Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 6: Psychiatric Drug TrialsĀ Are Not Reliable
In this blog, GĆøtzsche discusses the ways in which drug trials are biased, including breaking of the double-blind and industry manipulation.
Diode | A Narrative About a Mental Journey by Karen Hudes
From Thomas Pynchon: Atmospheric forces channel suddenly through the individual, the release point of a larger, pressured system. At the moment of crisis, all attention goes to the diode.
Regarding the Quote āIt Is No Measure of Health…’
From Krishnamurti Foundation Trust: and Charles Eisenstein: Itās not because there is something wrong with you that you canāt make yourself get with the program. Itās that there is something wrong with the program.
ScreeningĀ for Perinatal Depression: An Effective Intervention, or One That Does More Harm Than Good?
Why does the U.S. describe perinatal screening as providing a proven benefit, while the task forces in the U.K. and Canada see no evidence of such benefit?
Internal Review Found āFalsified Dataā in Stanford Presidentās Alzheimerās Research
From The Stanford Daily: Colleagues say Marc Tessier-Lavigne tried to keep hidden the findings of an inquiry into his 2009 Nature paper that had made a splash in the Alzheimer's research world.
Whatās Missing from NAMI and Pro-Psychiatry: Lived Experience
Since many psych patients become forced consumers, their advocates have a duty to be educated and concerned with adverse reactions.
How Peer Reviewers and Editors Protected a Failed Paradigm for Psychiatric Drug Testing
My recent article was so threatening to the whole edifice of psychiatry that the peer reviewers and editors did what they could to kill it.
How the Interpersonal Model Explains, and Heals, Mental Pain | James Barnes
From Aeon: In order to understand and heal mental distress, we must see our minds as existing in relationships, not inside our heads.
“Making a Silk Purse Out of a Sowās Ear”: Erick Turner on How Publication...
Ayurdhi Dhar interviews Erick Turner about publication bias in antidepressant trials, compromised psychotherapeutic research, and a culture of journal worship.
BJGP Publishes Advice for GPs on Withdrawing From SSRI Antidepressants
From IIPDW: This is an important moment as the journalĀ is widely read by GPs, who are the main prescribers of SSRI antidepressants in the UK.
Beyond Labels and MedsāCloser Look: Isabella Castillo
At times I tend to feel invisible. Sometimes I donāt feel like I fit in with everyone else; I feel like an outsider.
Why Are Ketamine Ads Following Me Around the Internet?
From The New York Times: A pandemic-related loosening of telehealth laws in 2020 allowed for the prescribing of controlled substances remotely, and this led to an increase in the availability and marketing of ketamine and other drugs.
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 5: Psychiatric Diagnoses Are Not Reliable (Part Two)
The screening test for depression recommended by the WHO is so poor that for every 100 screened, 36 will get a false diagnosis of depression.
New Guidance on Antidepressant Withdrawal for Doctors in the UK
New guidance for primary care doctors in the UK on antidepressant discontinuation acknowledges severe and long-lasting withdrawal symptoms.
New York Can’tāor Won’tāProvide Data on New Forced Treatment Plan
When we requested specific numbers and data, the presenter suggested that there were so many different players, agencies, and moving parts it was hard to āmake senseā of all the information.Ā
How Mindstrongās Rush to Roll Out a āSmoke Alarmā for Mental Illness Led to...
From STAT: The start-up, cofounded by Tom Insel, claimed to have developed a "biomarker" that could analyze users' typing speeds, typos, and tapping and scrolling patterns for early signs of cognition and mood changes.
Beyond Psychiatry: A Trauma-Centric View of Mental Health
Internal family systems therapy is a non-pathologizing method of working toward healing from trauma, a journey of returning to wholeness by reconnecting with ourselves.
Head of FDA’s Neuroscience Unit to Depart
From Fierce Biotech: The embattled regulator, Billy Dunn, has been accused of having had a too-cozy relationship with the pharma company Biogen prior to the approval of their Alzheimerās drug Aduhelm.
About Not Listening to People
Psychiatry exists in a perpetual state of distrust and disbelief of everything their patients say, including when patients report harmful effects of their drugs.
The 9-Question Survey Doctors Use to ‘Diagnose’ Depression Was Created by an Antidepressant Manufacturer
From Insider: The PHQ-9 ā the quick tool that made many primary care doctors more comfortable prescribing antidepressants ā was designed by a "marketing man" working for Pfizer.
Beyond Labels and MedsāCloser Look: Madeline Aliah
Meet another talented teen behind the pieces in MIA's art exhibition. She writes: "This poem was written in my first year at a queer-positive school and is processing the new forms of guilt and shame I experienced and was exposed to."
‘More Like Spin-the-Bottle Than Scienceā: My Mission to Find Proper Treatment for My Sonās...
From The Guardian: After years journeying through the traditional healthcare system, could radical alternatives save my son from an endless cycle of hospital stays and drugs?
Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 5: Psychiatric Diagnoses Are Not Reliable (Part One)
Psychiatric diagnoses have poor validity and do not tell us much about the nature, course, and treatment of the "diseases."
Understanding the Neurobiology of Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction
Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) may be a common adverse effect of antidepressants. Researchers are now attempting to understand the neurobiology behind it.
Waking From Sleep: Natural Spirituality | Steve Taylor, PhD
From Spirituality and Psychology: "Higher states of consciousness" or "spiritual experiences" represent a way of seeing and relating to the world which was once normal to human beings, but which we have lost.
