Peter Simons – Page 2 – A New Vision for Mental Health

The Faulty Reasoning That Turned ADHD Into a Disease

Author: Editorial 12th January 2023 0 Comments

This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In a new article in Frontiers in Psychiatry, researchers explain the four strategies used to erroneously conflate the construct of ‘ADHD’ with a medical disease. According to the researchers,…
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ADHD, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Mad in America, Peter Simons

Despite More Treatments for Depression, Prevalence Doesn’t Decrease—Why?

Author: Editorial 4th November 2022 1 Comment

This article by Peter Simons has been published on the Mad in the UK website. It begins: “Between 1987 and 2007, the number of people receiving treatment for depression in the United States increased fourfold (and has continued to rise more…
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Clinical Psychology Review, depression, evidence-based practice, Johan Ormel, Mad in the UK, Peter Simons, Research, treatment-prevalence paradox

Common Statistical Method Conflates Withdrawal with Relapse

Author: Editorial 21st April 2022 0 Comments

“Researchers argue that common study methods for psychiatric drugs may inadvertently minimize withdrawal effects and inflate drug efficacy.“ This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Survival analysis is a statistical technique often used to…
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BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, drug withdrawal, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Joanna Moncrieff, Mad in America, Peter Simons, relapse, Research, statistics, Survival analysis

Listening to the Patient Voice: The Antidepressant Withdrawal Experience

Author: Editorial 30th August 2021 0 Comments

“’A total of 97% of respondents were offered a prescription on their initial consultation with a doctor, 5% reported being offered talking therapy, and 0.6% were offered lifestyle advice (with some patients offered more than one option).’According to the researchers,…
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Anne Guy, antidepressant withdrawal, antidepressants, Clients & Patients, Mad in America, Marion Brown, Mark Horowitz, Peter Simons, Research, Stevie Lewis, Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology