Mad in America

As family support people for those caught in the mental health system, our job is to mitigate as much of the trauma as we can.

I'm still tapering from medications, but I am better, which is how I know recovery is possible. Understanding the systems that were impacted by medications was an essential piece of the puzzle.

On the pharmaceutical industry's spinning of results of clinical trials to hide suicide attempts and deaths on depression pills.

On a misleading Cochrane review of benzodiazepines for acute psychosis, and how Cochrane responded to criticism.

Western psychiatry has done a lot of harm to people, especially when it is forced upon people as their “only” option. People’s experiences are wildly diverse, and only a diversity of options can do justice to our differing needs.

The Detroit Free Press did an excellent job in bringing to light the conditions at Pontiac, its loss of accreditation, and closing. Still, they didn't quite grasp the severity of violence there.