Yearly Archives: 2012
Letters from the Front Lines
Dear Bob--
I met a new patient today, an African American gentleman in his late 40's, a successful entrepreneur and innovator (invented and marketed his...
Recovery and Liberation: One and the Same?
You can’t have one without the other. I’ll explain as we go along.
As 2011 was winding down, SAMHSA issued what it termed its “…...
Jack Carney – Short Bio
Up the River: A social worker, Jack Carney writes on the contradictions and hypocrisies of the public mental health system, and promotes and applauds acts...
Jack Carney – Long Bio
UP THE RIVER
Jack Carney has been a practicing social worker for over forty years. His recent retirement from FEGS, a large New York social...
Carolyn Crowder – Short Bio
Discipline, Not Drugs: A psychologist whose primary interest is Adlerian parent education, Carolyn Crowder writes about parenting methods and attitudes that facilitate better relationships with children...
Carolyn Crowder, PhD – Long Bio
DISCIPLINE, NOT DRUGS
Carolyn Crowder, PhD, attended the University of Arizona and finished her doctorate in 1980. She is a retired psychologist whose primary interest...
J&J Settles Texas Medicaid Lawsuit for $158 Million
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to settle Texas' lawsuit for the company's fraudulent marketing of Risperdal. The is the first time J&J has settled...
Corinna West – Short Bio
Wellness Wordworks: Corinna West writes about the business she founded, which coordinates people suffering from emotional distress to provide instant peer support for one...
Corinna West – Long Bio
WELLNESS WORDWORKS
Corinna West is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and community organizer. She founded Wellness Wordworks in 2008 to show how the recovery community can...
Bipolar Office Visits Soar
The number of "visits" by bipolar patients 18 and older to office-based physicians in the U.S. rose from 3.7 million in 1998 to 7.8...
One in Five Americans Uses a Psychiatric Drug
Because of the increased use of generic drugs, there has been a slowdown in the growth of spending for psychiatric drugs in the United...
Pilgrim’s Progress: From Young Madman to Old Therapist
I'll begin this chapter of my personal odyssey through madness and the vocation it created of my life as a therapist specializing in madness, with...
On Creative Maladjustment and Rethinking Psychiatry
On this day January 16 2012, we commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and as such, many thoughts are...
SSRIs Increase Risk of Pulmonary Hypertension In Newborns
Swedish researchers have found that pregnant women who take SSRI antidepressant after gestational week 20 more double the risk that their babies will suffer...
Diagnosing Dangers
As I wrote in my first blog, A Three Pronged Approach to Mental Health System Change, after I read Mad in America in 2002,...
Chapter Twenty-Two: To the Hospital on the Hill
Bright, white light pours into my eyes, which have opened themselves slowly. I clench them closed again, hoping to push the light out. For...
From the Loony Bin To Stand-Up Comedy
I was sixteen and going on seventeen and I had never gone crazy before. I think the most startling aspect of it is how...
A Visit into the Lithuanian Mental Health System
In November of 2011 I spent two weeks in Lithuania -- a fascinating time. Some colleagues in Scandinavia connected me with a progressive psychiatrist...
Rethinking Brain Research In Psychiatry
The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA is one of the premier centers for brain research in the country, and so when the...
Nicotine Replacement Therapies Fail to Provide a Lasting Benefit
In clinical trials, nicotine gum and patches are effective in helping people quit smoking. However, researchers have found that nicotine-replacement therapies do not lower...
Letters from the Front Lines
Dear Bob--
Last fall, I was filling in at a clinic for a provider who was on vacation, and saw a woman in her late...
A Mother Bear’s Story
In the last year of high school, my daughter’s personality suddenly changed, almost overnight it seemed. Initially, I chalked it up to adolescence.
What had...
Evidence, Bias, and Anecdote
I suspect that many people who come to this website are not fans of psychiatry. Although I am also critical of various aspects of...
New Video: Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs: A Harm Reduction Approach
I want to thank Bob Whitaker for inviting me to join the bloggers at Mad In America. As an introduction to my work I...
Texas Lawsuit Against J&J Underway
Texas' lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson for its off-label marketing of Risperdal, which the state alleges involved fraudulent claims about the drug's safety and...
