Yearly Archives: 2023
Subhuman Schizo Sonnet by M.J. Hudson
O feeling like a nigger denied the vote,
the brain behind my radical commotion
being coercively treated by the state,
I, torn out to where some schizos...
Untitled by Louise
I can't cope with living anymore
Leaving for good should be a choice
Should be empty of moral guilt
I'll never get over my Mom's passing
I'll never...
Sleepwalking My Life on Seroquel
When my son was 5, I ended up as a single mum, with ‘bipolar’ disorder, in a foreign country. I had to always work harder to prove that I was worthy.
Pharma CEO, Others Attempt Contradictory Critiques of Serotonin-Debunking Study
Moncrieff et al. respond to the contradictory and, in some cases, false concerns raised by these critics of their serotonin review.
UK Mental Health Review Must Address ‘Lack of Compassion’ Towards Patients, Watchdog Says
From The Independent: The national review was prompted by The Independent's exposé on "systemic abuse" of children within private mental health hospitals.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Ten)
Peter Gøtzsche discusses the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, including in children, and the lack of evidence for any benefit from lithium.
With the Launch of Mad in Denmark, a Global Network for Radical Change Grows...
Mad in Denmark, which is newly launched, is the 11th affiliate in the MIA network, and three others are expected to launch later this year.
Grieving: The Key to Healing Trauma
From Daniel Mackler: As we grow, the traumas we experience become locked into our personalities. Grieving is the process of unlocking those frozen traumas, which is what gives us a chance to change.
Emotions Are Not Bad Behavior
From The Natural Child Project/Robin Grille: Time and time again, children are heavily reprimanded for committing the offence of crying or being angry.
The Psychiatrization of Consumers after Harm from Plastic and Cosmetic Procedures
When plastic surgery goes awry, doctors defend themselves by labeling the harmed patient with mental illness.
MIA Writer, Toronto Psychiatrist Gordon Warme Dies at 90
Dr. Warme was the author of multiple books including Brain Evangelists: How Psychiatry Has Convinced Us to Believe in Its Far-Fetched Science and Dubious Treatments.
A Patient Reads His Psychiatrist
Dr. W.’s description of me, that I was agitated, insulting, uncooperative, did not match the emotions I was feeling. I felt distraught, hopeless, terrified, and desperate.
What Does it Mean to Be Borderpolar?
Psychiatrists believe people can have both bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, referred to as “borderpolar,” although this is not an official DSM diagnosis.
Lack of Insight: The Story of Psychiatry
From Human Givens: Clinical psychologist Professor John Read is interviewed about his work showing adverse life events explain most types of emotional distress, and how the medical model ignores it.
Antidepressants: From a ‘Hidden’ Withdrawal Scandal to the Chemical Imbalance Row
From The Herald Scotland: Activists who've tried to draw attention to a darker side of antidepressants have been shouted down, dismissed, or accused of "pill-shaming."
Q&A: How Can We See ADHD From Another Angle, and What Can We Do...
We all want to help our kids or our students, and sometimes finding the right key to unlock a child’s gifts is a matter of time, patience, trial, and error.
Georgetown University Conference Addresses “Invented Diseases & Overtreatment”
From CounterPunch: Volatile questions about pharmaceutical marketing tactics characterized the 9th conference of PharmedOut, a project created by a grant from Pfizer’s 2004 off-label neurontin settlement.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Nine)
Peter Gøtzsche on more harms caused by depression pills, including akathisia and its connection to homicide.
Examining the ‘D’ in CPTSD | Terry Baranski
From CPTSD Foundation: Developmental trauma doesn’t create disorders — it creates coping strategies, which are processes rather than discrete things.
Psychiatry’s Denial of the Horrors of Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive dyskinesia, a serious and horrible harm of psychiatric drugs, is often overlooked or deliberately ignored by psychiatrists.
The Government Has a Moral Duty to Help Those Harmed by Prescription Drugs
From The BMJ: An open letter by healthcare professionals decries the fact that there are still almost no NHS services to support patients harmed by taking pills as prescribed by their doctor.
‘The Invisible Cage Called Freedom’: My Work, My Kids, My Mental Health
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see my 3-year-old’s innocent smile as she plays and rides her tricycle, and I can’t help but feel sad and worried about my daughters’...
Race and Abuse in Inpatient Settings: What Happens Behind Locked Doors
The problem of staff brutality towards patients on the psych wards disproportionately affects people of color and continues to happen every day behind locked doors.
An Introduction to the Trieste Model of Mental Health Care, and Why It Matters
From Vincenzo Passante/Psychiatry at the Margins: The Trieste approach is to suspend judgement on the exact nature of a person’s problem at the beginning of the relationship, and gradually help them make sense of their life within a dialectical context.
Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at the Crossroads: Mary Boyle Interviews Jay Joseph
The psychiatric genetics field is historically based in eugenics and diverts our attention from evidence-backed causes of human suffering and dysfunction.
