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A Straight-talking Introduction to Children’s Mental Health Problems

Author: Editorial 5th April 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by psychiatrist Dr. Sami Timimi (and edited by Richard Bentall & Pete Sanders). The publishers say: “Rates of diagnosis of psychiatric disorders such as ADHD, and the subsequent prescription of psychiatric drugs in children, have increased…
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ADHD, books, children, children and adolescents, diagnostic labelling, Pete Sanders, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, Richard Bentall, Sami Timimi

Insane Medicine: How the Mental Health Industry Creates Damaging Treatment Traps and How you can Escape Them

Author: Editorial 1st April 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by psychiatrist Dr. Sami Timimi. The publishers say: “This book digs through the rotten undergrowth which fertilises the mental health industry. The level of failure and deceit is hard to believe. The diagnoses we use are…
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books, diagnostic labelling, overdiagnosis, psychiatry, resilience, Sami Timimi

Do we really need the diagnostic model of distress?

Author: Editorial 26th March 2021 0 Comments

This ASC It! podcast and video – from the ASC Wellbeing Clinic – features a conversation with Dr Lucy Johnstone (Clinical Psychologist):

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ASC Wellbeing Clinic, audio, diagnosis, diagnostic labelling, diagnostic model of distress, Lucy Johnstone, videos

A Straight Talking Introduction To The Power Threat Meaning Framework: An Alternative To Psychiatric Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 23rd November 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Mary Boyle and Lucy Johnstone. The publishers say: “The current mainstream way of describing psychological and emotional distress assumes it is the result of medical illnesses that need diagnosing and treating. This book summarises a…
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books, diagnostic labelling, Lucy Johnstone, Mary Boyle, PCCS Books, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatry

Psychiatric Diagnosis and the Power of Names

Author: Editorial 15th October 2020 0 Comments

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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Clare Chang, diagnostic labelling, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, psychiatric diagnosis alternatives, psychiatry, Ronald Bassman

Mainstream mental health services are a disaster

Author: Editorial 9th September 2020 0 Comments

“They are a ‘busted flush’, long past their sell-by date, says consultant psychiatrist, Dr Sami Timimi.” In an article on the uncancelled website, Sami Timimi writes: “Hardly a week goes by without another headline about the epidemic of mental health problems…
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Culture & Society, depression, diagnosis, diagnostic labelling, Sami Timimi, uncancelled

Beyond diagnosis: developing an outcome orientated approach

Author: Editorial 12th August 2020 0 Comments

This presentation by Sami Timimi (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist) was given at a 2015 Conference – POSITIVE ACTION FOR CHANGE IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. The conference was hosted by PCCS Books, who say: “The presentation addresses evidence that highlights why…
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children and adolescents, diagnostic labelling, mental health outcomes, Outcome Orientated Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (OO-CAMHS), PCCS Books, psychiatry, Sami Timimi

The New Laws of Psychology: Why Nature and Nurture Alone Can’t Explain Human Behaviour

Author: Editorial 9th July 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Peter Kinderman. The publishers say: “This controversial new book describes how human behaviour – thoughts, emotions, actions and mental health – can be largely explained if we understand how people make sense of their…
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books, diagnostic labelling, model of mental well-being, Peter Kinderman, psychology, wellbeing

“Diagnostic Dissent”: Experiences of Individuals Who Disagreed With Their Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 25th June 2020 0 Comments

“Researchers investigate the first-person experiences of people who disagreed with their psychiatric diagnosis of psychosis.“ This article has been written by Zenobia Morrill and published (2018) on Mad in America. It begins: “Faith Forgione, a student at Fordham University, NY, recently…
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diagnosis, diagnostic labelling, Faith Forgione, Mad in America, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Zenobia Morrill

Open letter regarding the reform and revision of diagnostic systems

Author: Editorial 10th June 2020 0 Comments

“We … recommend a paradigmatic revision of the empirical and conceptual frameworks used to think about mental health. A classification approach that pursues the neo-Kraepelinian goal (now nearly half a century old) of establishing biomarkers for individual conditions or symptoms…
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Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM), diagnostic labelling, Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology(HiTOP), International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), psychiatry, Research Domain Criteria(RDoC), Task Force on Diagnostic Alternatives (TFDA)