Beyond Meds publishes Giovanna Pompele’s critique of a New York Times’ op-ed written by psychiatrist Paul Steinberg, who’s proposed solution to violence such as that in Newtown involves a return to the “golden age” of psychiatry. Dr. Pompele reviews the evidence for whether psychiatry has helped to improve mental health or has in fact made things worse.
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