It’s A Mad World! Podcast: A Discussion with Robert Whitaker
From It's a Mad World!: In a new podcast on the politics of mental health and the mental health of politics, Irish psychiatrist Dr. Peadar OāGrady talks with Robert Whitaker about his books and work.
Remembering Darby Penney ā A Fierce Advocate for Justice and Human Rights
Celia Brown, Ron Bassman, and Peter Stastny mourn the loss of Darby Penney, who fought to transform the mental health system in New York.
Less Than a Quarter of Those with Depression Respond to Treatment in Real Life
In a real-world setting, less than a quarter of patients diagnosed with depression improved with medication, hospitalization, and therapy.
Creative Maladjustment: An Interview with Donzaleigh Abernathy
Donzaleigh Abernathyāgoddaughter of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.āshares her thoughts on the civil rights movement and the legacy of racism in the United States.
How 1 Panic Attack Led to 15 Years of Psychiatric DrugsĀ
My brain zapsāsymptoms of benzo withdrawalāwere like having a mini seizure on a daily basis. But my doctor kept telling me that my āunderlyingā anxiety was causing all my distress.
Psychiatryās Nightmarish 2022 & Its Hysterical Defense Against Criticism
Psychiatry's defenders are open to criticism of psychiatry as long as it stops short of acknowledging the increasingly well-documented reality that psychiatry lacks any scientific merit.
For Native People, the Past is Present: David Edward Walker on Oppressive Mental Health...
David Edward Walker is the author of Coyoteās Swing: A Memoir and Critique of Mental Hygiene in Native America, which was published in February...
Insane Medicine, Chapter 2: The Scientism of Psychiatry (Part 1)
Wherever you find mental health services to have expanded, you find a parallel increase in the numbers who have been classed as disabled due to a mental health disorder.
The Sins of Conservatorship: Why Britney Spears Compared It to Slavery
For the last three years of my motherās life, she was under absolute control of her conservator. If we dared to object to the neglect or abuse, retaliation was certain.
Donāt Include Involuntary Commitment as a Treatment Tool in Seattle
As someone who has experienced the trauma of involuntary mental health treatment, I am deeply concerned.
Project LETS: Building Peer-Led Mental Health Alternatives on Campus
Founder and Executive Director Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu talks about the organization's work to support struggling students and end discrimination against them.
Researchers Provide Guidance for Reducing and Stopping Psychiatric Drugs
New guidance on how to taper and discontinue from psychiatric drugs from leading researchers Mark Horowitz and David Taylor.
Mental Health System: Open Letter to the Media
"We, a group of people with first-hand experience of the mental health system...saw how abuse, corruption, and exploitation were covered up, while victims and critics of the system were silenced and marginalized."
Neurodiversity Is a Scientific Revolution
Although I experience distress acutely, I donāt have a disease, a bug, or an error. I have a body. When my circumstances are untenable, my body protests.
āFree Our People!ā Ex-Psychiatric Patients Demand COVID-19 Accountability in State-Run Facilities
Residents and workers are dying from COVID-19 exposure in Massachusetts state hospitals. One group of ex-psychiatric patients and allies has had enough.
Official Guidelines on Antidepressant Discontinuation Fail Practitioners and Patients
A review of clinical practice guidelines for antidepressant discontinuation from across the English-speaking world reveals major pitfalls.
Problem-Solving Through Skills-Building: Motivating Kids to Change
Children can overcome all sorts of difficulties by learning specific behavioural or emotional skills with the help and support of their social network.
Inside the Neuroscience Community: Peter Sterling Responds to Awais Aftab
Dr. Aftab objects to my "tirade against psychiatric neuroscience." What Dr. Aftab does not do is address any of my substantive conclusions.
I Live
Why is it such a ācrimeā to explore alternative realities, and look for something beyond our totally medicalized society? In some cultures, one would be revered instead, and not locked away.
Psychiatry Killed Tuva Andersson, Whose Problem Was Anxiety
During the last year of Tuvaās life, her psychiatrists took away her hope of ever leaving psychiatry and becoming better.
The Schizophrenia Genetics IllusionāA Century of Failure and Hype
This is the schizophrenia game. It has been played for over a century, and itās time to stop.
Withdrawal Symptoms Common for Those who Stop Taking Antidepressants
A new study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, investigates the prevalence and typical characteristics of antidepressant withdrawal syndrome (AWS) through analyzing available research. Researchers found...
Popular Obesity Drugs Monitored for Suicidal Thinking
Concerns rise about the adverse effects and longer-term harms of GLP-1 injections like Ozempic and Wegovy.
What Does it Mean to Be Borderpolar?
Psychiatrists believe people can have both bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, referred to as āborderpolar,ā although this is not an official DSM diagnosis.
Born Addicted to Valium: Understanding a Lifetime of Symptoms
Withdrawal felt like: evil feeding on my soul, my spirit being tortured, not being able to feel love, constantly feeling like I was falling in a dark tunnel, and wanting to get out of my body.
