How Does Untreated “Burnout” Manifest?
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.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Thirteen)
Peter Gøtzsche discusses how network meta-analyses spin the data on antidepressants, especially when financed by pharma.
Lexapro for Children: Drug With No Meaningful Benefit and Increased Suicidality Gets FDA Approval
Response and remission rates were the same in the drug versus placebo groups, and Lexapro increased suicidality sixfold.
Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sam, Husband of Ka’ryn Marie
For many caregivers who assist their loved ones, the journey involves navigating the medical system and its many challenges. This time, the journey takes...
So Long, Psych Meds: Escaping the Medication Maze
There was a time when I could think of nothing else but pills and prescriptions, pain and panic. Psychiatry shrank my world.
ChatGPT Changes Its Mind: Maybe Antidepressants Do More Harm Than Good
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.
Sharon Lambert and Naoise Ó Caoilte—Mental Health Podcasts: A Force for Good in a...
Researchers from University College Cork discuss their research on the benefits of listening to mental health related podcasts which indicates that podcasts improve mental health literacy, and reduce stigma.
“Borderline Personality Disorder” and Survivor Injustice
A common critique of the borderline personality disorder diagnosis is its complicity in oppressing abuse survivors.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Twelve)
Peter Gøtzsche discusses that depression pills increase mortality, and that psychiatry mistakes withdrawal effects for relapse.
Akathisia and Prescribed Harm as Traumatic Chemical Brain Injury (TCBI)
I stopped thinking of akathisia in terms of the disease model and instead began thinking of it as an injury. Akathisia is not the car crash; it is a result of the car crash.
Can ChatGPT Defend the Long-term Use of Antipsychotics?
ChatGPT has perfectly captured the pattern of psychiatry’s response to the research that tells of harm done.
‘We Have a Neck’: Psychiatrist James Greenblatt on The Links Between Body and Brain
James Greenblatt is an innovator and longtime authority in the fields of integrative medicine and functional psychiatry, focusing on nutrition and other natural modes...
Patients Express Anger at Doctors’ Ignorance About Antidepressant Withdrawal Effects
Antidepressant users share their frustrations towards a healthcare system that overprescribes but is ill-equipped to support with discontinuation and withdrawal symptoms.
Prolonged Negative Impacts of Benzodiazepine Use Revealed in New Study
Researchers find that adverse effects often last over a year, with many users experiencing substantial life changes.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Eleven)
Peter Gøtzsche discusses the harmful effects of lithium and anti-epileptic drugs used for bipolar disorder.
Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, and Benzos All Increase Suicide Attempts in New Study
In a study of people with borderline personality disorder, only ADHD stimulants were associated with a decrease in suicide.
Psychiatry Killed Tuva Andersson, Whose Problem Was Anxiety
During the last year of Tuva’s life, her psychiatrists took away her hope of ever leaving psychiatry and becoming better.
The Hidden Harms Within the Psychedelic Renaissance
If I would have read a story like this before I entered into psychedelic-assisted therapy, I would have been more careful, which might have prevented a lot of unnecessary hurt.
What Does ChatGPT Say About MIA?
I imagine that I am like many people when it comes to AI, which is that I don’t really know what to make of it. My first request was “write an essay about the Mad in America website.”
Challenging Western-Centric Child Psychology: An Interview with Nandita Chaudhary
Ayurdhi Dhar interviews Nandita Chaudhary about children’s lives across cultures, the problems with global aid agencies and their interventions, psychology’s bias in the study of children, the limits of attachment theory and more.
Sleepwalking My Life on Seroquel
When my son was 5, I ended up as a single mum, with ‘bipolar’ disorder, in a foreign country. I had to always work harder to prove that I was worthy.
Pharma CEO, Others Attempt Contradictory Critiques of Serotonin-Debunking Study
Moncrieff et al. respond to the contradictory and, in some cases, false concerns raised by these critics of their serotonin review.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Ten)
Peter Gøtzsche discusses the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, including in children, and the lack of evidence for any benefit from lithium.
The Psychiatrization of Consumers after Harm from Plastic and Cosmetic Procedures
When plastic surgery goes awry, doctors defend themselves by labeling the harmed patient with mental illness.
A Patient Reads His Psychiatrist
Dr. W.’s description of me, that I was agitated, insulting, uncooperative, did not match the emotions I was feeling. I felt distraught, hopeless, terrified, and desperate.
