You might find some (or all) of the following quotes interesting: Dr. Allen Frances (psychiatrist and founding editor of two well-known psychiatric journals): “Main thing we’ve learned from the history of psychiatry is that we learn nothing from it and…
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This article by Robert Whitaker has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “On March 27, Mad in America published a review of a ‘viewpoint ‘ in JAMA Psychiatry that told of how psychiatry did not have evidence of ‘successful outcomes.’ This prompted psychiatrist Awais…
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You might find some (or all) of the following quotes interesting: “Whatever we’ve been doing for five decades, it ain’t working.” Dr. Thomas Insel (former director of the National Institute of Mental Health) * “Sophisticated and superstitious therapists often wonder…
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Subtitled “Sunshine” legislation is ineffective against widespread financial entanglement, this article from Dr. Christopher Lane is written within an American context and has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “When Congress passed the Physician Payments Sunshine Act in 2010,…
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In this video (see below) Robert Whitaker – an American journalist and author, writing primarily about medicine, science, and history – talks about the evidence base for Soteria houses. The video producers say: “There is a long record of evidence…
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