Yearly Archives: 2025
Observational Studies Confirm Trial Results That Antidepressants Double Suicides
Depression drugs don’t work, and they increase suicide.
Schizophrenia in Philosophy and Theology
From Socrates to Jesus to Nietzsche, all experienced divine Beatific Visions, just as I have.
Psychiatry, Capitalism, and the Industrial Machine
Psychiatry, under the guise of science, tries to identify and manage those who deviate from industrial society's norms.
Head on a Stick by Jennifer Chapman
I feel a push and pull inside of me,
Deep in the pit of my soul.
Roots stretch to the ends of my stomach,
Tangled with bones—
A...
Mad In South Asia
While conducting research in rural Northern India, Ayurdhi Dhar spoke to a woman whose mother had vivid visual hallucinations of Indian wedding processions. When...
Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness
The Situational Approach provides an alternative to the poor outcomes seen with the medicalisation of distress.
Grief and Burnout: The Challenge of Staying Out of Psychiatry
No matter how many times I scatter, I gather my pieces every time and get down to my garden where souls dwell, waiting to be tended.
Illegal Fraud is the Norm for Psychiatric Commitment
Rob Wipond reports on more investigations that reveal systemic abuses of patients’ rights.
New Book by Courageous Psychiatrist about Her Profession’s Most Damaging Falsehood
Writing in CounterPunch, Bruce Levine reviews Joanna Moncrieff's new book Chemically Imbalanced.
Kyrie Therapeutic Farm: Distress Understood as Part of the Human Condition
KTF aims to combine supportive community, holistic care, and meaningful opportunities for participating in a natural farm setting.
Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms Linked to Life-Altering Consequences, New Study Shows
A new study reveals that withdrawal symptoms from antidepressants can last years, disrupting lives and relationships.
Beyond Techniques: The Common Factors That Drive Healing
Common factors, rather than the intricacies of any single modality, are the real engine of therapeutic transformation.
“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis
High levels of childhood adversity interact with violent crime, poverty, and lack of access to education.
The Note
I’ve helped dozens of my students through tough times and suicidal thoughts. But my own child? How do I handle THIS?
Kids Are Not the Problem: An Interview With Gretchen LeFever Watson
In this interview, Brooke Siem, who is the author of a memoir on antidepressant withdrawal, May Cause Side Effects, interviews Gretchen LeFever Watson, PhD.
Gretchen...
You Are A World by Tara Rae Behr
You are a world.
You are not a sign,
a category, a personality,
a label, a diagnosis, a spectacle,
a thing to be analyzed, or figured out.
Others who...
I Am Looking for People I Miss
It’s a community of like-minded people; we should stick together. Maybe, hopefully, I will find my hospital friends.
Don’t Include Involuntary Commitment as a Treatment Tool in Seattle
As someone who has experienced the trauma of involuntary mental health treatment, I am deeply concerned.
Peter Gøtzsche’s Video Interviews on Psychiatry
Here are recent interviews by Peter Gøtzsche on his site Broken Medical Science. including a recent interview with Jim Gottstein.
The STAR*D Scandal
Why Forced Treatment With...
The Ouija Board and the Skeptic
Skepticism, especially from those with lived experience, is necessary. It forces us to question whether our tools and methods truly help.
A Psycho-Spiritual Journey
The Wellness approach, despite years of deliberate suppression, has survived and proven itself to be highly effective.
Guided Dreaming Can Transform Psychosocial Issues: 11 Case Studies
Dreaming problem-solves various waking concerns creatively through memory consolidation and emotional processing.
Schizophrenia and Homosexuality: My Experience and Case Studies
During my confinement, I became convinced that the forced repression of my homosexuality was the true etiology of my schizophrenia.
Coroner Issues Warning About Antidepressants After Suicide of Royal’s Husband
A coroner has issued a warning about the effects of antidepressants prescribed by a Buckingham Palace doctor to the son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent before his suicide.
Shame by Destiny Woodward
There is a vastness of sorrow and emptiness within me that I can’t describe. The sting of shame, the flames of regret consume me....
