Care Farms of the Netherlands
Care Farms of the Netherlands is a beautiful and inspiring film. It tells the story
of an innovative program that combines agriculture with social care...
Dr Peter Gøtzsche on How Psychiatry has Gone Astray
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD is a Danish medical researcher, and leader of the Nordic Cochrane Center at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written...
The Legal and Moral Issues of Drugging Children
Jim Gottstein’s presentation March 29, 2012 at the APA’s Humanistic Division. Mr. Gottstein talks about the the legal and moral issues of the massive number...
Psychiatry is “Committing Professional Suicide”
David Healy "likened psychiatry’s attitude toward its faltering legitimacy to the Vatican’s widely derided response to its child sex abuse scandal by priests —...
“A Drop of Sunshine”
Film by Apama Sanyal
"Schizophrenia. It may be one word, but it immediately conjures up multiple connotations - mad, incurable, violent, suicidal, chemical imbalances, crazy,...
KMSP-TV Investigative Report on Psychiatric Research Abuse at the University of Minnesota
For a scathing, 11-minute overview of the death of Dan Markingson at the University of Minnesota, and new allegations of coercion into psychiatric clinical trials, you can't do much better than this excellent investigative report by Jeff Baillon.
“ADHD: A Return to Psychology” Video Series
Most people believe that children diagnosed with ADHD misbehave because they possess an inferior inhibitory system that renders them less able to suppress unacceptable actions. However, this belief has numerous shortcomings. This series of videos challenges these assumptions and offers alternative explanations for why a child may exhibit ADHD behaviors.
The History of Eugenics in the United States & How It Affects Psychiatric Care...
Robert Whitaker speaks in this video, recorded May 2, 2012, on "The History of Eugenics in the United States & How It Affects Psychiatric...
CBS News – Antipsychotic Meds May Raise Kids’ Diabetes Risk
Antipsychotics Raise Diabetes Risk →
Bullies Called Him Pork Chop
A beautiful short film about turning pain and trauma in to triumph instead of psychiatry. The film's concluding words: "Our lives will only ever...
How Pharmaceuticals Sell A.D.H.D.
Dr. Aaron Kesselheim of Brigham & Women's Hospital analyzes several ads for A.D.H.D. medications for the New York Times to see how they play...
Do Antidepressants Cure Depression? Are Psych Drugs Safe? Dr. Colin Ross on Psychetruth
Psychetruth Correspondent Corrina Rachel interviews psychiatrist Dr. Colin Ross about Psychiatry and if antidepressants work to cure depression. What are the facts we should...
Pediatric Grand Rounds at University of Calgary
Pediatric Grand Rounds at University of Calgary from Mad in America on Vimeo.
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Crooked Beauty
Crooked Beauty is a poetic documentary that chronicles artist-activist Jacks McNamara's transformative journey from childhood abuse to psych ward patient to pioneering mental health...
PsychRights’ Medicaid Fraud Initiative Against Psychiatric Drugging of Children & Youth
Jim Gottstein's September 27, 2013 talk on PsychRights' Medicaid Fraud Initiative Against Psychiatric Drugging of Children & Youth, at the National Association of Rights...
My 6-year Anniversary Off Psych Drugs: How I Made It Through the Darkest Times
Last week was my anniversary off a huge psych drug cocktail I’d been on for 20 years. In this video I speak to the inner resources that kept me going. The fact is there is nothing in society to help those who love us to understand what we are going through.
Thomas Szasz: Does Mental Illness Exist?
A conversation with Thomas Szasz, published on March 28, 2014. He discusses the question of whether mental illness exists and whether it is possible...
Twelve-year-old Ke’onte Cook Testifies in US Senate Hearing
A child in the foster-care system tells of his experience being diagnosed and then medicated with psychiatric drugs.
Psychiatry Must Stop Ignoring Trauma, with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk explores his field's long, complex, and stubborn history with trauma. Dr. van der Kolk explains how psychiatry as a...
