No Difference in Antidepressant Effectiveness After Genetic Testing
Genetic testing may help reduce the length of time people experience the harmful effects of antidepressant drugs, but it is not helpful for predicting efficacy.
Cochrane’s Demise: Misleading Denigration of Benzodiazepines for Acute Psychosis
On a misleading Cochrane review of benzodiazepines for acute psychosis, and how Cochrane responded to criticism.
Reclaiming My Yin and Yang
Western psychiatry has done a lot of harm to people, especially when it is forced upon people as their “only” option. People’s experiences are wildly diverse, and only a diversity of options can do justice to our differing needs.
State Hospital Memories: More of My Story
The Detroit Free Press did an excellent job in bringing to light the conditions at Pontiac, its loss of accreditation, and closing. Still, they didn't quite grasp the severity of violence there.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Five)
Peter Gøtzsche continues the discussion of the pharmaceutical industry’s manipulation of depression pill trials for children and adolescents.
Should Everyone Be in Therapy?
A new study finds that those with mild distress are three times as likely to feel worse after therapy than to receive some benefit.
Gabapentin Withdrawal: One Year Later
Even though I was only on the medication for a little over six months, I am still traveling down the long road of psychiatric drug withdrawal. This is the hardest thing I have ever endured.
Psychiatrists: The Criminals Behind the Scenes of the Conservatorship Business
We need to dig deeper into the doctors who conduct these evaluations, who hide behind their sealed documents with no transparency and zero accountability.
Not Everyone Agreed With FDA Approval of Antipsychotic Rexulti for Agitation
Providing the sole "no" vote on the approval of Rexulti, the consumer representative on the FDA's advisory committee shares her reasoning.
Antidepressants Have Destroyed My Sexual Function and Range of Emotions
In 2012, in a period of low mood and anxiety, my GP prescribed an antidepressant. Little did I know that this would derail my life.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Four)
Discussing how depression pills don’t work for children and increase their risk of suicide.
Do Not Prescribe Antidepressants for Mild to Moderate Depression or at First Visit
World Psychiatry article challenges conventional antidepressant prescription practices.
Psychiatric Detentions Rise 120% in First Year of 988
As contacts to the new 988 suicide hotline number have risen, so have call tracing and police interventions.
Making Crazy: Rob Wipond’s “Your Consent Is Not Required”
Rob Wipond’s exposé details the vast net the psychiatric industry has cast over society under the guise of “trying to help.”
Neurodiversity Is a Scientific Revolution
Although I experience distress acutely, I don’t have a disease, a bug, or an error. I have a body. When my circumstances are untenable, my body protests.
Chris Bullard—The Sound Mind Live Festival
Chris Bullard is the executive-director of the Sound Mind Live Festival which uses music as a connective force to bring people together to help address mental health stigma.
Study Highlights Lack of Evidence for Antidepressants in Treatment of Chronic Pain
A new Cochrane review details the lack of evidence for antidepressants in the treatment of chronic pain.
Chris van Tulleken—Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food and...
We are joined by Dr. Chris van Tulleken who talks about the science, economics, history, and production of ultra-processed food. We discuss some of the effects of UPF on our brains and bodies and how the food industry positions UPF to dominate our diets.
Giving Caregivers a Platform: Elianna, Mother of Brandon
An interview with Elianna, who lives in Colorado with her son, Brandon, 34. His many diagnoses and misdiagnoses include autism and schizophrenia.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Three)
On the latest fad, ketamine, and how depression pills cause dependence and withdrawal.
Hyperbolic Tapering off Antidepressants Limits Withdrawal
New research by Jim van Os and Peter Groot finds that using hyperbolic tapering to discontinue antidepressants reduces withdrawal effects.
The Medicalization of the American Mind
One cause of fragility? Pathologizing our children with psychiatric diagnoses and focusing on a medical solution to life's problems.
What I Learned as a Moderator for an Antidepressant Taper Support Group
Medication support groups are saving lives and brains because doctors do not know how to safely taper off psych meds.
DOOCE: A Case Study on the Failure of Psychiatry
Heather Armstrong’s life was taken by psychiatry, and our unwillingness to scrutinize their methods of madness.
David Carmichael—The Antidepressant Safety Tour
Drug safety advocate David Carmichael joins us to discuss his upcoming antidepressant safety tour and the importance of fully informed consent when prescribing SSRI antidepressants.
