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When MHA lobbied for expanding forced treatment, I could no longer allow myself to be a cog in the oppressive, profit-driven, psych industry wheel.

To heal from unattached burdens requires an understanding of the mind that psychiatry lacks.

Peer respites are a precious resource that deserve protection, and implementation that prioritizes the full vision of the model and prevents co-optation.

"You should not talk to your doctor about dementia drugs because your doctor is likely to mislead and harm you. These drugs should not be used by anyone to prevent or treat dementia."

A powerful, heartbreaking wake-up call about how the severely damaging effects of medications that claim to relieve suffering can threaten generations in a family.

"The Best Minds" could be seen as a book that is critical of conventional psychiatry, but it falls short on pointing out its true faults.

Peter Gøtzsche discusses psychotherapy versus drugs as the preferred treatment for anxiety, panic attacks, and OCD.

Being re-grounded in my community reminds me that mourning and love are inseparable, and that “nothing about us, is for us, without us.”

When the media tell of a serious harm of a psychiatric drug, they follow a standard script, including that they must also praise the drug.

A national study showed that ADHD drug abuse among U.S. high and middle school students has been rising for the past 20 years.

ADHD is a disaster area, in terms of the diagnosis, clinical research, and the harms inflicted on hundreds of millions of healthy people.

I needed to teach my nervous system, via different types of neuromuscular reeducation, that it was safe to move again. Before I could walk, I had to crawl, literally.

Peter Gøtzsche discusses the results of the MTA study on ADHD drugs and the misleading statements textbooks make about ADHD treatment.

Massachusetts politicians are pushing for a law to increase involuntary treatment. This law will be far harder to get rid of once it’s on the books than it’s been to keep it from getting there.

An advocate in the psychiatric realm is a key witness for the patient and his or her experience, and carries a weight that the doctor cannot easily ignore.

Peter Gøtzsche discusses the broadening of ADHD diagnostic criteria and the misleading and biased stimulant drug trials.

The Lexapro study is marketing dressed up as science. It represents a flagrant abuse of ethics, deceiving readers at the cost of children's lives.

In her tragic passing, I choose to honor her by raising up these words she said, by hearing and believing them.

Peter Gøtzsche covers depression pills in pregnancy, as well as psychotherapy and psycho-education.

Nothing matters more than cultivating the most loving bond possible with those we love. How can stoicism help?

As I look back, I instinctively knew that I needed some type of "break" from my life. That came a few months early in a very different way than I was planning.

Peter Gøtzsche discusses how network meta-analyses spin the data on antidepressants, especially when financed by pharma.

This week, I wanted to see what ChatGPT would have to say about the long-term impact of antidepressants and about the STAR*D study.

A common critique of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis is its complicity in oppressing abuse survivors.

Peter Gøtzsche discusses that depression pills increase mortality, and that psychiatry mistakes withdrawal effects for relapse.