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There is no universal moral code: Elder law and the injustice and inhumane practice of legal guardianship are a calculated effort by the court, the attorneys, and the healthcare system.

In the upside-down world of psychiatry, the pills that destroy your sex life are called happy pills. I call them unhappy pills or anti-sex pills.

Liberation from pharmaceuticals is possible, but it is not an easy journey. I advocate for informed consent.

The victims of psychiatric iatrogenesis believed they were taking a vitamin, only to later realize it was poison.

I sought help and followed the prescribed path. About twenty years later, I began to question, "What is happening? Why am I still stuck?"

The medications are there to disconnect us from our divine, creative Self, but the human being is remarkable and incredibly resilient.

At the core of trauma is the alienation from ourselves, our bodies and our emotions caused by our modern lifestyle.

You may forget what people did for you, but you will never forget how they made you feel.

The FAA should reconsider the policy on drugs that are ineffective for depression and increase the risk of suicidality and violence.

From my grandmother I learned about mishiguene, which means crazy in that ironic and funny tone that Yiddish can have in some families.

A Peer Support Specialist tells her story and issues a callout to the BIPOC LatinX community, advocating for change.

Bureaucratic red tape often overshadows the quality of therapeutic engagement. Protocols often trump empathy, and paperwork overshadows personalized care.

I firmly believe that the people who give patients drugs have a responsibility to help people get off the drugs.

Will was plunged into an extreme state following exposure to a synthetic street drug, which led to repeat hospitalizations and psych drugs.

Based on RCTs, antidepressants double the risk of harms related to suicidality and violence. Why do psychiatrists ignore this data?

This belief that there was something fundamentally wrong with me reinforced the damage done by repeated experiences of abuse, rejection, and discrimination.

Your therapist is, first and foremost, a regular person. No matter how many degrees, years of training, or fancy certificates, they are still human.

Promoters of "neurodiversity" replace existing forms of oppression with new "neuro" versions that still decontextualise our struggles.

I painfully and gradually learned to function with my dysfunctions. Over time, I noticed genuine improvement.

How the Reality Approximation Engine allows us to rethink psychology, mental health care, and perhaps even society.

With a vision to transcend the cycle of incarceration into a restorative model of justice, rituals are integrated alongside acupuncture.

The medicalisation of ordinary human existence continues apace, thinly disguised as embracing the authentic self.

One of the counselors at the crisis center asked me a simple but profound question; Are you ready to let go of your story?

The power of suggestion: what my experience with hypnotism taught me about the placebo effect.

The unacknowledged politics of neurodiversity: How neoliberalism and exploitation help explain the rise of neurodiversity rhetoric.