overdiagnosis – A New Vision for Mental Health

I don’t have ADHD, but three private clinics say I do

Author: Editorial 17th May 2023 1 Comment

This report by Rory Carson concerns undercover work that he conducted for the BBC’s Panorama team, which specialises in investigative journalism. It begins: “A leading NHS consultant psychiatrist has met me in person and concluded I don’t have ADHD – attention…
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ADHD, ADHD 360, ADHD Direct, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, BBC, BBC Panorama, Harley Psychiatrists, overdiagnosis, psychiatry, Rory Carson

Overdiagnosis: it’s official

Author: Editorial 17th December 2021 0 Comments

Within the field of mental healthcare there has long been massive over-diagnosis of mental illness (not to mention shaky scientific justification for many of the diagnostic labels applied). Hence the relevance of this article (published in the British Medical Journal –…
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Barnett Kramer, British Medical Journal, MeSH, National Library of Medicine, overdiagnosis, psychiatry, Steven Woloshin

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

Allen Frances: Overdiagnosis

Author: Editorial 22nd November 2019 0 Comments

“Dr. Frances feels two-thirds of patients diagnosed are being treated unnecessarily.” The makers of the film CrazyWise conducted an interview with psychiatrist Dr. Allen Frances. Dr. Frances is best known for his role as the chair of the group that produced the…
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Allen Frances, CrazyWise, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, DSM, overdiagnosis, pathologisation, psychiatry, videos

Young, British and Depressed

Author: Editorial 4th November 2019 0 Comments

In July of this year (2019) a TV broadcast titled “Young, British and Depressed” was screened on Channel 4 in the UK. It was produced by Dispatches, an investigative current affairs programme. In the broadcast, reporter Sanah Ahsan explores Britain’s youth depression crisis, to…
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anxiety, Channel 4, children and adolescents, depression, diagnosis, Eleanor Morgan, medical model, overdiagnosis, Sanah Ahsan, The Guardian, TV

Dear Doctor

Author: Editorial 23rd August 2019 0 Comments

Toronto-born hip hop emcee/rapper and psychotherapist MC FÜBB – pronounced “emcee foob”; aka Daniel Farb – has released a new music track (and accompanying video) called Dear Doctor. The introduction to the 4 minute music video says: “Speaking from the perspective…
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Daniel Farb, diagnostic labelling, hip hop, MC FÜBB, music, music video, overdiagnosis, person-centered, psychiatry, rap, videos

Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control

Author: Editorial 21st September 2018 0 Comments

A book that talks about over-diagnosis, doctor-induced illness and “evidence-based” medicine has relevance not just to biophysical illness/wellbeing, but also to emotional and psychological illness and wellbeing … Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich – wise words on real wellness is the title of a review by Yvonne Roberts (in The Observer)…
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Barbara Ehrenreich, books, control, death, evidence-based medicine, iatrogenic disease, invasive procedures, overdiagnosis, The Observer, well-being, Yvonne Roberts