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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 2: Are Psychiatric Disorders Mainly Genetic or Environmental? (Part One)
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12
1553
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January 5, 2023
7
2522
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1
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3
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9
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6
1437
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5
1079
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December 22, 2022
66
3590
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December 20, 2022
1
2211
Data on Your Mind: Good Public Health or Mental Health Surveillance?
Sam Keast
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December 17, 2022
8
1854
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December 16, 2022
4
2590
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12
1585
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December 13, 2022
6
5047
The Schizophrenia Genetics Illusion—A Century of Failure and Hype
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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December 12, 2022
110
10222
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Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
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December 8, 2022
20
9601
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16
1778
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December 1, 2022
140
10018
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November 29, 2022
58
3339
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November 22, 2022
14
2691
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November 22, 2022
10
3492
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November 19, 2022
33
1644
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November 17, 2022
22
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November 15, 2022
74
2005
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November 10, 2022
16
4876
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November 8, 2022
24
6771
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Angie Peacock
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November 3, 2022
17
13689
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November 1, 2022
7
3097
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October 27, 2022
30
1433
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October 25, 2022
8
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October 20, 2022
6
2265
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October 18, 2022
5
2081
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Christopher Lane, PhD
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October 13, 2022
10
6524
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October 6, 2022
2
1492
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October 4, 2022
14
3423
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September 29, 2022
10
1352
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September 27, 2022
35
1730
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September 26, 2022
27
3453
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September 22, 2022
5
1893
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Iva Paska, PhD
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September 21, 2022
11
5503
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Howard Glasser
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September 21, 2022
3
583
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Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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September 20, 2022
6
1542
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September 15, 2022
38
3131
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September 13, 2022
16
2778
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September 12, 2022
11
1331
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Erica Rex
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September 8, 2022
20
6648
A Developmental Response to Trauma and Trauma Language
Lois Holzman, PhD
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September 6, 2022
43
3597
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Miranda Spencer
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September 1, 2022
16
765
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August 31, 2022
17
5780
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August 30, 2022
4
1899
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August 25, 2022
26
2225
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August 23, 2022
11
3341
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August 22, 2022
6
1137
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August 16, 2022
15
3039
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August 15, 2022
13
1680
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August 11, 2022
4
2510
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August 9, 2022
51
33695
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Nigel Strauss
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August 4, 2022
14
2497
Psychiatry Textbooks Are Filled with Errors and Propaganda
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August 2, 2022
43
11327
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July 29, 2022
127
113014
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&
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July 28, 2022
37
15867
Psychiatry’s Failure Crisis: Are You Moderately or Radically Enlightened?
Bruce Levine, PhD
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July 26, 2022
42
7816
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Michelle Funk
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July 26, 2022
3
936
Are Antidepressant Drugs Being Prescribed Too Widely? A Review of “Evidence-biased Antidepressant Prescription”
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July 25, 2022
3
2156
A Diagnosis and Its Damages: Orna Ophir’s “Schizophrenia: An Unfinished History”
Megan Wildhood
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July 22, 2022
6
2288
The Transformative Potential of Psychosis
Robyn Thomas
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July 21, 2022
30
11099
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July 14, 2022
18
1858
MIA Webinars: Past, Present and Future
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July 12, 2022
9
802
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Michael Scott
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June 28, 2022
31
7006
Expanded Mental Health Services Won’t Stop Mass Shootings
Megan Wildhood
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June 24, 2022
68
2400
Peer Values Versus Violence: A View from Lived Experience
Meghan Caughey, MFA
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June 21, 2022
30
1360
Cargo Cult Psychiatry
James Knochel
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June 18, 2022
20
7118
The Power of Activism
Irit Shimrat
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June 14, 2022
20
1227
Open Season on Mental Patients
Irit Shimrat
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June 13, 2022
23
2557
Behaviorists Must Confront Psychiatry’s Pseudoscience
Allan Leventhal
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June 11, 2022
89
4168
Psychiatry’s Medical Model: How It Traumatizes, Retraumatizes & Perverts Healing
Bruce Levine, PhD
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June 7, 2022
93
17723
The New York Times Comments Section: A Literary Rorschach Test for the Masses
Sera Davidow
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June 2, 2022
71
4336
A Hopelessly Flawed Seminar in “The Lancet” About Suicide
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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June 1, 2022
9
4177
Icarus, Let Me In: Songs For a Better Story
Mark Lipman
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June 1, 2022
6
1053
A Different Psychiatry Is Needed for Discontinuing Antidepressants
Giovanni Fava
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May 28, 2022
63
4950
The Shady World of Shock Treatment
Michael Sturman
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May 24, 2022
20
2893
The Alternative to Psychiatry Has Been Discovered—We’re Just Not Using It
Anders Sørensen
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May 21, 2022
85
32614
Peer Support Research: Is It Time Yet?
Ellen Dayan
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May 19, 2022
15
1662
The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Upcoming NICE Depression Guidelines
Jonathan Coppin
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May 17, 2022
7
2037
Review of the Conference on Withdrawal and Side Effects: IIPDW
Birgit Valla
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May 17, 2022
5
605
Psychiatry in Aeromedicine: Who Is Denied the Privilege of Piloting an Aircraft?
Bart Johnson
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May 12, 2022
9
2240
From Horse Ranch to Home Ground: Healing Families via Telehealth
Susan Swim, PhD, LMFT
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May 10, 2022
5
681
Unity in Diversity: Rethinking Mental Health and Our Connection to Nature
Michael Hambrook
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May 9, 2022
4
1207
What Is the Role of the Prosumer in the Mental Health System?
Max E. Guttman, LCSW
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May 6, 2022
14
1311
ADHD: The Money Trail
Patrick Hahn
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May 4, 2022
8
4119
Inner Fire Is the Only Place I Would Go for Emotional Distress
Mitzy Sky
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May 3, 2022
7
1895
Mad by Design: An Ancient Paradigm of Psychiatric Thought
Justin Garson
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April 26, 2022
15
2715
Thomas Insel and the Future of the Mental Health System
Andrew Scull, PhD
-
April 25, 2022
44
6061
Ending Coercive “Help”: A Review of “Reimagining Crisis Support”
Irit Shimrat
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April 21, 2022
29
2062
And Finally
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 21, 2022
19
1071
An American History of Addiction, Part 10: My Strange Path to Recovery
Kevin Gallagher
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April 19, 2022
4
881
An American History of Addiction, Part 9: How I Became an “Addict”
Kevin Gallagher
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April 18, 2022
1
1141
Apples and Oranges in Peer Support Research
Ellen Dayan
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April 14, 2022
16
1989
Saving Lives or Cementing Stigma? A Review of “Just Like You…”
Miranda Spencer
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April 12, 2022
285
3059
Mad in (S)pain
MIA Editors
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April 11, 2022
0
642
The Dramatic Results of John Weir Perry’s Diabasis House Program
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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April 7, 2022
8
3413
The Grief Pill is Coming!
Donna Schuurman
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April 5, 2022
13
9282
Mad in Finland
MIA Editors
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April 4, 2022
1
959
Responding to Daniel Morehead, MD, Psychiatry’s Latest Champion
Philip Hickey, PhD
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March 31, 2022
23
1696
Mad in the UK
MIA Editors
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March 28, 2022
2
893
The Functions of the Mental Health System Under Capitalism
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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March 26, 2022
42
7672
Thomas Jobe: The Legacy of Research He Leaves Behind
Robert Whitaker
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March 24, 2022
9
3331
Former NIMH Director’s New Book: Why, With More Treatment, Have Suicides and Mental Distress...
Bruce Levine, PhD
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March 23, 2022
32
8191
Engaging “Madness”: A Guide for Significant Others and Families
Sam Ruck
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March 22, 2022
12
1707
Mad in Sweden
MIA Editors
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March 21, 2022
0
814
Why Do We Lock People Up?
Niall McLaren
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March 19, 2022
56
2688
Why Do People Self-Harm, and How Can We Stop It?
Cathy Wield
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March 17, 2022
30
2477
The ENIGMA-MDD Project: Searching for the Neuropathology of “Major Depressive Disorder”
Philip Hickey, PhD
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March 16, 2022
40
1816
Fifty-Eight Years Beyond the Community Mental Health Act, 1963
Jane Engleman
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March 15, 2022
31
890
Mad in Canada
MIA Editors
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March 14, 2022
2
787
Desperate Remedies
Andrew Scull, PhD
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March 12, 2022
6
3301
The Looting of “Outsider Art” by Psychiatry Continues Today
Hagai Aviel
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March 10, 2022
6
2170
Anti-Psychiatry, Szasz, Torrey, Biederman & the Death of Freethinking
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
March 8, 2022
74
3985
Mad in México
MIA Editors
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March 7, 2022
1
716
Psychiatry Upgraded the Declaration of Independence
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
-
March 4, 2022
10
1052
Illnesses or Loose Collections of Vaguely Described Problems?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 2, 2022
23
1334
The Censors Are Coming for Mental Health
Steven Morgan
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March 1, 2022
23
2319
Mad in the Netherlands
MIA Editors
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February 28, 2022
2
1134
Robert Spitzer on DSM-III: A Recently Recovered Interview
Christopher Lane, PhD
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February 26, 2022
18
5270
Collateral Damage: The Negative Impact of Antidepressants on New Zealand Youth
Richard Vernall
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February 24, 2022
1
1574
Toxic Marketing: The Business of Selling TMS
James Hall
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February 22, 2022
28
5076
Mad in Italy
MIA Editors
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February 21, 2022
3
950
Malignant Do-Gooderism: The Tragedies of Allopathic Psychiatry
James Knochel
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February 17, 2022
4
1720
Fear and Loathing in the ECT Debate
John Read
-
February 15, 2022
11
2210
Regulators Are Approving Drugs Without Clear Evidence That They Work
Michael P. Hengartner, PhD
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February 15, 2022
5
1186
Mad in Norway
MIA Editors
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February 14, 2022
0
1082
Susan Inman Is at It Again
Francesca Simpson
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February 11, 2022
20
2192
The Danger of Marginalizing People
Christine Burnett
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February 10, 2022
60
1588
Why Is Psychiatry So Defensive About Criticism? Part 2
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 9, 2022
44
2467
Consternation of the Bees
Jane Engleman
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February 8, 2022
7
804
Mad in Brasil
MIA Editors
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February 7, 2022
2
620
Save the Date! Kids in Crisis: The Overprescribing of Psychiatric Medication
MIA Editors
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February 4, 2022
0
1444
The New DSM Is Coming and That Isn’t Good News
Sarah Fay
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February 1, 2022
30
29730
Evidence Distortion in Medicine Explained in One Single Chart
Till Bruckner, PhD
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January 31, 2022
3
1655
Why Is Psychiatry So Defensive About Criticism?
Philip Hickey, PhD
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January 27, 2022
57
3408
Why Is Child Sexual Abuse So Common in Institutions?
Rachel Litchman
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January 26, 2022
7
2202
Home Alone: Finding Connection During the Pandemic
Hugh Polk, MD
&
Ann Green, PMHNP
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January 24, 2022
2
942
Grief: A Shamanic Perspective
Nagual James Gehrlein
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January 20, 2022
4
2801
New NICE Guidelines for ECT Are Dangerously Inadequate, Say 50 Patients and Professionals
Chris Harrop
&
John Read
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January 17, 2022
15
1496
When It Comes to Mental Health Problems, The Disability Framework Fails: A Response to...
Chuck Ruby, PhD
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January 14, 2022
34
2017
“Mental Health” Is a Euphemism for Policing Social Deviance
Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
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January 13, 2022
28
4499
Can Anything Good Come Out of Therapy?
Megan Wildhood
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January 7, 2022
60
4634
Addressing the Social Determinants of Mental Health—or Perhaps Not
Philip Hickey, PhD
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January 4, 2022
34
2797
When Tapering Antidepressants, is Going Slow Always the Best Strategy?
James Moore
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December 23, 2021
50
4745
The Psychiatric Hospital Is an Institution of Social Control
Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
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December 21, 2021
22
4168
Getting A Diagnosis Meant That My Sister Never Had the Chance to Resolve Her...
Jennifer Hough
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December 14, 2021
24
6382
Mental Health Care Must Support Consent and Basic Human Rights
Laura Marchetti
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December 11, 2021
9
2294
When It Comes to Mental Health Problems, The Disability Framework Fails
Chuck Ruby, PhD
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December 8, 2021
65
3566
Institutionalized 18 Years Ago, I May Never Be Released
William A. Sutherland
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December 7, 2021
9
2441
Book Review: “Opening Up: The Parenting Journey”
Amy Biancolli
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December 6, 2021
4
1202
Psychotherapy Has an Enduring Effect on Depression—in Contrast to Depression Pills
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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November 23, 2021
18
4232
ADHD as Cargo Cult Science
Sheelah Mills
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November 20, 2021
16
6406
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Eric Coates
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November 19, 2021
5
2229
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Lael Ewy
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November 18, 2021
10
5026
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Bruce Hutchison
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November 16, 2021
15
2902
“For Life”: New Opera Tells the Stories of Those Harmed by Psychiatric Drugs
MIA Editors
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November 15, 2021
22
3257
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Daniel Rosenbaum
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November 11, 2021
5
1935
Reason and Madness: How Psychiatry Marginalizes Those Who Contradict Western Norms
Robert Murphy
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November 9, 2021
10
2852
“Make Psychiatry Healthy”: Analysis of a Leaflet From the Danish Psychiatric Association
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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November 4, 2021
37
2836
Why Not Seek Treatment Through the Mental Health System?
Christine Burnett
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November 2, 2021
20
3403
The New York Times Confidently Misinterprets a New ECT Study
Michael Sturman
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November 1, 2021
20
3033
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Miranda Spencer
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October 28, 2021
4
966
How and Why Neurotypicals Misunderstand and Mistreat Autistic People
Heini Natri
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October 26, 2021
27
26072
Remembering Darby Penney — A Fierce Advocate for Justice and Human Rights
MIA Editors
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October 21, 2021
9
2397
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G.J. O'Farrell
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October 21, 2021
16
4192
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Lauren Spiro
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October 19, 2021
16
2695
RIP: Ed White – Advocate, Researcher and Supporter
James Moore
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October 18, 2021
6
4186
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Helle Lengsholm
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October 14, 2021
5
3532
A New Liberation Movement, Focused on Relationship
Lynne Stewart
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October 12, 2021
8
1663
I Set Up a Suicide Crisis Centre to Provide the Opposite of What I...
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June 6, 2021
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May 25, 2021
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March 18, 2021
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Philip Hickey, PhD
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March 16, 2021
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UN Special Rapporteur Dainius Pūras: Biomedical Approach “Still Has an Important Role to Play”
Jon Sedarati, MSc
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August 30, 2020
27
1826
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Anna Holtzman
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August 29, 2020
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8353
Deep Sleep “Therapy” in Australia in the 1960s & ’70s: Could Something Like This...
Philip Hickey, PhD
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August 27, 2020
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4535
Inequities in Mental Health Services: It’s Time for a Reckoning and Rectification
Karen Zilberstein
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August 25, 2020
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1737
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Stuart Shipko
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August 22, 2020
112
11490
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August 20, 2020
12
2945
An American History of Drugs and Addiction, Part Two: Immigrating to a Temperance Culture
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August 18, 2020
3
1652
Who Is a Danger to Others: The “Mentally Ill” or the Powerful?
Caroline Colwill
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August 15, 2020
162
3298
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August 11, 2020
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1562
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August 9, 2020
53
5787
A Tale of Two Paradigms
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August 8, 2020
31
3029
Stop Saying This, Part Three: “Everything in Moderation” and More
Megan Wildhood
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August 6, 2020
51
3144
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Lael Ewy
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August 4, 2020
90
4074
Kicking Over a Straw Woman
Patrick Hahn
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August 2, 2020
50
3424
A Recovery Movement Jedi Master, Bill Anthony, Died Recently
Mark Ragins, MD
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August 1, 2020
10
2329
Drs. Pies and Ruffalo Still Rattling Their Wooden Swords
Philip Hickey, PhD
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July 28, 2020
102
2675
An American History of Addiction: Ardent Spirits
Kevin Gallagher
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July 23, 2020
13
3250
Professional Mental Health Leaders: Experts in Humanity or in Marketing?
Caroline Colwill
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July 19, 2020
71
2820
Whose Finger is Taking the Pulse of America’s Shock Treatment Controversy?
Sarah Price Hancock
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July 16, 2020
46
4674
Stop Saying This, Part Two: “Reframing” and More
Megan Wildhood
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July 12, 2020
47
3885
Is COVID-19 Making Everybody Crazy?
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
July 10, 2020
29
9487
Racism and Radical Psychiatry
Lucas Richert
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July 8, 2020
146
2496
Suicide & Candy Corn: The Utility and Challenges of Risk Assessments
Sera Davidow
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June 21, 2020
68
4002
Kerry O’Malley: A Personal Struggle Against Forced Medication
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June 20, 2020
10
3620
Is It Time to Rethink Mental Illness in Light of the Pandemic?
Caroline Colwill
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June 18, 2020
36
2731
Defunding the Police: Replacing Guns With Prescription Pads Is Not the Answer
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
June 17, 2020
46
6149
Does Stranger Mean Danger?
Dan Kriegman, PhD
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June 15, 2020
15
1542
Stop Saying This: Phrases That Sound Helpful, But Are Actually Gaslighting, Part 1
Megan Wildhood
-
June 14, 2020
37
15796
Black Suicidality and Mental Health #BlackLivesMatter
Samantha Lilly
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June 12, 2020
4
1689
End Police “Wellness Checks.” Now.
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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June 11, 2020
63
18399
We Must Not Be Silent On George Floyd & Systemic Racism.
Sera Davidow
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June 9, 2020
257
3718
Withdrawing Kids from Psych Drugs: Why, How, and When
Nicole Beurkens, PhD, CNS
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June 8, 2020
12
1543
Recovery: Stressing the Social Basis of the Process
Alain Topor
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Inger Beate Larsen
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Tore Dag Bøe
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June 6, 2020
28
3457
Canadian Mental Health Legislation and the CRPD
Irit Shimrat
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June 5, 2020
44
2806
Supporting Children and Parents to Withdraw from Psychiatric Medication
Nicole Beurkens, PhD, CNS
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June 4, 2020
13
2185
“We Are All Mad!” A Call for the Development of an International Network Among...
Marcello Maviglia
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June 1, 2020
83
2010
Jinxed: The Persecution of Evan Durst Kreeger
Jim Gottstein, JD
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May 31, 2020
97
8216
Three Recent Genetics Books and Twin Studies’ Indefensible “Equal Environment Assumption”
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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May 29, 2020
19
4086
12 Essential Facts About Psychiatry
Jon Sedarati, MSc
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May 28, 2020
81
12809
Four Decades of Allying to Make Safe Spaces for All Voices: The Hearing Voices...
Kermit Cole
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May 27, 2020
5
746
Should You Ever Ask Someone “Are You Suicidal?”
Sera Davidow
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May 26, 2020
78
6391
Electric Shock Update: Allegations of Regulatory Misconduct Filed with the FDA
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
May 24, 2020
33
3109
Should We Diagnose Donald Trump?
Dan Kriegman, PhD
-
May 23, 2020
53
2176
Does Pharma Need the Entrepreneur?
Stephen Farghali
-
May 21, 2020
17
1382
Beyond the Buzzwords: What Does Trauma-Informed Care Truly Mean?
Rachel Levy, LCSW
-
May 20, 2020
33
6256
What COVID-19 Has to Teach Us About Psychiatric Oppression
Sera Davidow
-
May 19, 2020
167
3907
DSM Led Us Far Astray. Life Story Is the Path to Truth.
Eric Kuelker, PhD, RPsych
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May 18, 2020
86
4792
When Telling A Psychiatrist You Are Not Mentally Ill Is Grounds for Commitment
Gail Tasch
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May 17, 2020
29
5315
Loneliness Is Deadlier Than COVID
Megan Wildhood
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May 13, 2020
44
5285
Why Compassionate Activism?
Mitzy Sky
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May 12, 2020
7
2048
Dialogue Is Just What the Doctor Ordered: Town Halls in a Time of Crisis
Kermit Cole
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May 11, 2020
14
672
Re-establishing My Credentials: Psychiatric Survivor Activists Are Needed Now!
David W. Oaks
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May 10, 2020
97
2700
The President’s Fitness: Can Professionals Help Decide?
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
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May 8, 2020
160
2618
“Be Kind to Yourself… For Us!”
Hugh Polk, MD
&
Ann Green, PMHNP
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May 7, 2020
15
957
Induction to Virus Psychosis
Maria Quarato
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May 7, 2020
9
1002
Mental Health Is Our Common Wealth
Kermit Cole
&
Justin Karter
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May 4, 2020
20
1105
Jordan B. Peterson’s Support of Corporal Punishment for Children: A Critique
Jon Sedarati, MSc
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May 4, 2020
61
20032
The Launch of Mad in Sweden Culture Section
May 3, 2020
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May 3, 2020
Injuries in the Children of Parents Living With Mental Illness
May 3, 2020
“Depression Among the Elderly Must be Prioritized”
May 3, 2020
Mad in America and Activism
Ron Bassman, PhD
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May 1, 2020
65
1937
Window of Opportunity: Reflections on “Dialogue in a Time of Crisis”
Kermit Cole
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April 30, 2020
1
758
Allen Frances: Still Spinning the Story
Philip Hickey, PhD
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April 24, 2020
108
4315
Is Your Brain Adequately Nourished to Cope With COVID-19 Stress?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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April 22, 2020
22
2569
Too Good to Be True: How TMS Damaged My Brain
James Hall
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April 21, 2020
258
125984
There’s Something Spreading Faster Than COVID-19, and It’s Not Fear. It’s Toxic Positivity
Megan Wildhood
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April 20, 2020
49
15341
Lockdown Reading to End DSM Psychiatry?
Magdalene D'Silva, BA/LLB, LLM, MA
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April 17, 2020
76
5692
Just Like Viruses, Emotions are Contagious
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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April 16, 2020
19
1564
Missing a Pivotal Outcome in a Large Cold Turkey Trial of Desvenlafaxine
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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April 16, 2020
6
1098
Exploring Dialogical Responses in a Time of Crisis: Are We Living in the...
Kermit Cole
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April 14, 2020
37
3913
A Bridge Over Troubled Water: What’s This About Being a Hopeless Reformer?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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April 12, 2020
103
2010
Exploring How Muslim Therapists Work With Jinn Possession
Kawthar Alli
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April 11, 2020
16
5832
Blurring the Line Between “Us” and “Them”
Diana Spore
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April 10, 2020
29
1421
What Do Psychiatrists Treat if Not the Soul (i.e., the Psyche)?
Fr. John
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April 9, 2020
41
2898
We Are All in This Together
Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
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April 7, 2020
162
4435
A Peek Inside the Modern Asylum
Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
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April 5, 2020
29
7772
Social Determinants of Health and the Continued Individualization of Suffering
Kevin Gallagher
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April 4, 2020
20
3031
Supreme Court Decides Case on Insanity Defense
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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April 3, 2020
7
1541
Making a Mad Community, from Attic to Attic: Part Two
Jessica M
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March 31, 2020
0
37
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Jessica M
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March 31, 2020
0
28
US Considering Policies That Will Lead to Mass Death Of Psychiatric Patients
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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March 29, 2020
48
2632
The Persistent, Misdirected Search for Causes of Trauma-based Suffering
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
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March 27, 2020
37
3252
Joint Statement on COVID-19 and Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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March 26, 2020
75
3922
The Perils of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
Katherine Werner Blasi
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March 25, 2020
8
1327
Mad in Brasil TV
March 22, 2020
Tending Hearts and Minds: Changing the Mental Health Paradigm in Our Schools
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson
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March 19, 2020
11
1534
Psychiatry and the Stupidification of America
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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March 18, 2020
51
5238
From FACT to POD: How a FACT Team Integrated Open Dialogue
Marion DeBoer
-
March 16, 2020
13
1137
National Boards of Health Are Unresponsive to Children Driven to Suicide by Depression Pills
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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March 15, 2020
29
3335
The Psychiatric Narrative & The Boston Globe: Violence, Force, & Derogatory Labels
Vesper Moore
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March 14, 2020
50
2324
A Book Review of “Acceptance: The Defining Voice of Validation”
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
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March 13, 2020
7
2012
Please Stop Saying Depression Is Like Diabetes
Megan Wildhood
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March 12, 2020
46
4263
How Radical Women Changed Psychiatry in the 1970s
Lucas Richert
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March 9, 2020
19
3265
6 Ways Trauma Might Inform Your Current Life
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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March 8, 2020
28
5977
UN Report: Involuntary Psychiatric Interventions “May Well Amount to Torture”
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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March 5, 2020
117
8034
Psychiatry Needs a New Metaphor
Scott Hall
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March 4, 2020
34
2931
The Most Dangerous Thing You Will Ever Do
Peter Breggin, MD
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March 2, 2020
76
19223
What Can We Learn From the Asylum?
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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February 29, 2020
79
2443
Why Did I Stay?
February 29, 2020
Rethinking “Delusions”: Envisioning a Humanistic Approach to Troublesome Beliefs
Ron Unger, LCSW
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February 27, 2020
24
3029
What Does the Therapist Know? And Why Does It Matter?
Ann Green, PMHNP
&
Hugh Polk, MD
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February 25, 2020
14
2413
Working With the Four Dialogues: Using Chairwork in Clinical Practice
Scott Kellogg, PhD
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February 22, 2020
10
2446
Observations From an Open Circle
Milan Röhricht
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February 20, 2020
29
1052
Our Movement Has a Cover-up Problem Too
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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February 18, 2020
81
3086
Turning the Corner: How Are We Educating Psychiatrists in Medical Schools?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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February 17, 2020
29
1385
Exploding the “Separated-at-Birth” Twin Study Myth
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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February 16, 2020
5
5308
“Sublime Madness”: Anarchists, Psychiatric Survivors, Emma Goldman & Harriet Tubman
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
February 15, 2020
32
2458
Why Must People Pathologize Eating Problems?
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
&
Jo Watson
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February 15, 2020
38
4082
Spiritual Emergency: Crisis or Transformation?
Julia Sellers
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February 14, 2020
11
5952
The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression: Where Is It Going?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 13, 2020
56
7635
The Review on Antidepressant Withdrawal That Cochrane Won’t Publish
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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February 11, 2020
33
9501
A Kirist Response to Psychiatry
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
February 7, 2020
29
3459
NY Times to Bonnie Burstow: May You Not Rest in Peace
Robert Whitaker
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February 5, 2020
123
6150
Psychiatry, Capitalism, and the Recuperation of Psychedelics
Shariq Khan
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February 4, 2020
31
5148
Big Pharma Meets Big Diagnosis, Big Courts, and Big Psychiatric Hospitals
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
January 31, 2020
91
7398
Reimagining Healthcare
Audrey Stillerman, MD
-
January 30, 2020
22
2402
Where Are the Results of These Five Clinical Trials of Antidepressant Drugs?
Till Bruckner, PhD
-
January 28, 2020
11
4032
Ready, Fire, Aim: Mainstream Psychiatry Reacts to the UN Special Rapporteur
Niall McLaren
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January 26, 2020
41
4977
How President Trump and Dr. Drew Got It Wrong on Deinstitutionalization
Michael Simonson
&
Leah Harris
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January 24, 2020
37
4505
MIACE 2020: New Approaches to Working With People Who Are Suicidal
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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January 21, 2020
26
2799
Stalked by Stress, Abandoned to Predation: The Appeal of Suicide in a Modern World
Sarah Knutson
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January 16, 2020
59
4935
Making Peer Counseling Radically Accessible
Tim Desmond, LMFT
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January 14, 2020
33
3445
The Day I Became Schizophrenic
Eric Coates
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January 12, 2020
62
5219
Power Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
Sera Davidow
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January 11, 2020
74
3906
The Real Myth of the Schizophrenogenic Mother
Patrick Hahn
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January 10, 2020
53
11003
Remembering Bonnie Burstow
Don Weitz
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January 9, 2020
32
6326
No, Dr. Friedman: The Solution to Teen Suicide is Not So Simple
Jacob Hess, PhD
-
January 8, 2020
24
3622
Surviving Psychiatry: A Typical Case of Serious Psychiatric Drug Harms
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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January 7, 2020
22
7591
Real Doctors Are Peddling Fake Diseases: Here’s How to Spot Them
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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January 4, 2020
67
4916
Overcoming the Madness in Us All
Peter Breggin, MD
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January 3, 2020
36
7991
Cast Aside No One
Melissa Toni
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January 2, 2020
97
2054
The Invisibles: Children in Foster Care
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
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December 30, 2019
16
3478
Zel Dolinsky: I Have a Right to “Death With Dignity”
Robert Whitaker
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December 28, 2019
97
7514
Merry, Beautiful, Unique: YOU
Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
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December 25, 2019
15
1124
Anatomy of a Suicide: Stress and the Human Condition
Sarah Knutson
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December 24, 2019
21
42351
Medical Ghostwriting: When an “Author” Is Not Necessarily an “Author”
Jonathan Leo, PhD
-
December 21, 2019
4
3404
The House of Cards with Informed Consent Standards
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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December 20, 2019
19
1962
Twin Studies and Ken Burns’ Upcoming Documentary on “The Gene: An Intimate History”
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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December 19, 2019
25
5155
Are Regulatory Bodies Prioritising Drug Company Interests Over Public Safety?
John Read
-
December 17, 2019
31
2232
Is Australia’s Psychiatric System Redeemable?
Niall McLaren
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December 15, 2019
48
4963
The Field of Mental Health Has Gone Astray, But We Can Fix It
Birgit Valla
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December 13, 2019
45
3813
Dr. Huda Has Written His Book: ‘The Medical Model in Mental Health’
Philip Hickey, PhD
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December 11, 2019
63
5160
What Does ‘Relapse’ Mean? Definitions Used in Antipsychotic Trials Are Unclear
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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December 10, 2019
15
1826
The Matrix: Disentangling Anti-Psychiatry
T.N. Tampiyappa, FRANZCP
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December 7, 2019
120
8001
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December 6, 2019
62
5470
A Tribute to Stephen Gilbert, Warrior Behind Enemy Lines
MIA Editors
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December 3, 2019
31
1694
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Chaya Grossberg
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December 1, 2019
21
3015
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November 28, 2019
11
3367
Seven Strategies to Avoid Retraumatization While Working with Psychosis
Tim Dreby, MFT
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November 26, 2019
18
2608
MIA at Eight Years: Are We Fulfilling Our Mission?
Robert Whitaker
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November 22, 2019
69
4457
Anthropologists Contemplate the Future Role of Psychiatry
Sandra Steingard, MD
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November 19, 2019
19
3063
Hearing Voices Network Launches Family & Friends Support Group
David Adams
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November 16, 2019
4
3306
High Time for Anarchism in Mental Health
Itay Kander
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November 14, 2019
57
5462
Deep Brain Stimulation and Deeply Biased Researchers, Revisited
Andrew Scull, PhD
-
November 13, 2019
19
2823
“We Need a New Paradigm” — Rethinking Psychiatry’s Hospitalization Survey
Rachel Levy, LCSW
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November 9, 2019
7
1807
Capitalism Makes Solutions Impossible: A Review of ‘Rebel Minds’
Megan Wildhood
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November 8, 2019
20
2882
The Revolt Against Psychiatry: A Book Review
Susan Rosenthal
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November 6, 2019
44
3541
Got a Gene for That? The Latest from the Chronicles of Gene Worshiping
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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November 5, 2019
21
2299
Holistic Approaches: A Proven Treatment for Psychotropic Drug Withdrawal
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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November 2, 2019
5
11929
Responding to Workplace Mistreatment and Bullying
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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October 31, 2019
21
2091
From Moses to Jesus to Prozac: A Theory on “Chemical Imbalances” and Faith
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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October 30, 2019
58
5102
Power Threat Meaning Framework and Tapering Strips in Brasil
October 28, 2019
In Defense of Healthy Pride
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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October 27, 2019
21
2445
Berlin Manifesto for Humane Psychiatry Released
Jann Schlimme
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October 24, 2019
43
3181
There Is No Such Thing as a Side Effect
Eric Coates
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October 23, 2019
28
4274
Building a Culture of Mental Well-Being
Aryan Aggarwal
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October 20, 2019
1
5168
When Mad Voices Are Locked Out of Academia
Chris Maylea, MHSMP, JD, DSW
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Indigo Daya, DipMgt, BBus(Comn), psychiatric survivor
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October 19, 2019
124
7565
Hereditary Madness? The Genain Sisters’ Tragic Story
Patrick Hahn
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October 17, 2019
14
15014
Peer Specialists in the Mental Health Workforce: A Critical Reassessment
Darby Penney
&
Peter Stastny, MD
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October 16, 2019
74
9896
The Sisyphus Cycle: How Everyday Stress Leads to Suicide
Sarah Knutson
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October 12, 2019
29
8318
Dog Assisted Psychotherapy Most Effective With Children
October 12, 2019
Deep Brain Stimulation and Depression
Andrew Scull, PhD
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October 10, 2019
27
3106
UN Expert Calls for Major Shift in Suicide Prevention Efforts on World Mental Health...
MIA Editors
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October 10, 2019
6
3501
Fighting Unjustified Commitment in Wisconsin: Leslie’s Story
Gail Tasch
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October 9, 2019
39
3402
Countervailing Forces Against Ritalin Use in France
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
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October 6, 2019
5
2294
Forced-Treatment Advocacy Group Cherry-Picks Data to Support Agenda (Again)
Michael Simonson
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September 30, 2019
24
1963
A Doctor Cures His Bipolar Diagnosis Without Psychiatry: Review of ‘I’
Magdalene D'Silva, BA/LLB, LLM, MA
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September 29, 2019
58
11757
Marci Webber Granted a Conditional Discharge
Robert Whitaker
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September 25, 2019
104
5542
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James Barnes, MSc, MA
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September 21, 2019
38
5031
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Bruce Levine, PhD
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September 17, 2019
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11423
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Robert Whitaker
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September 14, 2019
255
7349
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Jane Tholen
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September 13, 2019
15
14231
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Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
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September 11, 2019
29
2496
How Psychological Injuries Cause Physical Illness—And How Therapy Can Heal It
Eric Kuelker, PhD, RPsych
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September 10, 2019
56
39056
William James’s Letter to His Depressed Daughter
Jeffrey Rubin, PhD
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September 5, 2019
12
5987
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Niall McLaren
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September 4, 2019
53
4516
A ‘Blueprint’ for Genetic Determinism
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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September 3, 2019
20
8004
How Healthcare Foundations Destroy Grassroots Advocates
Corinna West
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September 1, 2019
11
1587
System Change Webinars: Promoting Radical Change
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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August 29, 2019
36
876
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal in Spain
Francisco Jose Sans Lacussan
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August 27, 2019
31
9167
The Problem Lies in the Term ‘Mental Illness’
Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
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August 25, 2019
208
5580
Poverty: The Newest Medically Treatable Brain Disease
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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August 23, 2019
79
4936
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Peter Breggin, MD
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Michael Cornwall, PhD
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August 20, 2019
24
5382
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Ann Green, PMHNP
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Hugh Polk, MD
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August 18, 2019
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1944
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Tomás Hardiman
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August 17, 2019
12
4078
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Sascha Altman DuBrul
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August 16, 2019
51
3162
In Defense of Anger
Megan Wildhood
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August 15, 2019
42
4090
No Graphic Detail: The Injustice of Being Silenced
Sera Davidow
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August 12, 2019
60
2880
We Must Hear Marianne Williamson’s Message About the Overuse of Antidepressants
Kenneth F. McCallion
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August 11, 2019
20
2916
Brave New Apps: The Arrival of Surveillance Psychiatry
Jonah Bossewitch, PhD
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August 9, 2019
20
3085
Blaming the “Mentally Ill”: This is Hate Speech
Robert Whitaker
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August 8, 2019
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6734
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August 6, 2019
33
4443
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Jess Stohlmann-Rainey
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August 4, 2019
25
9438
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Peter Groot, PhD
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August 1, 2019
24
2587
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Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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July 31, 2019
119
11022
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Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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July 30, 2019
12
3057
We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health
MIA Editors
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July 28, 2019
10
3043
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Sandra Steingard, MD
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July 27, 2019
13
2553
We Lost a Giant Today: A Tribute to Janet Foner
Lauren Spiro
&
David W. Oaks
-
July 25, 2019
10
3622
Responding to “The Case Against AOT”—Next Steps for Change
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
July 24, 2019
31
1297
The Chemical Imbalance Theory: Dr. Pies Returns, Again
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
July 22, 2019
81
5769
U.S. Politicians Now “Trauma Informed”—Should We Be Hopeful?
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
July 20, 2019
15
1769
An Open Letter to Howard Stern, the “Poster Boy for Psychotherapy”
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
July 19, 2019
11
2851
End Kendra’s Law Now: Racist, Classist Practices in Involuntary Psychiatry Persist
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
July 17, 2019
9
3672
Talking About Psych Diagnoses and Drugs: A Primer for Parents & Professionals
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
July 13, 2019
14
2616
System Change Toward a Green Movement in Mental Health
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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July 12, 2019
12
1133
Equal Legal Capacity or ‘Supported Decision-Making’?
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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July 10, 2019
38
1599
On Cognitive Liberty: A Principle to Rally Behind
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
July 7, 2019
192
4420
Being-Towards-Suicide
Milan Röhricht
-
July 7, 2019
57
2347
Why Mad in Italy?
Marcello Maviglia
-
July 6, 2019
51
1835
Inside an Online Charter School: Labeling Kids “Disabled” for Profit
Julie Greene, MFA
-
July 2, 2019
47
2385
A Guide to Long-Acting Neuroleptics: Education or Promotion?
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
June 28, 2019
61
2947
The Pill Shaming Phenomenon: What’s It Really About?
Sera Davidow
&
Caroline Mazel-Carlton
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June 26, 2019
182
10549
The Voices My Daughter Hears
Tricia Stafford
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June 25, 2019
32
2915
Madness, Sexuality and Legacies of Strategic Sanism
Sarah Carr, PhD
-
June 23, 2019
22
3254
Introducing Voices for Choices
Jim Flannery
-
June 22, 2019
12
1252
“Three Identical Strangers” and the Nature-Nurture Debate
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
June 21, 2019
14
16035
To Warn or Not to Warn? A Critique of MIA’s Use of Diagnostic Terminology
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
June 18, 2019
211
5952
Tom Paine, Christianity, and Modern Psychiatry
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
June 14, 2019
36
2170
ECT Litigation Update: Are Patients Being Warned of Brain Damage Risk?
David Karen, Esq.
-
June 13, 2019
11
3792
Two Years Tapering an Antidepressant – A Life-Changing Experience That I Didn’t Want
James Moore
-
June 12, 2019
39
5269
The Three Types of Psychiatric Drugs – A Doctor’s Guide for Consumers
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
-
June 9, 2019
122
5853
A Smashing Victory — And an Insidious New Threat
Peter Breggin, MD
-
June 9, 2019
24
5795
When ‘For Your Own Good’ Actually Means ‘For My Own Good’
Sera Davidow
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June 4, 2019
71
6565
Public Purse a Cash Cow for Pharma: Could Taxpayer Dollars Be Better Spent?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
June 1, 2019
49
1282
Tough Love for Thomas Szasz: A Book Review
Michael Fontaine, PhD
-
May 31, 2019
101
3474
I’m Introverted, Not Depressed!
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
May 29, 2019
23
3994
Blaming the System May Be the Best Therapy
Megan Wildhood
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May 25, 2019
47
4671
Helping Children to Overcome OCD: 6 Creative Strategies for Parents
Ben Furman, MD
-
May 22, 2019
34
13170
FDA Approves Using Electricity All Night Long on Children’s Brains
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
May 21, 2019
57
6460
Are Antidepressants Enabling the Population to Tolerate the Intolerable?
Melody Ullah
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May 18, 2019
27
5008
My Son and the “Mental Health” System
Alan Moster
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May 17, 2019
60
5060
Recovery Versus Mad Pride: Exploring the Contradictions
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
May 14, 2019
130
4778
Stop Shocking and Torturing Women – My Sisters
Don Weitz
-
May 12, 2019
28
2394
Reflections on 25,000 Hours of Being With People in Extreme States
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
May 11, 2019
69
5652
Thought About Killing Yourself Lately? It’s Not All In Your Head
Eric Greene
-
May 10, 2019
48
5131
On Human Nature and Its Implications for the Mind-Body Problem
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
May 9, 2019
15
2253
Forced Drugging with Antipsychotics is Against the Law: Decision in Norway
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
May 4, 2019
17
7557
Lou Reed: That Which Does Not Kill Us Can Radicalize Us
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
May 3, 2019
55
5180
A Deeper Dive into System Change in the Mental Health Paradigm
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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May 3, 2019
35
3499
Lithium: A Survivor’s Guide for Parents
Julie Greene, MFA
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May 1, 2019
55
5249
Remembering Deron Drumm: The Vision and the Hope for Healing and Connection
Mitzy Sky
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April 28, 2019
7
2219
25 Lenses Through Which to View How Life is Experienced
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
April 27, 2019
30
3283
On Whose Authority?
Ann Green, PMHNP
&
Hugh Polk, MD
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April 27, 2019
26
2192
In Defense of Anti-Psychiatry
Philip Hickey, PhD
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April 25, 2019
281
13041
Helping People to Constructively Engage with Voices
Ron Unger, LCSW
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April 24, 2019
41
5105
“Dad, You Were Right”: I Got Better When I Stopped Treatment
Julie Greene, MFA
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April 23, 2019
123
5313
Media Errors in Covering “Mental Health” – Advice to Fellow Writers and Editors
Sandy Allen
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April 21, 2019
14
3886
Update on Marci Webber: Will the Nightmare Ever End?
Cindy Perlin
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April 20, 2019
47
3891
The Lonely Wave: On the Failure of Group Therapy
Cody B.
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April 19, 2019
54
5545
The New Yorker Peers into the Psychiatric Abyss… And Loses Its Nerve
Robert Whitaker
-
April 18, 2019
414
14116
Struggling Parents, Burdened Social Services: What We Can Change
Karen Zilberstein
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April 16, 2019
23
1605
The Science and Pseudoscience of Women’s Mental Health: Conversation with Kelly Brogan
Sharna Olfman, PhD
-
April 13, 2019
5
5095
ECT Explained by a CET (Certified Engineering Technologist)
Fr. John
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April 11, 2019
32
4662
Why “Middle-Grounders” May Be as Dangerous as APA Presidents
Bruce Levine, PhD
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April 9, 2019
231
4234
The Hints That Psychotherapy Clients Drop
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
April 7, 2019
5
1948
The Therapeutic Role of Blame
Megan Wildhood
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April 6, 2019
16
3078
“I Love My Diagnosis”: The Benefits of Mental Illness
Fred Moss, MD
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April 4, 2019
286
6070
Lasting Damage from Prescribed Drugs
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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April 1, 2019
76
12926
A Faux Test for a Faux Disease Promoted by Real Psychiatrists
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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March 30, 2019
33
5969
“Breakthrough” Treatment for Postpartum Depression: Game Changer or Misguided Magic Bullet?
Kim Witczak
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March 28, 2019
37
2846
Introducing Multi-Lens Therapy
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
March 26, 2019
13
1693
I Believe There’s a Gene for Psychosis… And We All Have It!
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
-
March 24, 2019
46
2297
Postpartum Depression: Is Brexanolone the Answer?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
March 24, 2019
9
3950
Right-Wing Psychiatry, Love-Me Liberals and the Anti-Authoritarian Left
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
March 22, 2019
60
4830
“Page Not Found” Ends Up “Telling All” About Psychiatry
Peter Breggin, MD
-
March 20, 2019
58
6333
Recovery Porn: Tell Me Your Story, I’ll Tell You Your Value
Sera Davidow
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March 17, 2019
102
7893
Together for Sustainable Change: The Launch of Mad in Sweden
Lasse Mattila
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March 16, 2019
9
3114
Real, Not Sham, Mental Health Coverage
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
March 16, 2019
22
2051
Saving Psychotherapy
Eric Maisel, PhD
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March 15, 2019
23
2203
I Get to Decide What’s Helpful for Me
Megan Wildhood
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March 13, 2019
9
3188
Kick Big Pharma Out of the Classroom
Jo Ann Cook
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March 7, 2019
33
4133
Will the European Elections Be a Chance for Mental Health?
Ophélie Martin
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March 6, 2019
40
1485
“Let’s Not Go Overboard About ECT”
Peter Breggin, MD
-
March 3, 2019
99
5084
How “Mental Health Awareness” Exploits Schoolchildren
Jo Ann Cook
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March 1, 2019
49
6529
Why Many Doctors Are Authoritarians – and Harmful
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
February 28, 2019
82
8232
Why Are So Many Americans Seeking Medication for Distress?
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
-
February 27, 2019
151
3675
Psychiatric Medications: Who Decides?
Ann Green, PMHNP
&
Hugh Polk, MD
-
February 24, 2019
26
2975
I Don’t Believe in Autism
Anders Lee
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February 24, 2019
42
18245
Psychiatry, Society and Stigma: Placing the Blame Where It Belongs
Lee Coleman, MD
-
February 23, 2019
204
6455
Assessing Outcomes at the Alternative to Meds Center: Survey Results Prove Promising
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
February 21, 2019
29
4185
Nasal Spray for Depression? Not So Fast
Kim Witczak
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February 20, 2019
59
6886
Loneliness Cure: Red or Blue Pill?
Vicki Lännerholm, PsyD, LPC
-
February 15, 2019
31
4184
Institutional Corruption in the Cochrane Collaboration
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
February 14, 2019
20
3717
Funder Fragility and Forced Collaboration
Corinna West
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February 13, 2019
15
1186
‘Full Moral Status’ Part II: How to Achieve Safety, Parity, and Change
Krista Hartmann
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February 10, 2019
47
1878
“I’m Not Going, You Can’t Make Me!”: A Community Approach to School Refusal
Ben Furman, MD
-
February 9, 2019
36
2996
The War on Antidepressants: Why We Need to End it for Public Benefit
Michael P. Hengartner, PhD
-
February 8, 2019
52
4210
Orthodox Madness
Fr. John
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February 6, 2019
60
6145
ASIST Suicide Prevention Training: “Safe” for Who?
Sera Davidow
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February 5, 2019
75
11015
Spiritual Texts in the Psych Ward
Chaya Grossberg
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February 3, 2019
27
1839
How Long Does Antidepressant Withdrawal Last?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
February 2, 2019
17
6376
Why the ‘Psychological Injury Model’ Will Ultimately Triumph
Eric Kuelker, PhD, RPsych
-
January 31, 2019
179
27909
Traumatic Immobility: Depression as a Stress Response
Sarah Knutson
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January 27, 2019
47
35800
“Not all NAMIs!”: Why Even the Best Local NAMI Chapter is Still a Problem
Sera Davidow
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January 25, 2019
137
5548
“ADHD: A Return to Psychology” Video Series
Craig B. Wiener, EdD
-
January 24, 2019
0
1716
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Psychiatric Violence Survivor Movement
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
January 21, 2019
153
2490
Fake Science and Checking Sources
Sylvain Rousselot
-
January 20, 2019
27
1931
Antidepressant Withdrawal: An Unknown Disorder?
Fiammetta Cosci, MD, PhD
-
January 19, 2019
24
5046
The Never Ending Story: How 2nd Story Respite House Was Saved
Adrian Bernard
-
January 18, 2019
11
1421
Open Dialogue: Does the Current Research Data Support Further Investment?
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 14, 2019
159
4452
Suicide, Ketamine, the Propaganda Model and the New York Times
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
January 13, 2019
17
4177
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Infographic on Bipolar Drugs
Craig Wagner
-
January 10, 2019
56
8582
Tumbling Further Down the Rabbit Hole of Antidepressant Withdrawal Research
James Davies, PhD
&
John Read
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January 8, 2019
18
1952
How Love Can Reformat Our Lives
Peter Breggin, MD
-
January 8, 2019
187
5237
Mad in America: 2018 by the Numbers
MIA Editors
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January 5, 2019
28
2335
The Mystery of Madness Throughout the Ages
Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
-
January 2, 2019
260
3638
7 Tips to Help a Distracted Child
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
-
January 1, 2019
26
1862
Why We’re Establishing an Institute for Scientific Freedom
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
December 30, 2018
45
7496
The Minds of Men: A Stunning New Film About Covert Mind Control
Peter Breggin, MD
-
December 29, 2018
35
5604
On Voice Hearing Simulations: Why They Should Be (Mostly) Banned
Sera Davidow
-
December 26, 2018
51
2779
Pathways to Enhance Well-Being: Free Resource on Alternative Wellness Practices
Lauren Spiro
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December 26, 2018
6
1371
7 Tasks for a Parent Whose Child Is Diagnosed with a Mental Illness
Chaya Grossberg
-
December 25, 2018
15
3091
Reclaiming Humanity at the Dawn of Posthumanism: Conversation with Darcia Narvaez
Sharna Olfman, PhD
-
December 21, 2018
28
3487
Antidepressant Dependence Discussed at the Seat of Welsh Government – Video
James Moore
-
December 20, 2018
30
2240
What Do Twin Studies Prove About Genetic Influences on Psychiatric Disorders? Absolutely Nothing
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
December 18, 2018
27
8054
The Meaningfulness of Anxiety
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
December 15, 2018
36
5733
Childhood Bipolar Disorder, Deconstructed
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
December 12, 2018
29
4419
What’s “Grand” About Electroshock and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
December 11, 2018
427
4188
The Madness of Our Mental Health System
John Ashfield, PhD
-
December 8, 2018
51
5225
When Will We Wake? Reflections on Suicide and Psychotropic Medications
Beatrice Birch
-
December 7, 2018
58
2839
Smoke and Flames: Silence In A World On Fire
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
December 5, 2018
198
4623
Anatomy of an Opioid Epidemic
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
-
December 2, 2018
44
3146
Mindfulness and Complex Trauma: The Rewards and the Risks
Monica Cassani
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November 27, 2018
87
6400
Are Emotional Disorders Really Disorders of Love?
Peter Breggin, MD
-
November 26, 2018
168
14579
The Real Attention Deficit Disorder
Megan Wildhood
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November 24, 2018
19
4654
Filling the Crack in the Liberty Bell
Peter Simons
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November 23, 2018
28
1690
What Would Real Informed Consent on Psychiatric Drugs Look Like?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
November 20, 2018
44
2195
Trauma Outside the Box: How the ‘Trauma-Informed’ Trend Falls Short
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
November 17, 2018
64
19076
Litigation Update: ECT Device Manufacturer Issues “Permanent Brain Damage” Warning
DK Law Group, LLP
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November 15, 2018
36
7311
Heroes of Science: Survival of a Whistleblower
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
November 13, 2018
31
3217
Learning From Each Other As Psychiatric Survivors
Chaya Grossberg
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November 13, 2018
36
2729
Escaping from AOT: The Importance of the Incident with the Candle
Eric Coates
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November 11, 2018
28
2003
Mortification of the Self: The Impact of Stigma on Identity
Vladimir Musicki, PhD
-
November 9, 2018
51
7690
Hearing Voices: Where We Locate Them Shapes Our Experience
Greg Shankland
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November 8, 2018
18
1922
Bad-Science Warning: The “Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart” (MISTRA)
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
November 6, 2018
7
12974
The “Time to Strike” is Now: A Call for Anti-ECT Activism
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
November 2, 2018
89
4082
The Language of Internalized Oppression
Sera Davidow
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November 1, 2018
123
5580
Allen Frances and the Increasing Use of Antidepressants
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
October 30, 2018
86
4882
Psychiatric Marginalization of Anti-Authoritarians – Excerpt from New Book
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
October 27, 2018
84
3950
MIA Update: Our Parent Resources Initiative and More
Robert Whitaker
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October 26, 2018
5
1899
Suicide Hotlines, Risk Assessment and Rights: Whose Safety Matters?
Megan Wildhood
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October 25, 2018
30
4528
Huge Breakthrough in Lawsuits Against ECT Shock Device Manufacturers
Peter Breggin, MD
-
October 23, 2018
35
8769
How Our Government Helps Drug-Dealing Doctors Kill Us
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
-
October 21, 2018
47
4162
Peruvian Legal Capacity Reform – Celebration and Analysis
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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October 19, 2018
2
4178
55 Steps to Informed Consent
Sera Davidow
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October 17, 2018
115
22860
Trauma Blocks the Frontal Lobes – “Verbal Physiotherapy” Can Unblock Them
Bob Johnson, MD
-
October 16, 2018
17
8375
Results of World’s Largest Antidepressant Study Look Dismal
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
October 12, 2018
58
11543
The Cochrane Collaboration Has Failed Us All
Robert Whitaker
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October 11, 2018
126
8477
TCI ASIA Pacific: Engaging the Global Mental Health Movement in Dialogue
Bhargavi Davar, PhD
-
October 9, 2018
1
1191
How Well Do Neuroleptics Work?
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
October 9, 2018
75
2988
Healthy Guilt and Doing Right By Those We Have Wronged
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
October 7, 2018
31
2124
Fighting the Suppression of Dissent: A Guidebook for Those Who Refuse to Conform
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
October 5, 2018
46
2992
Healthy Planet/Healthy Mind with Zach Bush, MD
Sharna Olfman, PhD
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October 4, 2018
4
10392
Helping Children With Angry Outbursts
Ben Furman, MD
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October 3, 2018
8
6631
We Need To Talk About Self-Care
Megan Wildhood
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October 2, 2018
17
4136
New Video Series: ‘Parenting Today’
Eric Maisel, PhD
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September 30, 2018
5
2360
Alternatives to Suicide: Strategies for Staying Alive
Carlene Byron
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September 29, 2018
24
23109
What’s Blocking Progress in Behavioral Healthcare?
Corinna West
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September 28, 2018
11
1733
The Science and Pseudoscience of Mental Health Podcast
Sharna Olfman, PhD
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September 27, 2018
20
4827
Building a Support Network for Peer Workers in NYC
Sascha Altman DuBrul
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September 24, 2018
118
2213
Having Empathy Doesn’t Mean That You Also Have Compassion!
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
September 22, 2018
103
9373
The Decline of Danvers State Hospital
Katherine Anderson, MAT
-
September 21, 2018
41
5007
A Significant Indigenous Scholarship and Another Antipsychiatry Battle
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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September 20, 2018
305
3152
Trump Anxiety Disorder Is More Fake News
Chris Coombs
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September 19, 2018
77
1289
Why Scientists Should Reconsider Presenting with TED
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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September 16, 2018
97
5062
Did You Ever Stop Taking Antipsychotics? – World Survey on Withdrawal
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
September 15, 2018
34
6744
How Doctors Became Such Prolific Drug Dealers
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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September 14, 2018
229
7738
David Foster Wallace: Suicide and the Death of Agency
Megan Wildhood
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September 12, 2018
87
41224
Memoirs of a Dissident Psychiatrist
Ben Furman, MD
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September 8, 2018
135
5545
Process Oriented Approaches to Altered and Extreme States of Consciousness
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
September 7, 2018
21
2199
Mad in the UK
Mad in the UK
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September 6, 2018
96
3189
Introducing ‘Brainsplain’
Morgan Campbell, MD
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September 5, 2018
188
4220
Letting Negative Projective Identifications Come, and Letting Them Go
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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September 3, 2018
28
6120
The Impervious Surface of Professional Help: A Letter to My Therapist
Megan Wildhood
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September 1, 2018
26
2491
Adolescent Suicide and The Black Box Warning: STAT Gets It All Wrong
Robert Whitaker
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August 31, 2018
71
4019
When Rain Comes, Words Are Unnecessary: Our Search for a Better Way
Kermit Cole
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August 29, 2018
27
1837
Why Mainstream Psychiatry is Ableist
Chaya Grossberg
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August 28, 2018
138
4725
Waiting for Gravity
Eric Coates
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August 26, 2018
33
1647
The Psychoanalytic Struggle Against the DSM
Patrick Landman, MD
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August 25, 2018
44
6833
Suicides Are Increasing – And So Are Antidepressant Prescriptions
Martin Plöderl, PhD
&
Michael P. Hengartner, PhD
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August 23, 2018
28
4963
Uncomfortable Relations: Reflections on Learning From Psychiatric Survivors
Helen Spandler, PhD
-
August 22, 2018
116
3333
A Time For Rain: Teaching Our Children About Sadness
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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August 19, 2018
40
2328
Envisioning Psychiatric Drug Freedom
Chaya Grossberg
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August 18, 2018
201
3460
Resistance Matters: The Activism of Don Weitz
Irit Shimrat
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August 16, 2018
42
2406
Prescripticide: A Proposal for Action and a Request for Your Help
Mickey Weinberg, MSW
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August 14, 2018
221
5181
Deadly Serious: Talking Openly About Suicide
Sarah Knutson
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August 12, 2018
16
5176
The Creativity and Suicide of Robin Williams: A Phenomenological Study
Mike Alvarez, MFA, MA
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August 11, 2018
45
5043
Hegemonic Sanity and Suicide
Jess Stohlmann-Rainey
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August 9, 2018
19
9164
Suicidal Tendencies, Part III: So, When Do I Get to Call the Cops?
Sera Davidow
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August 8, 2018
60
4617
Thar’s A New Sheriff in Town!
Steve McCrea
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August 5, 2018
165
2708
Results of the 2018 Mad in America Reader Survey
James Moore
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August 4, 2018
176
2954
The Scientism of Childhood and Adolescent Depression
Sami Timimi, MD
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August 3, 2018
89
5001
In Defense of Healthy Mania
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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August 2, 2018
35
1593
Can Children Have Bipolar Disorder?
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
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July 31, 2018
60
2624
Ensuring Integrity of Studies: Analysis of the Dan Markingson Case
Ramseyer Apau Bediako
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July 29, 2018
20
3292
Why Mandating Mental Health Education in Schools is a Band-Aid on a Gaping Wound
Leah Harris
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July 26, 2018
0
2703
Psychiatric Retraumatization: A Conversation About Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services
Bruce Levine, PhD
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July 26, 2018
58
8634
Escaping from AOT: Letter to the Judge
Eric Coates
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July 22, 2018
52
2627
The Story of a Professional Delusion: Do Psychiatrists Believe Their Own Words?
Niall McLaren
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July 18, 2018
121
9052
12 Mental Health Design Principles to Replace This Thing
Corinna West
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July 16, 2018
45
2115
Mad in Asia: Towards Multiple Narratives for Inclusion
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&
Jhilmil Breckenridge
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July 15, 2018
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1012
The REST Project Support Service for Benzo and Sleeping Tablet Dependence: My Story
Lucy Fernandes
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July 12, 2018
11
1499
In Defense of Healthy Depression
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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July 8, 2018
32
3057
“The Lion King” Psychiatrized: What If Psychiatry Had Gotten Its Hands on Simba?
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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July 5, 2018
84
4496
The Creation of an Illness: Video Games and Defining Addiction
Andres Ruiz, MA, MSW Candidate
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July 4, 2018
21
3146
“The Angry Consumer”: Embracing Difficult Conversations
Nev Jones, PhD
&
Emily Cutler
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July 2, 2018
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5320
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July 1, 2018
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June 30, 2018
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1233
Drug Treatment in Medicine and Psychiatry: Papering Over Important Differences
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June 29, 2018
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2688
How to Help Someone Who is Suicidal
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June 27, 2018
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3721
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June 24, 2018
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The “Essential Principles” of Psychiatric Practice: More Psychiatric Cheerleading
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June 20, 2018
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2000
Busting 7 Myths About the Practice of Psychotherapy
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June 19, 2018
196
3624
Is Psychosis Natural?
Steven Morgan
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June 17, 2018
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3679
Learning to Speak Psychotic
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June 16, 2018
45
5748
Randomized Controlled Trials of Psychiatric Drugs Tell of Harm Done
Robert Whitaker
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June 15, 2018
59
5525
Suicide in a Culture of Mandated Happiness – Who’s to Blame?
Megan Wildhood
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June 14, 2018
61
6538
Spotlight on Institutional Psychiatry
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June 12, 2018
82
2215
TED Betrays Its Own Brand By Flagging Nutrition Talk
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June 10, 2018
41
9417
Rising Rates of Suicide: When Do We Acknowledge That Something Isn’t Working?!
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June 9, 2018
183
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So What’s This About Another Webinar Series on Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal?
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June 6, 2018
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1248
Dear Roseanne, The Blood is At Your Doorstep
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June 4, 2018
61
3839
Perspectives on “Reality” from an Alternative Epistemology
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June 3, 2018
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1649
The Secret to Psychiatry’s “Success,” as Revealed by a Psychiatrist
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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June 2, 2018
193
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This Is Your Personality Test Result On Capitalism
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May 29, 2018
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3078
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May 27, 2018
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Towards the Re-politicization of “Mental Illness”
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May 26, 2018
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Neurofeedback is Not For Everyone: The Dangers of Neurology
Eric Coates
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May 25, 2018
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27970
Questioning the Integrity of Psychiatry
Niall McLaren
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May 22, 2018
79
3906
The Next Deadly Epidemic: Adult ADHD and Stimulants?
Mark Ragins, MD
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May 20, 2018
55
4020
UN Meeting on Human Rights in Mental Health: A Response
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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May 19, 2018
42
2414
ADHD: Disempowerment By Diagnosis
David Mielke, M.S.
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May 16, 2018
32
3332
Distinguishing Dissociative Disorders from Psychotic Disorders: Compounding Alienation
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May 14, 2018
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4199
The Long-term Consequences of Antidepressant Use: An Interview with Michael Hengartner
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May 11, 2018
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May 9, 2018
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The Myth of Mental Wellness: Can We Really Improve our “Mental Health”?
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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May 9, 2018
165
3890
Three Antipsychiatry Scholarships: The Revolution Continues
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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May 8, 2018
94
4226
Molecular Fingerprints? On the Science and Ethics of Transcriptomic Research
Kristina Dernbach
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May 6, 2018
8
934
A Commentary on the Finnish Analysis of Outcomes of First Episode Schizophrenia
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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May 5, 2018
33
2606
20-year Outcomes for First-episode Psychosis: Impact of Neuroleptic Drug Discontinuation
Sandra Steingard, MD
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May 5, 2018
19
2666
Usage of Depression Pills Almost Halved Among Children in Denmark
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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May 4, 2018
40
3646
The Interim Report on the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act: A Response
Akiko Hart
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May 2, 2018
31
2842
“The Power Threat Meaning Framework”: A New Perspective on Mental Distress
Philip Hickey, PhD
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May 1, 2018
140
5378
The Unsung Psychiatric Impact of Strep Throat
Tricia T. Williams, MD
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April 29, 2018
18
57628
How to Get So You’re Running the Psych Ward
Eric Coates
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April 28, 2018
34
2937
Verne Troyer’s Passing: What’s Prejudice Got to Do With It?
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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April 27, 2018
22
2211
How Should We Treat Depression in Pregnancy?
Adam Urato, MD
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April 25, 2018
44
2448
The Woeful Underfunding of Psychotherapy by Health Insurers
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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April 24, 2018
10
4561
ECT Shock Treatment Class Action – Case Update April 2018
David Karen, Esq.
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April 21, 2018
20
3770
On Being Mad in Public
Eric Coates
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April 20, 2018
37
1913
“Psychiatric Meds Saved Your Life,” and Mine
Chaya Grossberg
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April 19, 2018
82
4801
Metacognitive Training (MCT): A New Treatment Approach for Delusions
Steffen Moritz, PhD
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April 18, 2018
112
4191
Your Pharmacist is Tattling On You!
Peter Breggin, MD
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April 16, 2018
65
13029
Book Review: The Other Mrs. Smith by Bonnie Burstow
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April 13, 2018
45
1835
Debunking The Latest Gene Study
Peter Simons
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April 12, 2018
42
3280
Letter to The New York Times: Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Can’t Quit
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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April 11, 2018
11
5586
“How Did This Happen?” – Being Injured By Pharmaceuticals Once Again
Monica Cassani
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April 10, 2018
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2164
Neurodiversity is Dead. Now What?
Twilah Hiari
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April 8, 2018
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The Scientism of Autism
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April 7, 2018
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Apply Yourself, Your Whole Self, and Nothing But Yourself
Megan Wildhood
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April 6, 2018
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1704
Leon J. Kamin (1927-2017): A Nemesis of Genetic Determinism and Scientific Racism
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April 4, 2018
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6035
“How Long a Time”: Ten Cold Hard Truths For Ending Psychiatric Abuse
Richard D. Lewis
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April 3, 2018
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4930
How the Human Stress Response Explains Away “Bipolar Disorder”
Sarah Knutson
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April 1, 2018
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15096
The Concerned Parents’ Project: 31 Questions
Eric Maisel, PhD
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March 31, 2018
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2658
10 Things I Learned in 5 Years Consulting With People Coming Off Psych Drugs
Chaya Grossberg
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March 30, 2018
26
7919
National Institute of Mental Health Violates Law on Posting Clinical Trial Results
Till Bruckner, PhD
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March 29, 2018
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1411
Institutionalization: An Unacknowledged Cause of Psychiatric Outpatients’ Deterioration
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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March 24, 2018
297
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A Tale of Two Studies
Robert Whitaker
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March 22, 2018
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6986
Psychiatry and a Near Mass Shooting at Cornell
Peter Breggin, MD
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March 21, 2018
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6115
The Antidepressant Wars in the Post-Truth Era
Tom Benjamin, PhD
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March 20, 2018
20
1978
Changing Mental Health, One Published Case Report At A Time
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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March 20, 2018
15
1657
School Shootings: Who to Listen to Instead of Mainstream Shrinks
Bruce Levine, PhD
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March 18, 2018
12
1887
Antidepressant Anarchy in the UK
James Moore
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March 16, 2018
14
3640