanations for mental disorders on clinicians’ empathy
biomedical model
Psychiatry beyond the current paradigm
Twenty Billion Fails to “Move the Needle” on Mental Illness
This report by Dr. Gregg Henriques has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “ Former NIMH head Thomas Insel recently made a remarkable concession . He acknowledged that the biomedical framework he adopted while directing $20 billion dollars in NIMH research funds failed to “move the needle” in improving the lives of the millions…
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World needs “revolution” in mental health care – UN rights expert
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
A Manifesto for Mental Health: Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health Care
This book has been written by Prof. Peter Kinderman. The publishers say: “A Manifesto for Mental Health presents a radically new and distinctive outlook that critically examines the dominant ‘disease-model’ of mental health care. Incorporating the latest findings from both biological neuroscience…
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Medicine’s perception of reality – a split picture: critical reflections on apparent anomalies within the biomedical theory of science
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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Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness
The Great Psychiatry Scam: One Shrink’s Personal Journey
