Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part Two)
Peter Gøtzsche discusses misleading statements about depression pills and dosing.
What Is the Risk of Permanent Sexual Dysfunction from Antidepressants?
Males taking antidepressants were at 100 times the risk of erectile dysfunction compared with the healthy population and more than three times the risk even after controlling for other variables.
SSRIs, Lindsay Clancy, and Me
Sharing the similarities between Lindsay Clancy's homicidal episode and my own will hopefully help prevent rare SSRI-induced suicides and homicides, including mass shootings.
Eating Disorders Among Teens More Severe Than Ever
From NBC News: Since the pandemic, people are experiencing eating disorders at younger ages and in more serious condition, with both mental and physical symptoms appearing more urgent.
Joanna Moncrieff: âIâm Not Convinced Antidepressants Have Any Useâ
From The New Statesman: The 'controversial' NHS psychiatrist and professor discusses taking on the pharmaceutical firms, and how Covid made it âOK to cancel scientists."
The Systemic Harms of Psychiatry
My research into psychiatry began in late 2016 after being admitted to a mental "health" facility. There was nothing healthy about that experience!
Amphetamines Are Often Prescribed Along With Depression and Anxiety Drugs
From NBC News: Drugs like Ritalin are being given off-label to counteract the side effects of psychiatric prescriptions, a study suggests.
Reading Books Is Not Just a Pleasure: It Helps Our Minds to Heal
From Psyche: Through my own struggles and in teaching bibliotherapy to students, I know that books can help to heal minds and hearts.
Psychiatrogenesis (Whither Psychiatry or Reform)
Preying on the privatisation of distress comes the medical-industrial complex perverting the mental health landscape.
Federal Judge Finds Texas Use of Psychotropic Drugs on Foster Children ‘Appalling’
From KERA News: "These children are being repeatedly raped in [DFPS's] care," said Judge Janis Jack. "Theyâre being drugged in your care if they complain. If their behavior is not up to snuff, theyâre getting psychotropic drugs. And that is not safe."
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 8: Depression and Mania (Affective Disorders) (Part One)
On the drug industryâs influence in defining disorders and the lack of efficacy for depression pills.
Breaking Blind: Antipsychotic Drug Efficacy May Be Overestimated
Only 4 of 188 antipsychotic trials assessed blinding, and in all 4 cases, the blind was broken, potentially leading to an overestimation of the drug effect.
Campaign Against ECT Gains Traction in UK
"Across the pond," campaignersâ efforts against electroshock are gaining public notice. Can their approach work in the US?
Governments, Treatment Providers Donât Want to Expose “Dark Heartâ of Mental Health System
From The Walrus: "People are suffering," said psych survivor and counselor Tracy Myers. "The idea that sticking them in a cell and giving them drugs is a solution for this is insanity."
Orlando Psychiatristâs Practice Restricted After Sexual Assault Allegations
From Orlando Sentinel: Multiple women have accused Dr. Iftikhar Rasul, founder of Serene Behavioral Health, of groping them under the guise of a medical procedure.
White Paper Presents Case Against Forced Treatment
"I see the white paper as the culmination of my 40+ years of advocacy for people subjected to psychiatric incarceration and forced drugging."
She Redefined Trauma. Then Trauma Redefined Her.
From The New York Times: Dr. Judith Herman, who helped launch the field of trauma studies, has returned to publishing after a long, mysterious ordeal.
Self-test for Adult Symptom Deficiency Disorder (ASDD)
In the spirit of the thinking behind the DSM, I have worked out a test for a new disorder for those who don't meet criteria for anything else.
We Don’t Have a Health Care System. We Have a Medical-Industrial Complex
From John Abramson, MD/Hillsdale College: Instead of a health care system, we have a medical-industrial complex that is sucking Americaâs wealth away from the things that would actually make us healthier.
Can Listening to Heavy Metal Be Therapeutic?
Many enthusiasts of heavy metal will say things like "Heavy metal saved my life," and there is a fairly established narrative amongst fans of the wellbeing benefits.
Patients Given Aripiprazole (Abilify) âShould Be Told of Gambling Addiction Risksâ
From The Guardian: The UK's National Problem Gambling Clinic has observed growing numbers of patients who have developed a gambling addiction after starting to take aripiprazole.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 7: Psychosis (Part Six)
Discussing the damage psychosis pills cause to the brain, and how that manifests in many clinical harms, like tardive dyskinesia.
In Defense of Incoherent Psychiatry
In JAMA Psychiatry, the authors claimed we have no way to assess outcomes, and no way to know whether outcomes are "continuing to improve."
Canât Be Trusted: A Book Review Review
My book is a memoir written around the denial of my medical certificate required to fly light aircraft for mental health reasons.
Warning Over Antidepressants as Top Experts Say They May Raise Risk of Suicide
From The Daily Mail: A study examining almost 8,000 inquests which mentioned antidepressants shows the drugs may "not be having the intended effect on suicide outcomes," said researcher Mark Horowitz.
