Observational Studies Confirm Trial Results That Antidepressants Double Suicides
Depression drugs donât work, and they increase suicide.
Schizophrenia in Philosophy and Theology
From Socrates to Jesus to Nietzsche, all experienced divine Beatific Visions, just as I have.
Psychiatry, Capitalism, and the Industrial Machine
Psychiatry, under the guise of science, tries to identify and manage those who deviate from industrial society's norms.
Default DepressionâHow We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness
The Situational Approach provides an alternative to the poor outcomes seen with the medicalisation of distress.
Grief and Burnout: The Challenge of Staying Out of Psychiatry
No matter how many times I scatter, I gather my pieces every time and get down to my garden where souls dwell, waiting to be tended.
Kyrie Therapeutic Farm: Distress Understood as Part of the Human Condition
KTF aims to combine supportive community, holistic care, and meaningful opportunities for participating in a natural farm setting.
Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms Linked to Life-Altering Consequences, New Study Shows
A new study reveals that withdrawal symptoms from antidepressants can last years, disrupting lives and relationships.
Beyond Techniques: The Common Factors That Drive Healing
Common factors, rather than the intricacies of any single modality, are the real engine of therapeutic transformation.
âThereâs No Word for Depression in Zuluâ: Inside South Africaâs Mental Health Crisis
High levels of childhood adversity interact with violent crime, poverty, and lack of access to education.
The Note
Iâve helped dozens of my students through tough times and suicidal thoughts. But my own child? How do I handle THIS?
Kids Are Not the Problem: An Interview With Gretchen LeFever Watson
In this interview, Brooke Siem, who is the author of a memoir on antidepressant withdrawal, May Cause Side Effects, interviews Gretchen LeFever Watson, PhD.
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I Am Looking for People I Miss
Itâs a community of like-minded people; we should stick together. Maybe, hopefully, I will find my hospital friends.
The Ouija Board and the Skeptic
Skepticism, especially from those with lived experience, is necessary. It forces us to question whether our tools and methods truly help.
A Psycho-Spiritual Journey
The Wellness approach, despite years of deliberate suppression, has survived and proven itself to be highly effective.
Guided Dreaming Can Transform Psychosocial Issues: 11 Case Studies
Dreaming problem-solves various waking concerns creatively through memory consolidation and emotional processing.
Schizophrenia and Homosexuality: My Experience and Case Studies
During my confinement, I became convinced that the forced repression of my homosexuality was the true etiology of my schizophrenia.
Burnout: How Mental Health Systems Fail Neurodivergent Professionals
Many neurodivergent professionals are burning out quietly in a field that prides itself on empathy while treating its providers like machines.
Reframing Antipsychotic Discontinuation: A Psychiatristâs Personal and Professional Call for Epistemic Justice
A psychiatrist with lived experience advocates for a more humane, collaborative approach to antipsychotic discontinuation that respects diverse ways of knowing.
Peer Support and Resistance: Becky Brasfieldâs Vision for Mental Health Justice
In this interview with Ayurdhi Dhar, Becky Brasfield calls for radical truth-telling in the mental health system.
Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the...
American psychiatry, the NIMH, the larger medical community, and mainstream media have betrayed the American public by failing to make this scandal known.
My Involuntary Metamorphosis
After day treatment, I went once a week to a âcontinuing careâ group. What was âcontinuedâ was the lesson that you had a fault that was shameful, volatile and dangerous.
From Auctions to Moral Treatment
In less than 25 years Oregon moved from auctioning off the âcareâ of the "insane" to the lowest bidder to creating a safe place focused on recovery.
Mad in Americaâs 10 Most Popular Articles in 2024
A roundup of Mad in America's most read blogs and personal stories of 2024 as chosen by our readers.
Modern Psychology and Its Colonial Legacy
I question the modern rhetoric of âprimitiveâ cultures not having enough âknowledgeâ about mental health and needing to be âeducatedâ.
Who Can Consent to Researchâand What Does That Mean for Forced Treatment?
What the doctors are not seeing is the health in peopleâexcept when itâs convenient for them and their research projects.