Yearly Archives: 2023
Intellectualization Results From Blocked Childhood Trauma | Daniel Mackler
Intellectualization is when people use their intellect, their logic, or their abstract reasoning to avoid having to deal with feelings.
A New Vision for Mental Health Care at Soteria Jerusalem
Despite living in Israel for five years, I had no idea that one of the few Soteria houses in the world was only a short train ride away.
Yale Psychiatrist Receives Federal Grant to Shock Elderly Dementia Patients
The release from Yale Medical School doesn’t explain how the researchers will obtain consent from those with severe dementia to participate in their study.
Pieces of Shattered Memories
If the sum of my experience exists only as fractured memories that never happened, who am I? It has led me to a near-constant questioning of every aspect in my life.
Cochrane Reviews of Psychiatric Drugs Are Untrustworthy
Cochrane is keen to protect guild interests and to comply with official views from governments even when they contradict the evidence in Cochrane reviews.
‘Sacred Conversations’: A Talk with Susan Swim and a Father Whose Daughter Found Healing
We have two guests today. One is Susan Swim, executive director of the Now I See A Person Institute, which she created in 2007...
A Different Path In The Same Woods by Moth Gorman
it was a different year and i woke up in the same woods i was in before
it was the quietest calm
like i had cried...
“Nobody Comes to Work to Harm People”
From Psychiatry Is Driving Me Mad: People cannot heal within a system which refuses to acknowledge the harm it continues to cause.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook Chapter 12: Electroshock
Peter Gøtzsche discusses the poor body of research for the efficacy of ECT and the common effect of amnesia, which indicates brain damage.
SSRI Use During Pregnancy Alters the Child’s Brain Development
Reduced brain volumes due to SSRI exposure in pregnancy was not explained by maternal depression alone.
The Wellsprings of Horror in the Cradle | Alice Miller
From Alice-Miller.com: The connections between terrorism (violence, war, etc.) and childhood are still hardly recognized. It is time to take the facts seriously.
The STAR*D Scandal: Scientific Misconduct on a Grand Scale
The American Journal of Psychiatry Needs to Retract Study That Reported Fraudulent Results
Medication Overload, Part I: A Mountain of Drugs in America’s Cabinets
The 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day takes place on Saturday, October 28—and this time around, I’ll be there.
The upcoming event will provide...
Healing My Broken Story: The Power of Compassionate Relationship
Richard was more than a therapist; he was a faithful witness to my spiritual transformation. His faith in me is the sturdy banister I hold on to as I move forward.
Why I Resigned from Mental Health America
When MHA lobbied for expanding forced treatment, I could no longer allow myself to be a cog in the oppressive, profit-driven, psych industry wheel.
‘We Should Drop the Disorder Because…’ AD4E Online Festival Sept. 22!
Watch a promotional video for ADisorder4Everyone's upcoming annual festival on Friday, September 22: "A collective roar of disapproval for a system that labels and medicates rather than listens and responds with compassion."
Unattached Burdens: IFS Helps Us Understand What Psychiatry Ignores
To heal from unattached burdens requires an understanding of the mind that psychiatry lacks.
What Patients — and Doctors — Should Know About ‘Benzo’ Withdrawal
From The Washington Post: There is little awareness about the consequences of withdrawing from long-term use or high doses of these drugs and how to do it safely.
What’s Eating Oregon? Peer Respites, The Lund Report & Beyond
Peer respites are a precious resource that deserve protection, and implementation that prioritizes the full vision of the model and prevents co-optation.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 11: Dementia
"You should not talk to your doctor about dementia drugs because your doctor is likely to mislead and harm you. These drugs should not be used by anyone to prevent or treat dementia."
Popular Obesity Drugs Monitored for Suicidal Thinking
Concerns rise about the adverse effects and longer-term harms of GLP-1 injections like Ozempic and Wegovy.
What Causes Emptiness? | Jonice Webb, PhD
From Dr. Jonice Webb/Running on Empty: Many people who experience emptiness don’t even know they have it, much less what it is. They just know they feel "off"; like something just isn’t right with them.
The Suicide Police: Harm Disguised As Help
It’s easy to tell a dead person they mattered. Humans are great at writing eulogies. But we are shit at making people feel like they matter while they are alive.
How a Dialogue With the Humanities Can Enrich Psychological Science
From Psychology Today: If psychology is going to help those suffering from the symptoms of our cultural and spiritual malaise, it must reinvigorate the very resources our culture is ready to abandon.
Book Review of Crash: A Memoir of Overmedication and Recovery by Ann Bracken
A powerful, heartbreaking wake-up call about how the severely damaging effects of medications that claim to relieve suffering can threaten generations in a family.
