Learning to Soar: A Conversation With Artist Kev G Mor
Musician and artist Kev G Mor joins us to discuss his experience of psychosis, his daily support strategies, and the pros and cons of having a pit bull for emotional support.
Beyond Pleasure: A Developmental View of Addiction
Sometimes addiction has more to do with the ability to tolerate day-to-day life without the substance: self-regulation.
Antidepressant “Maintenance Treatment” Not Required: Slow Tapering with Support Works
Questions remain about best practices for discontinuation strategies, and the distinction between relapse and withdrawal was not defined.
New NEJM Perspective on Antidepressants and Pregnancy Misses the Mark
The NEJM opinion piece ignores basic science, common sense, and decades of research findings in making the case for SSRIs in pregnancy.
Medication-Free Treatment in Norway Found Effective Over the Short Term
Those who received drug-tapering support did just as well or better than those receiving treatment as usual.
The APA Opposes Written Informed Consent for Veterans
The American Psychiatric Association and other prominent medical associations are lining up in opposition to proposed legislation that would require prescribers of psychiatric medication to obtain signed consent from veterans acknowledging the side effects and risks of psychiatric drugs.
How Mental Health Ideology Perpetuates a War on Emotions
Despite unprecedented access to therapy, medication, and novel treatments, mental health is deteriorating.
Psych Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of ALS
Psychiatric drugs linked to increased risk of the rare, incurable neurological disease that causes loss of motor function.
Connecticut’s Forced Electroshock Problem
Unpacking forced electroshock data obtained from the State of Connecticut Office of the Probate Court Administrator.
I Declared Myself Jesus and Still Avoided the Psych Ward
I might still get a psychosis, but it was short-lived and I am not feeling down, or overdosed by psychiatric drugs.
Internet Searches for Lorazepam Following the Release of The White Lotus
From the Jama network: "On February 16, 2025, HBO Max released the third season of The White Lotus, which featured a central storyline in which...
Massachusetts Advocates Resist Dystopian Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Bill
From Truthout written by Leah Harris: "On November 18, 2025, Massachusetts advocates gathered for hours at the State House as they have, year after...
Olga Runciman – Has Lived Experience Outlived Itself?
From Olga Runciman's YouTube channel: "This talk was originally prepared for the WAPR 2025 conference in Vancouver. In it, I explore the role of...
The Damage Doesn’t End When the Drugs Do: Diana Rose on Psychiatry’s Long Shadow
Ayurdhi Dhar interviews survivor-researcher Diana Rose on her long-term adverse experiences from psychiatric drugs, survivor knowledge, and the humiliations built into the system.
We Need a Culture That Embraces Emotion Instead of Numbing It
Medicating depression and anxiety does nothing to address their root cause. SSRIs clear away the smoke without putting out the flame.
Easier to Refill Than Review: Antidepressant Prescribing in Primary Care
Researchers found that for many doctors, renewing antidepressant prescriptions feels safer and faster than helping people taper, and that most current interventions fail to address the pressures driving that choice.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): It’s Not Just the Memory Loss
A new study shows ECT can cause disastrous health and cognitive problems, and chronic impairments across many day-to-day activities.
Women Likely to Be Retraumatised by ECT: Disturbing Findings from a New Survey
The widespread use of ECT on women needs to be understood from a trauma-informed perspective.
Prozac ‘No Better Than Placebo’ for Treating Children with Depression, Experts Say
From The Guardian: "Clinical guidelines should no longer recommend Prozac for children, according to experts, after research showed it had no clinical benefit for...
Where the Bullet Stayed
Writing became the space between pain and acceptance, the only place where both could coexist without one needing to kill the other.
Antidepressant Withdrawal: Finding an Astronomical Perspective – A Conversation with Safa Askeri
Maybe you have this interpretation that you're not going to recover and you have permanent damage, but it's not like that. I'm very hopeful.
Phenomenological Therapy: Centering Subjectivity
Phenomenological therapy can create space for authentic expression, sometimes for the first time in a client’s life.
Commentary: Does First Year Treatment With an Antipsychotic Lead to Long-Term Harm?
There is no good evidence that antipsychotics provide a benefit to first-episode or early-episode psychotic patients.
New Evidence in Support of Tapering Protocols for First-Episode Psychosis
The study shows that tapering can be successfully and relatively safely done by most people after first-episode psychosis.
Remembering Steven Morgan
Steven Morgan, who was well known for his activist efforts in challenging conventional psychiatry, which included writing for Mad in America, recently passed away,...
