The Psychiatric Peddlers in Your Schools
Educators and parents must equip children with the necessary tools to meet the normal problems of childhood that psychiatry attempts to address.
Reflections on the Silicon Valley Teen Suicides-by-Train: Fifteen Years Later
A psychiatrist and mom reflects on teen suicide clusters in Palo Alto and discusses alternative ways to address adolescent mental health.
The “Madness” of Inpatient Psychiatry
Inpatient psychiatry is not a place of psychological healing; it is devoid of compassion and full of human rights abuses.
Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 8)
Les Ruthven addresses benzodiazepines and whether substance abuse disorders should be considered brain diseases.
Irish Psychiatry Says Chemical Imbalance Is a Figure of SpeechâSo, What Now?
Donât researchers and clinicians have an ethical responsibility to inform the public that the "chemical imbalance" story is false?
Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression
Drugs, social support, placenta encapsulation: How can we approach the specter of postpartum depression?
How the Medical Profession Pathologizes Emotions and the Damage to Patients
Doctorsâ diagnostic inflexibility and unwillingness to take an integrative approach limits patientsâ autonomy in their own treatment.
Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)
On antidepressants versus CBT, the buzz around ketamine, and drugs for postpartum depression.
Trauma and Resources Within Social Context
What is seen as pathology is a complex web of surviving strategies learned in aversive circumstances that can cause distress later.
As a Psychologist, I’ve Seen Many Children Misdiagnosed as AutisticâIt’s a Clinical Catastrophe
The ASD diagnosis glosses over the many developmental specifics that might underlie a childâs challenges related to social communication.
The Social-Emotional Distress Field, or How I Divorced “Mental Health”
At this crisis point, I realised that resigning from my job was not enough. I needed to divorce from the Mental Health field as a whole.Â
Are âTrauma/Addiction Expertsâ and Psychiatrists Misleading Us?
âExpertsâ refer to an ill-defined concept of âtrauma,â but unique traumatic experiences should not be generalized.
Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6)
Les Ruthven addresses the research showing that psychiatric hospitalization increases suicidality.
RADAR and the Dignity of Risk-Taking
The goal may not be to eliminate risk, but to respect the risk that people are willing to take, and to help make tapering as safe as possible.
“Get Over It”? A Response to Empower Parents to Repair Instead of Victim Blame
An epidemic of children blaming their parents in therapy? In my 20 years as a psychologist, I've seen the opposite.
The Dangers of Precision Medicine: Mental Health Is Not a Battlefield
Rather than a war to be fought within individuals, we should envision mental health as a garden to be carefully nurtured.
âImpairment: Says Who?â: The Fundamental Question of Mental Health Treatment
The criterion of "impairment" is defined not by the person seeking treatment, but by other people: parents, clinicians, courts, employers, and so on.
Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 5)
Les Ruthven addresses increases in suicide and homicide caused by antidepressant drugs.
Toxic Interactions: Social Circumstances and Well-Being
Social circumstances are indisputably connected to psychological well-being, but this has gained no traction in policy and service provision.
Accounting for Mental Disorder: Time for a Paradigm Shift
Many people continue to be victimized by psychiatryâs adherence to a model that exists to satisfy guild interests, not science.
Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 4)
Les Ruthven addresses a ghostwritten study claiming effectiveness of antidepressants for children and adolescents.
Arrested Development: Britney Spearsâ Memoir Is a Survivorâs Tale of Generational Trauma, Psychiatric Abuse,...
Miranda Spencer discusses Britney Spears' new memoir and the harms of conservatorship.
Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sherita, Mother of Tony
This is the story of Sherita and her son Tony, and her efforts to help him following years of psychiatric drugs and hospitalizations.
What Helpedâand What Didn’t HelpâMy Recovery
In order to recover, it was necessary to give up the psychiatric treatment system, and the idea that I need something from that system, that I belong there.
Itâs Healthâs Illusions I Recall, I Really Donât Know Health at All
There is a core concept shaping the âmarketâ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand.
