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Posts by Robert Whitaker

Kermit Cole: Dialogical Therapy and Quantum Theory Walk Into a Bar…

Robert Whitaker - May 7, 2025

Chemically Imbalanced: Joanna Moncrieff on the Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth

Robert Whitaker - April 30, 2025

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: End of an Era for Independent Journals? An Interview With Giovanni...

Robert Whitaker - March 26, 2025

The Editorial Demise of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Is Bad News For Us All

Robert Whitaker - March 22, 2025

When Narratives Clash: Unshrunk and The Cognitive Dissonance of the NY Times

Robert Whitaker - March 21, 2025

Exploding Myths About Schizophrenia: An Interview with Courtenay Harding

Robert Whitaker - March 8, 2025

Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the...

Robert Whitaker - January 4, 2025

The Dying of the Light: Norway’s “Medication-Free” Services for Psychotic Patients Are Fading Away

Robert Whitaker - July 27, 2024

Remembering Bhargavi Davar: A Global Leader in the Struggle for Human Rights

Robert Whitaker - May 24, 2024

Petition: The Question About Medication that Can Save Lives

Robert Whitaker - April 30, 2024

The New York Times Is Now Engulfed in the STAR*D Scandal

Robert Whitaker - April 27, 2024

Putting JAMA Psychiatry and MIA to the Genetic Test

Robert Whitaker - March 13, 2024

Financial Conflicts of Interest Persist in DSM-5-TR Panel Members

Robert Whitaker - January 11, 2024

Winding Back the Clock: What If the STAR*D Investigators Had Told the Truth?

Robert Whitaker - January 3, 2024

2023 in Review: A Paradigm Shift Is Underway

Robert Whitaker - December 21, 2023

After MIA Calls for Retraction of STAR*D Article, Study Authors Double Down on the...

Robert Whitaker - December 6, 2023

Podcast with Robert Whitaker on the Media

Robert Whitaker - November 24, 2023

The WHO and the United Nations: Let Freedom Ring for the Mad

Robert Whitaker - November 11, 2023

Medication-free Ward in Tromsø, Norway May Soon Close

Robert Whitaker - November 2, 2023

The American Journal of Psychiatry’s Answer to MIA: A Silence that Speaks Volumes

Robert Whitaker - October 28, 2023

A History of Pernicious Anemia and Psychiatric Misdiagnosis

Robert Whitaker - October 12, 2023

Awais Aftab Responds to the STAR*D Scandal . . . And Digs a New Hole...

Robert Whitaker - September 25, 2023

Update on Retracting the Fraudulent STAR*D Results

Robert Whitaker - September 20, 2023

The STAR*D Scandal: Scientific Misconduct on a Grand Scale

Robert Whitaker - September 9, 2023

FDA Approves Antipsychotic That Provides No Meaningful Benefit But Increases Risk of Death

Robert Whitaker - August 18, 2023

ChatGPT Changes Its Mind: Maybe Antidepressants Do More Harm Than Good

Robert Whitaker - July 20, 2023

Can ChatGPT Defend the Long-term Use of Antipsychotics?

Robert Whitaker - July 13, 2023

What Does ChatGPT Say About MIA?

Robert Whitaker - July 6, 2023

With the Launch of Mad in Denmark, a Global Network for Radical Change Grows...

Robert Whitaker - July 3, 2023

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Answering Awais Aftab: When it Comes to Misleading the Public, Who is the Culprit?

Robert Whitaker - April 6, 2023

Martin Harrow: The Galileo of Modern Psychiatry (1933 – 2023)

Robert Whitaker - March 15, 2023

Fernando de Freitas: A “Dear Friend” Who Was a Warrior for Radical Change

Robert Whitaker - February 3, 2023

A Revolution Wobbles: Will Norway’s “Medication-Free” Hospital Survive?

Robert Whitaker - January 11, 2023

The Failure to Acknowledge Contributions of “Non-Professionals” in Psychiatric Research

Robert Whitaker - November 17, 2022

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

Robert Whitaker - September 14, 2022

Our RCT Fetish: How the “Gold Standard” for Research Has Led to A Societal...

Robert Whitaker - September 10, 2022

The Mad in the World Network: A Global Voice for Change

Robert Whitaker - August 22, 2022

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“Holy Shit!” Psychiatry’s Cognitive Dissonance on Display

Robert Whitaker - August 20, 2022

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Psychiatry, Fraud, and the Case for a Class-Action Lawsuit

Robert Whitaker - August 13, 2022

The Holocaust, Biological Psychiatry and a Shift Toward a More Humane Psychiatry Today

Robert Whitaker - July 28, 2022

Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads

Robert Whitaker - July 13, 2022

MIA Webinars: Past, Present and Future

Robert Whitaker - July 12, 2022

Laura Van Tosh: The Life of a Psychiatric Survivor Activist

Robert Whitaker - July 9, 2022

Point/Counterpoint: What Is the Importance of Nassir Ghaemi’s Conclusion that Psychiatric Drugs Do Not...

Robert Whitaker - June 25, 2022

Is Mad in America Doing More Harm Than Good?

Jim Phelps - May 14, 2022

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Thomas Insel Makes A Case for Abolishing Psychiatry

Robert Whitaker - April 30, 2022

The Impact the DSM Has Had On All of Us: An interview with Sarah...

Robert Whitaker - April 6, 2022

Thomas Jobe: The Legacy of Research He Leaves Behind

Robert Whitaker - March 24, 2022

Medicating Preschoolers for ADHD: How “Evidence-Based” Psychiatry Has Led to a Tragic End

Robert Whitaker - February 19, 2022

For Life: Opera on Psychiatry and Its Drugs

Robert Whitaker - January 8, 2022

The Visual Illusion of Efficacy in Psychiatric Drug Trials

Robert Whitaker - November 6, 2021

Anatomy of an Industry: Commerce, Payments to Psychiatrists and Betrayal of the Public Good

Robert Whitaker - September 18, 2021

The WHO Calls for Radical Change in Global Mental Health

Robert Whitaker - June 10, 2021

In Memory of Sandra Escher, Pioneer on Voice-Hearing

Robert Whitaker - June 9, 2021

¿Qué Requieren Nuestras Especies para una Vida Sana? Una Entrevista con Peter Sterling

Robert Whitaker - April 11, 2021

What Does Our Species Require for a Healthy Life? An Interview with Peter Sterling

Robert Whitaker - March 31, 2021

The BBC, Harrow, and a Public Left in the Dark

Robert Whitaker - February 25, 2021

A Short History of Tardive Dyskinesia: 65 Years of Drug-Induced Brain Damage That Rolls...

Robert Whitaker - November 22, 2020

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VICE, MIA and The Movement Against Psychiatry

Robert Whitaker - September 21, 2020

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An FDA Whistleblower’s Documents: Commerce, Corruption, and Death

Robert Whitaker - August 23, 2020

Do Antipsychotics Protect Against Early Death? A Review of the Evidence

Robert Whitaker - May 2, 2020

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NY Times to Bonnie Burstow: May You Not Rest in Peace

Robert Whitaker - February 5, 2020

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The Charade of New Drug Approvals for Schizophrenia

Robert Whitaker - January 19, 2020

Zel Dolinsky: I Have a Right to “Death With Dignity”

Robert Whitaker - December 28, 2019

Medication-Free Treatment in Norway: A Private Hospital Takes Center Stage

Robert Whitaker - December 8, 2019

MIA at Eight Years: Are We Fulfilling Our Mission?

Robert Whitaker - November 22, 2019

Screening + Drug Treatment = Increase in Veteran Suicides

Robert Whitaker - November 10, 2019

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Marci Webber Granted a Conditional Discharge

Robert Whitaker - September 25, 2019

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Is Remaking Psychiatric Care Possible?

Robert Whitaker - September 14, 2019

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Blaming the “Mentally Ill”: This is Hate Speech

Robert Whitaker - August 8, 2019

Twenty Years After Kendra’s Law: The Case Against AOT

Robert Whitaker - July 14, 2019

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The New Yorker Peers into the Psychiatric Abyss… And Loses Its Nerve

Robert Whitaker - April 18, 2019

MIA Update: Our Parent Resources Initiative and More

Robert Whitaker - October 26, 2018

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The Cochrane Collaboration Has Failed Us All

Robert Whitaker - October 11, 2018

Adolescent Suicide and The Black Box Warning: STAT Gets It All Wrong

Robert Whitaker - August 31, 2018

Suicide in the Age of Prozac

Robert Whitaker - August 6, 2018

Randomized Controlled Trials of Psychiatric Drugs Tell of Harm Done

Robert Whitaker - June 15, 2018

A Tale of Two Studies

Robert Whitaker - March 22, 2018

Do Antidepressants Work? A People’s Review of the Evidence

Robert Whitaker - March 11, 2018

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Soteria Israel: A Vision from the Past is a Blueprint for the Future

Robert Whitaker - February 10, 2018

Thou Shall Not Criticize Our Drugs

Robert Whitaker - September 22, 2017

MIA RADIO: Expanding the Audience for “Critical Psychiatry” Perspectives

Robert Whitaker - June 21, 2017

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Psychiatry Defends Its Antipsychotics: A Case Study of Institutional Corruption

Robert Whitaker - May 21, 2017

Our Letter to Lancet Psychiatry

Robert Whitaker - April 26, 2017

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Lancet Psychiatry Needs to Retract the ADHD-Enigma Study

Michael W. Corrigan, EdD - April 15, 2017

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The Door to a Revolution in Psychiatry Cracks Open

Robert Whitaker - March 25, 2017

MIA in the Year 2017

Robert Whitaker - January 13, 2017

INTAR 2016: A Global Call for a New Paradigm In Psychiatry

Robert Whitaker - December 6, 2016

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Confessions of a Trespasser

Robert Whitaker - September 7, 2016

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The Case Against Antipsychotics

Robert Whitaker - July 25, 2016

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The Evidence-Based Mind of Psychiatry on Display

Robert Whitaker - May 23, 2016

Report from the Parliament: Can Psychiatry At Least Be Curious?

Robert Whitaker - May 13, 2016

Making the Case Against Antidepressants in Parliament

Robert Whitaker - May 10, 2016

Medical Science Argues Against Forced Treatment Too

Robert Whitaker - March 19, 2016

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Dr. Pies and Dr. Frances Make a Compelling Case that Their Profession is Doing...

Robert Whitaker - March 17, 2016

We Need Your Help!

Robert Whitaker - February 4, 2016

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Me, Allen Frances, and Climbing Out of a Pigeonhole

Robert Whitaker - January 27, 2016

A New Year’s Letter to Our Readers: The Past, Present, and Future of MIA

Robert Whitaker - January 4, 2016

Timberrr! Psychiatry’s Evidence Base For Antipsychotics Comes Crashing to the Ground

Robert Whitaker - December 29, 2015

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Ronald Pies Doubles Down (And Why We Should Care)

Robert Whitaker - September 21, 2015

Reflections on a Beautiful Mind

Robert Whitaker - May 25, 2015

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Psychiatry Through the Lens of Institutional Corruption

Robert Whitaker - May 7, 2015

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A Challenge to Dr. Lieberman

Robert Whitaker - April 26, 2015

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Shrinks: A Self-Portrait of a Profession

Robert Whitaker - March 19, 2015

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Disability and Mood Disorders in the Age of Prozac

Robert Whitaker - February 2, 2015

MIA Continuing Education: Help Us Get The Word Out

Robert Whitaker - January 16, 2015

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A Debate Between Allen Frances and Robert Whitaker

Allen Frances, MD - December 4, 2014

MIA’s New Store & More

Robert Whitaker - June 25, 2014

Finnish Psychologist Fired for Speaking Critically of Antidepressants

Robert Whitaker - June 6, 2014

Shame of A Nation

Robert Whitaker - March 31, 2014

The Fat Lady Has Sung

Robert Whitaker - March 30, 2014

Launching MIA Reports

Robert Whitaker - March 4, 2014

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My Reply to Pete Earley: Do I Have Blood On My Hands?

Robert Whitaker - July 23, 2013

Support MIA

Robert Whitaker - July 18, 2013

Harrow + Wunderink + Open Dialogue = An Evidence-based Mandate for A New Standard...

Robert Whitaker - July 17, 2013

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The Vatican, Ritalin, and a Canadian Study of Long-term ADHD Outcomes

Robert Whitaker - June 18, 2013

Do Antipsychotics Worsen Long-term Schizophrenia Outcomes? Martin Harrow Explores the Question.

Robert Whitaker - March 26, 2013

Thoughts About David Oaks

Robert Whitaker - December 17, 2012

Dear Dr. Torrey: Please, Stop The Lies!

Robert Whitaker - October 26, 2012

More Evidence That Antipsychotics Shrink the Brain

Robert Whitaker - September 4, 2012

The Triumph of Bad Science

Robert Whitaker - July 11, 2012

The NY Times: When Stimulants Are Bad

Robert Whitaker - June 11, 2012

Black Hats, White Hats, and Financial Reckonings

Robert Whitaker - June 7, 2012

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E. Fuller Torrey’s Review of Anatomy of an Epidemic: What Does It Reveal About...

Robert Whitaker - May 16, 2012

Guidelines for a Thoughtful Discussion

Robert Whitaker - April 21, 2012

Interpreting Harrow’s 20-Year Results: Are the Drugs to Blame?

Robert Whitaker - February 23, 2012

The Real Suicide Data from the TADS Study Comes to Light

Robert Whitaker - February 20, 2012

The Taint of Eugenics In NIMH-Funded Research Today

Robert Whitaker - January 25, 2012

Biological Models of Mental Illness May Increase Stigma

Robert Whitaker - January 17, 2012

Psych Drugs Leading Cause of Adverse Events in Canadian Children

Robert Whitaker - January 17, 2012

Bipolar Office Visits Soar

Robert Whitaker - January 17, 2012

One in Five Americans Uses a Psychiatric Drug

Robert Whitaker - January 17, 2012

SSRIs Increase Risk of Pulmonary Hypertension In Newborns

Robert Whitaker - January 16, 2012

Rethinking Brain Research In Psychiatry

Robert Whitaker - January 12, 2012

Nicotine Replacement Therapies Fail to Provide a Lasting Benefit

Robert Whitaker - January 11, 2012

John McCarthy, Founder of Mad Pride Ireland, Dies at 61

Robert Whitaker - January 11, 2012

Emigrating at Young Age Linked to Psychosis in Adulthood

Robert Whitaker - January 7, 2012

No Evidence that Antidepressants Are Effective for Mild Depression

Robert Whitaker - January 7, 2012

Undetected Diabetes Found Frequently In Adults Taking Antipsychotics

Robert Whitaker - January 4, 2012

Both Antidepressants and Talk Therapy Fail to Beat Placebo

Robert Whitaker - January 4, 2012

Published Meta-Analyses of Drugs Are Inaccurate Because of Missing Data

Robert Whitaker - January 4, 2012

Why Trials of Antidepressants Often Fail

Robert Whitaker - January 1, 2012

Maybe Troubled Youth Aren’t Bipolar After All

Robert Whitaker - December 30, 2011

In the U.K., Doctors Sued For Creating Benzodiazepine Addicts

Robert Whitaker - December 30, 2011

Calendar of Events

Robert Whitaker - December 30, 2011

Your Meds

Robert Whitaker - December 30, 2011

Mad Media Content

Robert Whitaker - December 26, 2011

Robert Whitaker – Short Bio

Robert Whitaker - December 22, 2011

Psychiatric Hospitalization of Children Soars

Robert Whitaker - December 20, 2011

Reviews

Robert Whitaker - December 20, 2011

Interviews

Robert Whitaker - December 20, 2011

Lives Restored

Robert Whitaker - December 19, 2011

Lobotomy Remembered as a Treatment for Pain

Robert Whitaker - December 19, 2011

In Their Own Voice

Robert Whitaker - December 14, 2011

Answering the Critics: William Glazer, in Behavioral Healthcare Magazine

Robert Whitaker - December 13, 2011

Robert Whitaker – Long Bio

Robert Whitaker - December 12, 2011

Cognitive Therapy Found Effective in Unmedicated Psychotic Patients . . . And Other News

Robert Whitaker - December 10, 2011

Answering the Critics: Massachusetts General Hospital Grand Rounds

Robert Whitaker - December 2, 2011