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Suicides Increase After National Suicide Prevention Introduced

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Researchers have consistently found increasing psychiatric services associated with higher suicide rates.

Psychotherapy and Social Change: Mick Cooper on Counseling, Pluralism, and Progressive Politics

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Javier Rizo interviews Mick Cooper on the intersection of psychotherapy and social transformation, the pluralistic approach to counseling, and the role of psychology in building a more just society.
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Psychiatric Butchery: What I’ve Seen at a Homeless Shelter for Women with Children

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Children are being given psychiatric drugs, “treated” for the abuse they receive in the harsh world of the homeless.

A Victim Re-Victimised

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I had just been physically abused, deprived of my liberty and had my property stolen. Yet, I was the one who was being arrested.
A photo of RFK Jr. emerges from a pile of blue pills

RFK Jr. May Be Wrong on Many Medical Issues, But He’s Right About Antidepressants

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Documented cases show a link between SSRIs and school violence, but pharma has suppressed the data that could prove this link.

“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of...

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Psychologist and existential thinker Brent Robbins reflects on a lifetime of work, the limits of psychiatric diagnosis, and what facing mortality has taught him about joy and human connection.
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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

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Testimony submitted to the Connecticut state legislature in opposition to a bill expanding forced ECT.

Deadly Prescriptions: New Study Links Antipsychotics to Life-Threatening Risks in Dementia Patients

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With pharmaceutical companies pushing antipsychotics for off-label use, dementia patients are being put at risk for devastating health consequences. Research suggests safer alternatives exist—but why aren’t they being prioritized?
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Observational Studies Confirm Trial Results That Antidepressants Double Suicides

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Depression drugs don’t work, and they increase suicide.
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Schizophrenia in Philosophy and Theology

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From Socrates to Jesus to Nietzsche, all experienced divine Beatific Visions, just as I have.
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Psychiatry, Capitalism, and the Industrial Machine

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Psychiatry, under the guise of science, tries to identify and manage those who deviate from industrial society's norms.
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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

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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

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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.
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Kyrie Therapeutic Farm: Distress Understood as Part of the Human Condition

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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

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A new study reveals that withdrawal symptoms from antidepressants can last years, disrupting lives and relationships.
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Beyond Techniques: The Common Factors That Drive Healing

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Common factors, rather than the intricacies of any single modality, are the real engine of therapeutic transformation.

“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

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High levels of childhood adversity interact with violent crime, poverty, and lack of access to education.

The Note

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I’ve 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

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In this interview, Brooke Siem, who is the author of a memoir on antidepressant withdrawal, May Cause Side Effects, interviews Gretchen LeFever Watson, PhD. Gretchen...
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I Am Looking for People I Miss

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It’s a community of like-minded people; we should stick together. Maybe, hopefully, I will find my hospital friends.
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The Ouija Board and the Skeptic

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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

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The Wellness approach, despite years of deliberate suppression, has survived and proven itself to be highly effective.
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Guided Dreaming Can Transform Psychosocial Issues: 11 Case Studies

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Dreaming problem-solves various waking concerns creatively through memory consolidation and emotional processing.
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Schizophrenia and Homosexuality: My Experience and Case Studies

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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

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Many neurodivergent professionals are burning out quietly in a field that prides itself on empathy while treating its providers like machines.