violence – A New Vision for Mental Health

The Psychiatrist Who Warned Us That Donald Trump Would Unleash Violence Was Absolutely Right

Author: Editorial 8th February 2024 0 Comments

“‘There is typically a developmental arrest caused by early trauma or abandonment,’ Lee says. ‘As adults, they still act like children in the playground; convinced that might makes right, they often can’t stop bullying others.’ “ This article by Joshua Kendall has…
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a wellbeing society

American Psychiatric Association, Brandy Lee, Donald Trump, Joshua Kendall, Mother Jones, psychiatry, violence

Sexy But Psycho: How the Patriarchy Uses Women’s Trauma Against Them

Author: Editorial 24th February 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Jessica Taylor. The publishers say: “Angry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal . . . Women have long been pathologized, locked up and medicated for not conforming to whichever…
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a coherent system

books, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), diagnostic labelling, domestic violence, Jessica Taylor, patriarchy, personality disorder, psychiatry, trauma, violence, violence against women, women

Prescripticide

Author: Editorial 9th July 2021 0 Comments

This 12 minute video (see below) is set within an American context. The producers say: “This video challenges one of the most popular beliefs: That mental suffering is a disease that requires corrective treatment through chemical intervention. More specifically, this…
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collaborative practice

Coalition Against Medicalized Psychiatry and Psychology (CAMPP), International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP), Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, Richard D. Lewis, suicide, videos, violence

Children Who Witness Violence at Home

Author: Editorial 28th February 2020 0 Comments

“Interpersonal violence, especially violence experienced by children, is the largest single preventable cause of mental illness.”Steve Sharfstein, 2006. In De-Medicalising Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition , Chapter 9 – Children Who Witness Violence at Home – is written by clinical psychologist Arlene Vetere. It begins: “The…
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collaborative practice

Arlene Vetere, books, children and adolescents, domestic violence, psychiatry, trauma, trauma-informed approaches, violence