‘The medical model has presided over four decades of flat-lining outcomes’
James Davies
Calling someone ‘anti-psychiatry’ is not an argument – and for many it feels abusive
The Importance of Suffering: The Value and Meaning of Emotional Discontent
“James Davies argues that we have created a culture that assumes happiness to be the normal, healthy human condition. Deviations from the blissful path — sadness, anxiety, disappointment — are thus treated as illnesses in search of a cure”.David Von…
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Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good
Why popping a pill for every emotional problem is madness: Antidepressants and antipsychotics are now doled out in their millions… but an expert argues they can make your condition WORSE
Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms severe, says new report
The Guardian newspaper reports: “Half of all those taking antidepressants experience withdrawal problems when they try to give them up and for millions of people in England, these are severe, according to a new review of the evidence commissioned by MPs. Guidance…
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The Sedated Society – The Causes and Harms of our Psychiatric Drug Epidemic
The publishers say: “This edited volume provides an answer to a rising public health concern: what drives the over-prescription of psychiatric medication epidemic? Over 15% of the UK public takes a psychiatric medication on any given day, and the numbers…
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