Indiana Jail Let Man ‘With Schizophrenia’ Starve to Death in Solitary, Lawsuit Alleges
From The Appeal: Sheriff’s Office employees locked a man having a psychotic episode in solitary confinement for three weeks—without mental health care or even toilet access—until he died of malnutrition.
One of America’s First Workplace Shootings Had an Unlikely Suspect: Prozac
From The Washington Post: Following a deadly 1989 attack in Louisville, survivors and victims’ families filed a suit against Eli Lilly, alleging that Prozac had contributed to the massacre.
Mental Health ‘Industry’ Issues Outlined in New Book About Forced Treatment in North America
From Ashland Source: "It is an industry — and it needs to be understood in that way," said Rob Wipond, author of Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships.
Are We No Longer Just Consumers, but the Consumed?
From Gary Sharpe: Our purpose in life seems to have become not just to be consumers of, but to be consumed by, monsters of our making, such as "The Markets" and "The Economy."
Elon Musk and Others Call for Pause on A.I., Citing ‘Profound Risks to Society’
From The New York Times: A.I. developers are "locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one – not even their creators – can understand, predict or reliably control," said an open letter signed by tech leaders and researchers.
How Awais Aftab and Institutional Psychiatry Sidestep the Challenges Put to Them
From ISEPP: Institutional psychiatry at its essence is fundamentally flawed. Thus it must resort to belittling and attacking its critics instead of answering their challenges honestly.
Open Letter Re: John Oliver’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ Episode on Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
From Psymposium: Last Week Tonight joined a long and growing list of media outlets that have added fuel to the hype of psychedelic medicalization by omitting its potential risks and actual harms.
Extreme States with Michael Cornwall, PhD | Jung and the World
From Jung and the World: Jungian psychotherapist Michael Cornwall talks about his experience helping clients through extreme states (psychosis) for over 40 years.
The Dangers of Being Too Nice | Gabor Maté, MD
From Way of Thinking: The irresolvable tension between authenticity and attachment that many children in our society are faced with results in their self-suppression. And one possible outcome is the development of niceness as a coping mechanism.
Finding Mental Health – #SolutionsWatch | The Corbett Report with Bruce Levine
From The Corbett Report: What is mental health and how can we achieve it? Is it only to be found in a trip to the psychiatrist's office and a prescription for a Big Pharma medication?
7 Patients Sue Arkansas Psychiatrist for False Imprisonment
From Insider: "The scheme is this: Get as many patients in the door as possible, keep them there for as long as possible — even if that means illegally keeping them beyond the 72-hour hold, and holding them against their will," said an attorney working on the case.
Nearly All Hospital Websites Send Tracking Data to Third Parties
From MedPage Today: "Imagine you were browsing a hospital website for something related to your health, and you had [16 or 20 people] looking over your shoulder," said researcher Matthew McCoy, PhD.
‘Your Consent Is Not Required’: When Psychiatric Treatment Isn’t Voluntary
From Psychology Today: Forced 'treatment' is on the rise in North America, but an exhaustive new study finds that it does not actually improve mental health.
Cultural Co-dependency | Barry and Janae Weinhold
From The Weinholds: When people don't feel safe to feel their feelings, when they're not able to identify what their needs are, it keeps them feeling disconnected, lonely, afraid, and looking for an authority figure.
“Dominator” vs. “Partnership” Cultures: A Profound Re-Telling of Human History
From Jordan Bates: The 'dominator' model of social organization permeates most aspects of modern life, causing pain, repression, and alienation. But it wasn't always this way.
Pharmed Out Podcast: Paying Attention to ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children
On the latest Pharmanipulation podcast, hosts Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman and Caroline Renko interview psychologist Dr. Gretchen LeFever Watson and journalist Robert Whitaker about the...
Services Needed for People Withdrawing From Antidepressants
From Psychology Today/John Read, PhD: A new study documents the dissatisfaction of 1,200 patients with their doctor's knowledge and expertise regarding antidepressant withdrawal.
The Delusions of Western Medicine
From Terry Baranski/Healing the Self: Western Medicine is firmly entrenched in three fundamental ideologies when it comes to chronic mental and physical pathology: A disease-based perspective, symptom-focused treatment, and mind/body separation.
Trauma Can Turn the World Into a Gathering of Aliens
From CPTSD Foundation: If I were to fit into one ‘label,’ then it would definitely be that of complex trauma, as ‘complex’ is my middle name, I have been told.
Colonial Psychology: The Psychology We All Recognize
From Psychology Today: Psychology is dominated by a worldview most of the world does not have. Its premises are considered myths from the standpoint of Indigenous psychology.
Elon Musk’s First Bid to Test Brain Chips in Humans Rejected by FDA, Citing...
From Reuters: Musk said his company Neuralink, which is one of over a dozen companies developing brain implants, will make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and eventually turn people into cyborgs.
Doctor, Do I Still Need This Medication? An Introduction to Deprescribing
Dr. Emily G. McDonald of the Canadian Deprescribing Network gives a grand rounds presentation on polypharmacy, medication overload and deprescribing.
In Florida, Showing Mental Health Struggles Could Get a Child Detained
From The Washington Post: Under the Baker Act, kindergarteners can be forcibly committed to psych centers for exams. Advocates say the process is traumatic without being helpful.
What We Know About Irvo Otieno and the 10 People Charged in His Death
From CNN: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said the video is a "commentary on how inhumane law enforcement officials treat people who are having a mental health crisis as criminals rather than treating them as people who are in need of help."
Virginia Deputies Charged With Murder in Man’s Death at Mental Hospital
From AP: Family and attorneys say Irvo Otieno, 28, was subjected to brutal treatment at a local jail and then at the state hospital where he died during the admission process.
