Overprescribing for Medicaid Kids Due to Shortage of Alternatives
FromĀ Modern Healthcare: Physicians may be overprescribing psychotropic medications to children on Medicaid or CHIP, which may be partly due to inadequate access to alternatives...
Popular Drug Reveals the Issue of “Off-Label” Use
FromĀ The Washington Post: Despite major lawsuits and detailed reports pertaining to severe health risks associated with the antipsychotic Seroquel, the drug remains one of...
Older Patients Being Prescribed Risky Anticholinergic Drugs
FromĀ MinnPost: A new University of Minnesota study has found that anticholinergic drugs, including antidepressants, continue to be prescribed to millions of older Americans despite...
Psychiatric Diagnosis Can Lead to Epistemic Injustice, Researchers Claim
A discussion of the role of epistemic injustice in the experiences of patients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders.
Study Calls for Consensus on Overdiagnosis Across Medical Disciplines
Lack of overdiagnosis parameters stifles communication across fields seeking to mitigate its potential harm.
Most Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertisements Do Not Adhere to FDA Guidelines
Few DTC drug advertisements fully adhere to FDA guidelines, the overall quality of information provided in DTC advertisements is low, and some advertisements market off-label indications.
Calm, Organized, Homicidal Behaviour ā My Connection to School Shooters
There is little doubt in my mind that many school shooters were in an antidepressant-induced state of psychosis, which is a loss of contact with reality that makes it difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is not real. That's what happened to me. I started taking 60mg of Paxil a day. Three days later, I planned my suicide. Then I planned a murder.
A Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly
FromĀ The New York Times: Use of benzodiazepines has risen among seniors despite their increased vulnerability to the drugs' adverse effects.
"'Set aside the opioid issue,'...
Psychiatry and a Near Mass Shooting at Cornell
Nearly all perpetrators of mass violence have had some contact with psychiatry or related mental health services. The idea of giving more power and money to psychiatry to prevent violence is a great political talking point but it is disastrous for public health and safety. Psychiatry seems averse to recognizing violent patients but eager to give them violence-inducing drugs.
The More Opioids Doctors Prescribe, the More Money They Make
An exclusive analysis byĀ CNNĀ and researchers at Harvard University found that opioid manufacturers are paying physicians huge sums of moneyĀ ā and that doctors with higher...
Antidepressant Anarchy in the UK
In this blog, I want to give some personal reflections on the events of the last few weeks in relation to the Lancet antidepressant meta-analysis and the lodging of a formal complaint with the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists. The issue of antidepressant withdrawal has been brought into the public eye in the UK like never before. What happens next will be very interesting.
New Study Concludes that Antidepressants are “Largely Ineffective and Potentially Harmfulā
A new study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry concludes that āantidepressants are largely ineffective and potentially harmful.ā
Psychiatrists Warn Policymakers Benzodiazepine Overuse Could Lead to Next Epidemic
Although opioid addiction and overuse have garnered significant national attention, similar trends in benzodiazepine overprescription and overuse continue to go unnoticed.
Psychiatry Poured Oil Down the Hill I Was Climbing
I have nothing good to say about the psychiatric drugs prescribed to me or about the psychiatrists that prescribed them. I did not have a condition that needed to be medicated. There was no informed consent about the severe and indefinite damage that the drugs caused me, and I did not have the appropriate help withdrawing from them.
Medicine Can Soothe a Troubled Mind, but Not Without Costs
FromĀ The New York Times: In a new book,Ā Blue Dreams, psychologist and patient Lauren Slater critiques the drug-based model of psychiatric care, debunking the chemical...
Prozac Preschool
FromĀ Pacific Standard: Young children are increasingly being prescribed psychiatric drugs. However, there is very little research on the safety and efficacy of psychotropic drugs...
“Largely Ineffective and Potentially Harmful”
In this interview forĀ SciLogs, Dr. Michael P. Hengartner critiques the current research on antidepressant drugs and the state of biological psychiatry.
"One has to realize...
New Site Names Companies Who Fail to Report on Clinical Trials
FromĀ Pacific Standard: The U.S. government has never penalized anyone for breaking a law that requires institutions to report the results of clinical trials. A...
For-Profit Medicine Incentivizes Overmedicating Our Elderly
FromĀ NBC: According to human rights investigators, anti-psychotic drugs are often administered to nursing home residents to address behavioral issues. Our nation's lack of funding...
More Critiques of the Lancet Antidepressant Study
Researchers and advocates have continued to critique The Lancet'sĀ recent study claiming to prove definitively that antidepressants are more effective than placebo. Below are a...
Benzodiazepines: Our Other Prescription Drug Epidemic
FromĀ STAT: Although benzodiazepines are some of the most commonly prescribed psychiatricĀ medicationsĀ in the U.S., few people realize how dangerous and addictive these drugs can be.
"Highly...
8 Years of Mental Health Research Distilled to 4 Infographics
Pictures are worth a thousand words. So Iāve chosen pictures to distill the mountain of mental health research Iāve examined over the last eight years. Three infographics summarize research on psychiatric drugs, and one asserts why I think Integrative Mental Health is the best path available for mental health recovery.
Anti-depressants: “I’ve Lost My Identity and Who I Am”
FromĀ BBC: Mad in America Radio Host and Program Director James Moore speaks about the impact thatĀ antidepressant withdrawal has had on his life.
"The 46-year-old has...
ADHD More Severe in Children Exposed to Pollution and Economic Deprivation
ADHD behaviors were linked to the presence of both high levels of pollutants and persistent economic deprivation at birth and through childhood.
Psychiatrist Says: More Psychiatry Means More Shootings
Psychiatry not only increases the risk of violence by giving violence-inducing drugs, it lulls patients, families, professionals, schools and the public into an unrealistic and even disastrous sense of security. It's an irony of tragic proportions: Cruz was left unsupervised and free to buy a gun because he was faithfully taking psychiatric drugs that can cause violence.
