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Mental Health Survival Kit, Chapter 2: Is Psychiatry Evidence Based? (Part 8)

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On psychiatry’s resistance to admitting to withdrawal effects, as well as the way doctors and scientists are treated when they critique the establishment.

Access Denied: Victims of Prescribed Harm Are Abandoned by Psychiatry

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Harmed patients are frequently unable to control the narrative of their own treatment and are subject to gaslighting, dangerous medical advice, and termination.

My 7 Years of Detention Hell

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The court found me “not guilty by reason of insanity” and sentenced me to a 30-day evaluation at a psych facility. A crisis had been averted, and my life could return to normal... oh, how far from the truth that idea was.

Mental Health Survival Kit, Chapter 2: Is Psychiatry Evidence Based? (Part 7)

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Many patients end up on terribly harmful drug cocktails they might never escape from. Although it’s hard to believe, it’s getting worse.

On Being Forced Out in the Clinical Psychology Field

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I wondered how many others have experienced coercion, abuse, and have had their lived experiences of mental illness used as weapons against them by mental health professionals?

How I Became My Own Psychiatrist

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I now am more conversant with the latest literature on the medications I take than my prescriber is. While I consider his opinion and clinical judgment, I no longer accept every word as the Gospel truth.

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Town Halls/Webinars

Mad in America will host the third in its series of town halls on psychiatric drug withdrawal on May 14, with a focus on “Post-Withdrawal Experiences.” Panelists include Adele Framer, Will Hall, Nicole Lamberson, and David Healy. Register here.

Mad in America Continuing Education will present a webinar on May 21 by neuroscientist Peter Sterling. His presentation is titled: What does our species require for a healthy life? And can we achieve this with drugs? Register here.

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Art-Making During the Pandemic

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Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal – Town Hall Discussion #2

Watch the recording of our second psychiatric drug withdrawal town hall discussion, aired live on March 12, 2021. Featuring panelists Giovanni Fava, Peter Groot, Mark Horowitz and Joanna Moncrieff.

Explore MIA: Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal town hall support resources

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