“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.
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...
Sick‘s Wild Ride – From Treatment to TEDMED
Earlier this year, I was invited to speak at TEDMED 2014 and John Kazanjian and I worked hard to come up with a 13-ish minute version of my play Sick. The video of the talk/performance got released today on TEDMED.com and YouTube. It’s been a wild ride sharing the big play with small audiences around the country these last couple of years, and I am excited and humbled by the potential audience this abbreviated version can have online. I hope you have a chance to watch it.
Is Big Pharma the Only Answer to Schizophrenia? – Interview with Dick Russell
Tyrel Ventura speaks with Dick Russell, author of My Mysterious Son about his struggles in raising a son with schizophrenia and the surprising success...
Childhood Adversity and Psychosis: From Heresy to Certainty
Presentation by John Read at the Meanings of Madness Conference. (Presentation begins at 5 minutes in.)
Off Label (Film)
Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s Off Labeloffers the personal stories of eight individuals — a young medic who was stationed at Abu Ghraib, a woman...
Australia Plans To Screen 3 Year Olds For Mental Illness
A controversial move by the Australian Federal Government plans to screen 3 year olds for early signs of mental illness as part of routine...
Bohemian Polypharmacy
Bohemian Polypharmacy - a parody of Queen's classic song Bohemian Rhapsody - a song all about polypharmacy - taking more medicines than are clinically...
Pat Deegan on Recovery and Nonviolence
This video by Pat Deegan, inspired by the Newtown tragedy, was brought to our attention by BeyondMeds.com.
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PROTEST PSYCHIATRY – My Newest Film, Free!
I just made a new film, called PROTEST PSYCHIATRY, on the psychiatric survivor-lead protest of the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting in New York City. And I’m thrilled by how it turned out. For starters, I filmed it on no budget whatsoever, created the entire film in three days, and have uploaded it straight to Youtube, so it’s freeeeeee!
Take These Broken Wings
"Take These Broken Wings," a 75-minute documentary on recovery from schizophrenia without medication. Featuring Joanne Greenberg (bestselling author of "I Never Promised You a...
Doctors Concerned by Antipsychotic Prescriptions
Dr Danielle Stowasser from the Australian National Prescribing Service discusses the large number of antipsychotic prescriptions being written for elderly people.
Films by Jodie Goodnough
36,835 is a 9 hour and 41 minute performance exploring the overabundance of psychiatric medicine in the lives of Americans, particularly young women. Using...
Developing a Compassionate Voice as a Step Toward Living With Voices
I've previously written about the possible role of compassion focused therapy in helping people relate better to problematic voices, in my posts Could compassionate self talk replace hostile voices?, Feed Your Demons!, and A Paradox: Is Our System for Responding to Threats Itself a Threat? I'm happy to see more interest being taken in this kind of approach, and a video has just become available which, in 5 minutes, very coherently explains how a compassion focused approach can completely transform a person's relationship with their voices and so transform the person's life!
Michael Moore Discusses the Impact of Prozac on the Columbine Shootings
Michael Moore learned about the link between prozac and violence at the premier of his film "Bowling for Columbine." Here, he appears in Gary...
Navigating the Mental Health Wilderness: Steven Morgan’s Journey
Steven Morgan discusses his transformative journey from chronic "patient" to leading mental health advocate. Steven has been working in peer support and helping to create alternatives to traditional mental health services for the past decade...
Antidepressants Kill Over 500,000 People Annually
A new study shows psychiatric drugs kill over half a million Americans and Europeans every year who are over 65. Professor Peter Gøtzsche claims...
A conversation with Dr Terry Lynch (From “Beyond Prozac” to “Selfhood” and Beyond)
Dr. Terry Lynch says that "Long ago I began to question the whole categorization of normal and abnormal, which is what doctors tend to...
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...
Rachel Waddingham’s Recovery From Psychiatric Labeling and Unnecessary Treatment
Rachel's recovery from psychiatric labelling and unnecessary treatment from CEP.
You May Be Suffering From Antidepressants (The Adbusters)
You May Be Suffering From Antidepressants (The Adbusters)
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Laura Delano at the APA Rally
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On Pharma, Corruption, and Psychiatric Drugs
"My studies in this area lead me to a very uncomfortable conclusion: Our citizens would be far better off if we removed all the psychotropic drugs from the market, as doctors are unable to handle them. It is inescapable that their availability creates more harm than good."
- Peter Gøtzsche, MD; Co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration
