Tuskegee Syphilis Study Whistleblower Peter Buxtun Has Died at Age 86
From AP: Buxtun is revered as a hero to public health scholars and ethicists for his role in bringing to light the most notorious medical research scandal in U.S. history.
The Ethics of Antipsychotic Dose Reduction and Patient Rights
New research highlights the ethical responsibilities of clinicians in supporting patients who choose to reduce or discontinue antipsychotic medication.
Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?
Promoters of "neurodiversity" replace existing forms of oppression with new "neuro" versions that still decontextualise our struggles.
Mount Sinai Aggressively Sought to Stifle Debate Over Its Controversial Brain Research
From STAT: Leading neurologist Michael Okun at the University of Florida Health said the revelations about Mount Sinai's brain research should âset off the alarm bells."
The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry
Normal reactions transformed into illnesses, emotions stripped of meaning, & people deprived of their autonomous coping skills and supports.
Nearly a Third of Adolescents Getting Mental Health Treatment, Federal Survey Finds
From CBS News: This works out to around 8.3 million young people between the ages of 12 and 17 getting counseling, medication or another treatment.
We Are Amidst the Age of Behavioral Alchemy
How the Reality Approximation Engine allows us to rethink psychology, mental health care, and perhaps even society.
Trust Among Those People in Prison, Rising From the Borderlands
With a vision to transcend the cycle of incarceration into a restorative model of justice, rituals are integrated alongside acupuncture.
Part 3: Neuro-Authenticity, Neuro-Identities, and the Neuro-Industry Â
The medicalisation of ordinary human existence continues apace, thinly disguised as embracing the authentic self.
The Dying of the Light: Norway’s “Medication-Free” Services for Psychotic Patients Are Fading Away
Despite their successful outcomes, Norwegian non-coercive and medication-free programs are being threatened with closure.
What Is Beyond a Diagnosis?
One of the counselors at the crisis center asked me a simple but profound question; Are you ready to let go of your story?
The Power of Suggestion and the Problematic Insignificance of SignificanceÂ
The power of suggestion: what my experience with hypnotism taught me about the placebo effect.
Part 2: Are We All Neurodivergent Nowadays?
The unacknowledged politics of neurodiversity: How neoliberalism and exploitation help explain the rise of neurodiversity rhetoric.
Dismissing the “Human Experience”: College Students Feel Unseen by the Medical Model of Mental...
In conversations with college students and recent graduates from across the country and around the world, they described feeling dismissed by views of mental health that narrow their experiences to individual medical problems.
Overcoming Stigma as an Academic With ‘Schizophrenia’
From PublicSource: My success stands in contrast to the hundreds or thousands of brilliant individuals with significant disabilities who have been locked out of academia for all the wrong reasons.
Theodoric of Arizona: State-Sanctioned Pharma-Based Pseudo-Doctor
I propose Theodoricâs Principle of Medical Advancement: âMedicine has advanced when the old standard of care becomes a joke.âÂ
Beyond Paternalism or Abandonment in Mental Health Care: An Interview with Neil Gong
Neil Gong exposes the false choice in mental health policy between tolerant containment for the poor and paternalistic surveillance for the rich.
Why Increased Psychological Freedom Should be the Main Goal of Psychotherapy
Insight into the childhood roots of recurring interpersonal problems and better expressive mastery of primal emotions are cornerstones of effective psychotherapy.
Medication Overuse in Mental Health Facilities: Not the Answer, Regardless of Consent
From Medscape: Consent, while I support it, is not the solution to what is fundamentally an infrastructure problem, a personnel problem, and lousy long-term mental health care.
Part 1: NeurodiversityâWhat Exactly Does It Mean?
The fuzzy concept of neurodivergence has expanded to include almost every human experience, plus its opposite.
Desperate Measures: Ghaemiâs Response to Our Review of Lithium and Suicide Prevention
Ghaemiâs article is more of a rant than a scientific commentary.
The FDA Just Quietly Gutted Protections for Human Subjects in Research
From Newsweek: The new FDA rule gives thousands of IRB committees the unilateral ability to determine that researchers need not obtain true informed consent from research participants.
Who Is Afraid of the Abolition of Psychiatric Confinement?
Psychiatry doesn't care that you haven't committed a crime. The law gives them the authority to deprive you of your freedom for as long as they deem necessary.
The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz
Julia Hotz is a solutions-focused journalist based in New York City. She is the author of the forthcoming book, The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive...
The Patient-Enemy: How Derrida Helps Explain Psychiatry’s Cruelty and Care
"Now look what you made me do!" Psychiatrists feel obligated to care for their patients, but also resentful of this obligation.
