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Despite guidance that the drugs should only be used short-term, about a third of patients indicated long-term benzo use.

The value-base and proven positive outcomes of Open Dialogue need to be expanded, not closed.

Overtreatment with drugs kills many people, and the death rate is increasing. Why have we allowed this drug pandemic to continue?

Indian doctoral scholar Neha Jain wonders what kind of ‘care’ and ‘help’ are possible in the absence of real consent.

Despite growing awareness that ‘schizophrenia’ is not a scientifically valid concept, the old assumptions still drive clinical practice.

Recent research reveals how antipsychotic medications can significantly impact users' identity and self-image, challenging existing clinical approaches.

Tapering strips are one of the practical tools mentioned in the new Maudsley Guidance.

About half of the large antidepressant trials are biased enough to be considered “seeding trials,” according to the researchers.

Why does long-term use of neuroleptics correlate with poorer social and occupational outcomes?

Mental health treatment requires more than words; it demands a deep understanding of the unspoken, the symbols and signs that permeate our lives.

A comprehensive review indicates that children exposed to antipsychotics in the womb face an increased risk of ADHD and developmental delays.

A mom describes her son's descent into the harms of psychiatry—and his way out. "It was really difficult to watch Matt decline. He had given up hope that he could get well."

After being put on antidepressants, Katinka started hallucinating wildly, thinking in very violent images.

Critiquing the wildly popular 1994 eugenicist book, which purported to link IQ and race, by reviewing the supposed genetic evidence.

Research undermines the prolonged use of antipsychotics in schizophrenia treatment, suggesting improved social functioning and quality of life with discontinuation.

By setting standards of equality, competence, and accountability, Szasz worked for the liberation of the "mental patient.”

The suffering caused by physical, sexual or psychological violence, common in women's lives, is pathologized by psychiatry.

The published articles underreported suicide-related events and provided false claims that the drugs were effective.

On the Mad in America podcast we talk with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper about their BMJ paper entitled "Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5 TR: Cross-Sectional Analysis"

The mental health system needs to adopt the principle of holistic care, promoting fundamental rights and the relevance of family support.

Tensions of sustainability, climate change, and global mental health: grassknots, greenspace, and climate psychology.

What if the only choice we can really make, and trust, is the irrational, even mad, choice to love? What would saving the world look like then?

We can assess whether Mad in America readers or JAMA Psychiatry readers are being provided with the most robust scientific literature.

Too many people see themselves as having mental disorders when what they have is emotion, and in some cases, a great deal of it.

In this new study, exposure to maternal anxiety in utero also harmed child development.