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...
The Celebrated Cell Phones of Calaveras County
Calaveras County, CA is being honored for a novel hospital diversion program. By giving cell phones programmed to reach key supporters to repeat users...
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...
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...
A Memoir of Escape From Psychiatric Treatment
Attorney Lynn Garson memoir of escape from psychiatric drug treatment, "Southern Vapors", is the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's highlighted book of the month. "The idea that...
Veterans, PTSD, & Seroquel
Attorney Jamie Sheller of Philadelphia firm Sheller, P.C. discusses a client whose child had birth defects caused by taking Paxil during her pregnancy. GlaxoSmithKline...
Medicating ADHD: Diagnosis and the Long-Term Effects of the Medications
Robert Whitaker appears on Science for the Public on March 20, 2013, speaking about how the ADHD is diagnosed and why users of medications...
5 Tips on How to Start a Conversation About Mental Health
5 people with experience of mental health problems give us their top tips on how to start a conversation about mental health.
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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...
A Psychiatrist’s Perspective on Antidepressants
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM: 4 principal tenets that may undermine your current understanding of the efficacy and safety of antidepressant medication.
CNN’s Dr. Gupta on Trauma, SSRIs, Suicides & School Shootings
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at the roles of trauma and medication as a "common factor" in tragedies similar to the Sandy Hook shooting....
Hallucinations are not Necessarily Madness
Olive Sacks reflects on the brain's disposition to see or hear things.
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Q&A with Oliver Sacks: Hallucinations, neurological curiosities and a passion for...
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.
Pressuring Parents to Drug Children
Jim Gottstein on Pressuring Parents to Drug Children
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...
“Can Psychiatric Drugs Cause Long-Lasting Negative Effects?”
The Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry presents this interview with Dr Joanna Moncrieff, a psychiatrist and senior lecturer at University College, London.
Role of Litigation in a Strategic Approach to Mental Health System Change
Jim Gottstein's talk on the Role of Litigation in a Strategic Approach to Mental Health System Change at the annual rights conference of the...
Joanna Moncrieff – The Myth of the Chemical Cure: The Politics of Psychiatric Drug...
UNE Center for Global Humanities and its founding director, Anouar Majid, host Joanna Moncrieff on "The Myth of the Chemical Cure: The Politics of...
“Benzodiazepine Withdrawal as Told by a Woman in the Midst of it…”
A stirringly told story of benzodiazepine withdrawal. Beyond Meds adds helpful information and links, as well.
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