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Home Alone: Finding Connection During the Pandemic
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Grief: A Shamanic Perspective
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When Tapering Antidepressants, is Going Slow Always the Best Strategy?
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The Psychiatric Hospital Is an Institution of Social Control
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Institutionalized 18 Years Ago, I May Never Be Released
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November 16, 2021
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“For Life”: New Opera Tells the Stories of Those Harmed by Psychiatric Drugs
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November 15, 2021
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November 9, 2021
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“Make Psychiatry Healthy”: Analysis of a Leaflet From the Danish Psychiatric Association
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November 4, 2021
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Why Not Seek Treatment Through the Mental Health System?
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November 2, 2021
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October 21, 2021
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Soteria House and Peer Respite Summit
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September 13, 2021
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June 7, 2021
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Lessons from the Pandemic: Panic Attacks Are Not Random
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June 6, 2021
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Modern Psychiatry’s Allure: It Tells People What They Want to Hear
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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It’s All About Rights—or Should We Say “Unequal Privileges”
Ron Bassman, PhD
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May 25, 2021
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1363
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May 24, 2021
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The ERNI Declaration: Making Sense of Distress Without “Disease”
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April 26, 2021
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April 24, 2021
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April 13, 2021
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April 11, 2021
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2161
Mental Health at the End of the World
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April 10, 2021
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2456
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April 7, 2021
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April 5, 2021
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April 4, 2021
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March 22, 2021
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Online Exhibition: Art-Making During the Pandemic
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March 21, 2021
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Federal Mental Health Agencies: Remember Ivory!
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March 18, 2021
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2308
How Psychiatry Turned General Difficulties in Adaptation into “Real Illnesses Just Like Diabetes”
Philip Hickey, PhD
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March 16, 2021
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March 15, 2021
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How to Support Healing from Psychosis Versus Imposing Social Control
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March 12, 2021
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Informed Consent Must Reflect Information from Online Withdrawal Forums
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Patients as Partners: A Social Empowerment Approach to Health and Mental Health
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Torture at Lake Alice “Hospital”, New Zealand
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March 2, 2021
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The BBC, Harrow, and a Public Left in the Dark
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February 25, 2021
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February 23, 2021
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February 22, 2021
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February 22, 2021
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The Role of Love in Mental Health
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February 19, 2021
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Welcome to Planet Psychiatry
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February 18, 2021
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Kendra’s Law Must Be a Beginning, Not an End
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Left-Wing Behavioral Genetics? A Closer Look at the Genetic Evidence in “The Cult of...
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February 8, 2021
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Dr. Pies’ Non-Apology
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February 5, 2021
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Intensive Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders: An Alternative to Hospitalization
David Heath
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February 4, 2021
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Some Principles of Human Design for a Post-COVID World
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An American History of Addiction, Part 5: Vietnam, Veterans, and Vermin
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January 30, 2021
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Psychiatrists and Open Dialogue
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Can Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Hurt You?
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 6: Neoliberalism and the Compare-and-Compete Society
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Stop Saying This, An Encore!
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Literally Indescribable: Are Antidepressants Addictive?
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Finding Meaning in Suffering: How Existentialism Can Help
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No, Autism Is Not Over-Diagnosed
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Exploring Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Town Hall Discussion Series
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The Ups and Downs of Online Therapy
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Social Adversity, Mental Distress, and the Theatre of the Oppressed
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Dual Diagnosis Anonymous: Peer Support for Those Who Need It
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Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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October 30, 2019
58
5616
Power Threat Meaning Framework and Tapering Strips in Brasil
October 28, 2019
In Defense of Healthy Pride
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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October 27, 2019
21
2565
Berlin Manifesto for Humane Psychiatry Released
Jann Schlimme
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October 24, 2019
43
3671
There Is No Such Thing as a Side Effect
Eric Coates
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October 23, 2019
28
4655
Building a Culture of Mental Well-Being
Aryan Aggarwal
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October 20, 2019
1
5321
When Mad Voices Are Locked Out of Academia
Chris Maylea, MHSMP, JD, DSW
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October 19, 2019
124
8184
Hereditary Madness? The Genain Sisters’ Tragic Story
Patrick Hahn
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October 17, 2019
14
23400
Peer Specialists in the Mental Health Workforce: A Critical Reassessment
Darby Penney
&
Peter Stastny, MD
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October 16, 2019
74
10677
The Sisyphus Cycle: How Everyday Stress Leads to Suicide
Sarah Knutson
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October 12, 2019
29
8851
Dog Assisted Psychotherapy Most Effective With Children
October 12, 2019
Deep Brain Stimulation and Depression
Andrew Scull, PhD
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October 10, 2019
27
3271
UN Expert Calls for Major Shift in Suicide Prevention Efforts on World Mental Health...
MIA Editors
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October 10, 2019
6
3803
Fighting Unjustified Commitment in Wisconsin: Leslie’s Story
Gail Tasch
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October 9, 2019
40
3847
Countervailing Forces Against Ritalin Use in France
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
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October 6, 2019
5
2511
Forced-Treatment Advocacy Group Cherry-Picks Data to Support Agenda (Again)
Michael Simonson
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September 30, 2019
24
2282
A Doctor Cures His Bipolar Diagnosis Without Psychiatry: Review of ‘I’
Magdalene D'Silva, BA/LLB, LLM, MA
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September 29, 2019
58
12489
Marci Webber Granted a Conditional Discharge
Robert Whitaker
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September 25, 2019
104
6076
The Problems with the DSM Mask a Dark Reality We’re All Complicit In
James Barnes, MSc, MA
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September 21, 2019
38
5317
10 Reasons Why Psychiatry Lives On—Obvious, Dark, and Darkest
Bruce Levine, PhD
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September 17, 2019
138
13482
Is Remaking Psychiatric Care Possible?
Robert Whitaker
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September 14, 2019
255
7548
Lingering Side Effects of Quitting Antidepressants
Jane Tholen
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September 13, 2019
15
17706
Trump and Cuomo: Red Flags Are Red Herrings
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
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September 11, 2019
29
2688
How Psychological Injuries Cause Physical Illness—And How Therapy Can Heal It
Eric Kuelker, PhD, RPsych
-
September 10, 2019
56
40028
William James’s Letter to His Depressed Daughter
Jeffrey Rubin, PhD
-
September 5, 2019
12
6577
Pies’ Polemic and the Question of Theories in Psychiatry, Again
Niall McLaren
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September 4, 2019
53
4754
A ‘Blueprint’ for Genetic Determinism
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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September 3, 2019
22
8939
How Healthcare Foundations Destroy Grassroots Advocates
Corinna West
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September 1, 2019
11
1748
System Change Webinars: Promoting Radical Change
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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August 29, 2019
36
917
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal in Spain
Francisco Jose Sans Lacussan
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August 27, 2019
31
9420
The Problem Lies in the Term ‘Mental Illness’
Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
-
August 25, 2019
208
5850
Poverty: The Newest Medically Treatable Brain Disease
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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August 23, 2019
79
5283
Monarch eTNS Inspires “Stop the Psychiatric Abuse of Children!” (SPAC!)
Peter Breggin, MD
&
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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August 20, 2019
24
5821
Creating Our Mental Health
Ann Green, PMHNP
&
Hugh Polk, MD
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August 18, 2019
9
2091
The Mystic of Ireland: An Homage to Ivor Browne
Tomás Hardiman
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August 17, 2019
12
5875
Collaborative Strategies for Re-Visioning the Public Mental Health System
Sascha Altman DuBrul
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August 16, 2019
51
3450
In Defense of Anger
Megan Wildhood
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August 15, 2019
42
4837
No Graphic Detail: The Injustice of Being Silenced
Sera Davidow
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August 12, 2019
60
2959
We Must Hear Marianne Williamson’s Message About the Overuse of Antidepressants
Kenneth F. McCallion
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August 11, 2019
20
3085
Brave New Apps: The Arrival of Surveillance Psychiatry
Jonah Bossewitch, PhD
-
August 9, 2019
20
3235
Blaming the “Mentally Ill”: This is Hate Speech
Robert Whitaker
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August 8, 2019
238
7164
Antidepressants and the National Suicide Epidemic
Patrick Hahn
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August 6, 2019
33
4624
How “Safe Messaging” Gaslights Suicidal People
Jess Stohlmann-Rainey
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August 4, 2019
25
10267
Helping People Come Off Medication—Bad for Business?
Peter Groot, PhD
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August 1, 2019
24
2779
Psychiatric Eugenics Then and Now—You Betcha It’s Still Happening
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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July 31, 2019
119
12395
Rock Bottom: When You Are in Your Darkest Moment
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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July 30, 2019
12
3466
We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health
MIA Editors
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July 28, 2019
10
3585
An “Even-Handed” History of Psychiatry as Damning as the “Polemics”?
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
July 27, 2019
13
2695
We Lost a Giant Today: A Tribute to Janet Foner
Lauren Spiro
&
David W. Oaks
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July 25, 2019
10
4006
Responding to “The Case Against AOT”—Next Steps for Change
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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July 24, 2019
31
1449
The Chemical Imbalance Theory: Dr. Pies Returns, Again
Philip Hickey, PhD
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July 22, 2019
81
6260
U.S. Politicians Now “Trauma Informed”—Should We Be Hopeful?
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
July 20, 2019
15
1929
An Open Letter to Howard Stern, the “Poster Boy for Psychotherapy”
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
July 19, 2019
11
3109
End Kendra’s Law Now: Racist, Classist Practices in Involuntary Psychiatry Persist
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
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July 17, 2019
9
4081
Talking About Psych Diagnoses and Drugs: A Primer for Parents & Professionals
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
July 13, 2019
14
3017
System Change Toward a Green Movement in Mental Health
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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July 12, 2019
12
1208
Equal Legal Capacity or ‘Supported Decision-Making’?
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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July 10, 2019
38
1795
On Cognitive Liberty: A Principle to Rally Behind
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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July 7, 2019
192
4788
Being-Towards-Suicide
Milan Röhricht
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July 7, 2019
57
2563
Why Mad in Italy?
Marcello Maviglia
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July 6, 2019
51
2042
Inside an Online Charter School: Labeling Kids “Disabled” for Profit
Julie Greene, MFA
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July 2, 2019
47
2568
A Guide to Long-Acting Neuroleptics: Education or Promotion?
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
June 28, 2019
61
3141
The Pill Shaming Phenomenon: What’s It Really About?
Sera Davidow
&
Caroline Mazel-Carlton
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June 26, 2019
182
11627
The Voices My Daughter Hears
Tricia Stafford
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June 25, 2019
32
3219
Madness, Sexuality and Legacies of Strategic Sanism
Sarah Carr, PhD
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June 23, 2019
22
3605
Introducing Voices for Choices
Jim Flannery
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June 22, 2019
12
1396
“Three Identical Strangers” and the Nature-Nurture Debate
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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June 21, 2019
14
23256
To Warn or Not to Warn? A Critique of MIA’s Use of Diagnostic Terminology
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
June 18, 2019
211
6334
Tom Paine, Christianity, and Modern Psychiatry
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
June 14, 2019
36
2408
ECT Litigation Update: Are Patients Being Warned of Brain Damage Risk?
David Karen, Esq.
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June 13, 2019
12
4296
Two Years Tapering an Antidepressant – A Life-Changing Experience That I Didn’t Want
James Moore
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June 12, 2019
39
5902
The Three Types of Psychiatric Drugs – A Doctor’s Guide for Consumers
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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June 9, 2019
122
6110
A Smashing Victory — And an Insidious New Threat
Peter Breggin, MD
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June 9, 2019
24
6118
When ‘For Your Own Good’ Actually Means ‘For My Own Good’
Sera Davidow
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June 4, 2019
71
7787
Public Purse a Cash Cow for Pharma: Could Taxpayer Dollars Be Better Spent?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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June 1, 2019
49
1319
Tough Love for Thomas Szasz: A Book Review
Michael Fontaine, PhD
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May 31, 2019
111
3696
I’m Introverted, Not Depressed!
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
May 29, 2019
23
4194
Blaming the System May Be the Best Therapy
Megan Wildhood
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May 25, 2019
47
5037
Helping Children to Overcome OCD: 6 Creative Strategies for Parents
Ben Furman, MD
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May 22, 2019
35
18527
FDA Approves Using Electricity All Night Long on Children’s Brains
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
May 21, 2019
57
6717
Are Antidepressants Enabling the Population to Tolerate the Intolerable?
Melody Ullah
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May 18, 2019
27
5350
My Son and the “Mental Health” System
Alan Moster
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May 17, 2019
60
5429
Recovery Versus Mad Pride: Exploring the Contradictions
Ron Unger, LCSW
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May 14, 2019
130
5407
Stop Shocking and Torturing Women – My Sisters
Don Weitz
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May 12, 2019
28
2684
Reflections on 25,000 Hours of Being With People in Extreme States
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
May 11, 2019
69
6120
Thought About Killing Yourself Lately? It’s Not All In Your Head
Eric Greene
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May 10, 2019
48
5251
On Human Nature and Its Implications for the Mind-Body Problem
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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May 9, 2019
15
2526
Forced Drugging with Antipsychotics is Against the Law: Decision in Norway
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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May 4, 2019
19
8462
Lou Reed: That Which Does Not Kill Us Can Radicalize Us
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
May 3, 2019
55
5988
A Deeper Dive into System Change in the Mental Health Paradigm
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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May 3, 2019
36
3777
Lithium: A Survivor’s Guide for Parents
Julie Greene, MFA
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May 1, 2019
55
5745
Remembering Deron Drumm: The Vision and the Hope for Healing and Connection
Mitzy Sky
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April 28, 2019
7
2448
25 Lenses Through Which to View How Life is Experienced
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
April 27, 2019
30
4026
On Whose Authority?
Ann Green, PMHNP
&
Hugh Polk, MD
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April 27, 2019
26
2311
In Defense of Anti-Psychiatry
Philip Hickey, PhD
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April 25, 2019
281
15188
Helping People to Constructively Engage with Voices
Ron Unger, LCSW
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April 24, 2019
41
5480
“Dad, You Were Right”: I Got Better When I Stopped Treatment
Julie Greene, MFA
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April 23, 2019
123
5540
Media Errors in Covering “Mental Health” – Advice to Fellow Writers and Editors
Sandy Allen
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April 21, 2019
14
4121
Update on Marci Webber: Will the Nightmare Ever End?
Cindy Perlin
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April 20, 2019
47
4182
The Lonely Wave: On the Failure of Group Therapy
Cody B.
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April 19, 2019
54
6582
The New Yorker Peers into the Psychiatric Abyss… And Loses Its Nerve
Robert Whitaker
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April 18, 2019
415
14847
Struggling Parents, Burdened Social Services: What We Can Change
Karen Zilberstein
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April 16, 2019
23
1770
The Science and Pseudoscience of Women’s Mental Health: Conversation with Kelly Brogan
Sharna Olfman, PhD
-
April 13, 2019
5
5578
ECT Explained by a CET (Certified Engineering Technologist)
Fr. John
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April 11, 2019
32
5074
Why “Middle-Grounders” May Be as Dangerous as APA Presidents
Bruce Levine, PhD
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April 9, 2019
231
4466
The Hints That Psychotherapy Clients Drop
Eric Maisel, PhD
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April 7, 2019
5
2026
The Therapeutic Role of Blame
Megan Wildhood
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April 6, 2019
16
3407
“I Love My Diagnosis”: The Benefits of Mental Illness
Fred Moss, MD
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April 4, 2019
287
6306
Lasting Damage from Prescribed Drugs
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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April 1, 2019
77
13904
A Faux Test for a Faux Disease Promoted by Real Psychiatrists
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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March 30, 2019
33
6082
“Breakthrough” Treatment for Postpartum Depression: Game Changer or Misguided Magic Bullet?
Kim Witczak
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March 28, 2019
37
3073
Introducing Multi-Lens Therapy
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
March 26, 2019
13
1843
I Believe There’s a Gene for Psychosis… And We All Have It!
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
-
March 24, 2019
46
2396
Postpartum Depression: Is Brexanolone the Answer?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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March 24, 2019
9
4167
Right-Wing Psychiatry, Love-Me Liberals and the Anti-Authoritarian Left
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
March 22, 2019
60
5309
“Page Not Found” Ends Up “Telling All” About Psychiatry
Peter Breggin, MD
-
March 20, 2019
58
6662
Recovery Porn: Tell Me Your Story, I’ll Tell You Your Value
Sera Davidow
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March 17, 2019
102
8378
Together for Sustainable Change: The Launch of Mad in Sweden
Lasse Mattila
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March 16, 2019
9
3218
Real, Not Sham, Mental Health Coverage
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
March 16, 2019
22
2179
Saving Psychotherapy
Eric Maisel, PhD
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March 15, 2019
23
2357
I Get to Decide What’s Helpful for Me
Megan Wildhood
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March 13, 2019
9
3386
Kick Big Pharma Out of the Classroom
Jo Ann Cook
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March 7, 2019
33
4809
Will the European Elections Be a Chance for Mental Health?
Ophélie Martin
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March 6, 2019
40
1812
“Let’s Not Go Overboard About ECT”
Peter Breggin, MD
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March 3, 2019
99
5456
How “Mental Health Awareness” Exploits Schoolchildren
Jo Ann Cook
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March 1, 2019
50
7090
Why Many Doctors Are Authoritarians – and Harmful
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
February 28, 2019
82
9110
Why Are So Many Americans Seeking Medication for Distress?
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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February 27, 2019
151
3850
Psychiatric Medications: Who Decides?
Ann Green, PMHNP
&
Hugh Polk, MD
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February 24, 2019
26
3195
I Don’t Believe in Autism
Anders Lee
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February 24, 2019
48
30555
Psychiatry, Society and Stigma: Placing the Blame Where It Belongs
Lee Coleman, MD
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February 23, 2019
204
6717
Assessing Outcomes at the Alternative to Meds Center: Survey Results Prove Promising
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
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February 21, 2019
29
5011
Nasal Spray for Depression? Not So Fast
Kim Witczak
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February 20, 2019
59
7356
Loneliness Cure: Red or Blue Pill?
Vicki Lännerholm, PsyD, LPC
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February 15, 2019
31
4568
Institutional Corruption in the Cochrane Collaboration
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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February 14, 2019
20
4013
Funder Fragility and Forced Collaboration
Corinna West
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February 13, 2019
15
1305
‘Full Moral Status’ Part II: How to Achieve Safety, Parity, and Change
Krista Hartmann
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February 10, 2019
47
1968
“I’m Not Going, You Can’t Make Me!”: A Community Approach to School Refusal
Ben Furman, MD
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February 9, 2019
36
3255
The War on Antidepressants: Why We Need to End it for Public Benefit
Michael P. Hengartner, PhD
-
February 8, 2019
52
4403
Orthodox Madness
Fr. John
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February 6, 2019
60
6961
ASIST Suicide Prevention Training: “Safe” for Who?
Sera Davidow
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February 5, 2019
75
12714
Spiritual Texts in the Psych Ward
Chaya Grossberg
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February 3, 2019
27
2058
How Long Does Antidepressant Withdrawal Last?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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February 2, 2019
17
6671
Why the ‘Psychological Injury Model’ Will Ultimately Triumph
Eric Kuelker, PhD, RPsych
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January 31, 2019
179
28916
Traumatic Immobility: Depression as a Stress Response
Sarah Knutson
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January 27, 2019
47
36909
“Not all NAMIs!”: Why Even the Best Local NAMI Chapter is Still a Problem
Sera Davidow
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January 25, 2019
137
6039
“ADHD: A Return to Psychology” Video Series
Craig B. Wiener, EdD
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January 24, 2019
0
1897
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Psychiatric Violence Survivor Movement
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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January 21, 2019
153
2620
Fake Science and Checking Sources
Sylvain Rousselot
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January 20, 2019
27
2039
Antidepressant Withdrawal: An Unknown Disorder?
Fiammetta Cosci, MD, PhD
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January 19, 2019
24
5818
The Never Ending Story: How 2nd Story Respite House Was Saved
Adrian Bernard
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January 18, 2019
12
1657
Open Dialogue: Does the Current Research Data Support Further Investment?
Sandra Steingard, MD
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January 14, 2019
159
4822
Suicide, Ketamine, the Propaganda Model and the New York Times
Bruce Levine, PhD
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January 13, 2019
17
4469
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: An Infographic on Bipolar Drugs
Craig Wagner
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January 10, 2019
56
9085
Tumbling Further Down the Rabbit Hole of Antidepressant Withdrawal Research
James Davies, PhD
&
John Read
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January 8, 2019
18
2100
How Love Can Reformat Our Lives
Peter Breggin, MD
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January 8, 2019
187
5444
Mad in America: 2018 by the Numbers
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January 5, 2019
28
2413
The Mystery of Madness Throughout the Ages
Ekaterina Netchitailova, PhD
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January 2, 2019
260
4011
7 Tips to Help a Distracted Child
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
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January 1, 2019
26
2020
Why We’re Establishing an Institute for Scientific Freedom
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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December 30, 2018
45
8089
The Minds of Men: A Stunning New Film About Covert Mind Control
Peter Breggin, MD
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December 29, 2018
35
5855
On Voice Hearing Simulations: Why They Should Be (Mostly) Banned
Sera Davidow
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December 26, 2018
51
3058
Pathways to Enhance Well-Being: Free Resource on Alternative Wellness Practices
Lauren Spiro
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December 26, 2018
6
1673
7 Tasks for a Parent Whose Child Is Diagnosed with a Mental Illness
Chaya Grossberg
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December 25, 2018
15
3276
Reclaiming Humanity at the Dawn of Posthumanism: Conversation with Darcia Narvaez
Sharna Olfman, PhD
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December 21, 2018
28
3999
Antidepressant Dependence Discussed at the Seat of Welsh Government – Video
James Moore
-
December 20, 2018
30
2470
What Do Twin Studies Prove About Genetic Influences on Psychiatric Disorders? Absolutely Nothing
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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December 18, 2018
27
10527
The Meaningfulness of Anxiety
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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December 15, 2018
36
6212
Childhood Bipolar Disorder, Deconstructed
Eric Maisel, PhD
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December 12, 2018
29
4835
What’s “Grand” About Electroshock and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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December 11, 2018
430
4447
The Madness of Our Mental Health System
John Ashfield, PhD
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December 8, 2018
51
5502
When Will We Wake? Reflections on Suicide and Psychotropic Medications
Beatrice Birch
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December 7, 2018
58
2950
Smoke and Flames: Silence In A World On Fire
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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December 5, 2018
198
5104
Anatomy of an Opioid Epidemic
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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December 2, 2018
44
3287
Mindfulness and Complex Trauma: The Rewards and the Risks
Monica Cassani
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November 27, 2018
87
6725
Are Emotional Disorders Really Disorders of Love?
Peter Breggin, MD
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November 26, 2018
168
14941
The Real Attention Deficit Disorder
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November 24, 2018
20
4845
Filling the Crack in the Liberty Bell
Peter Simons
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November 23, 2018
28
1820
What Would Real Informed Consent on Psychiatric Drugs Look Like?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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November 20, 2018
44
2279
Trauma Outside the Box: How the ‘Trauma-Informed’ Trend Falls Short
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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November 17, 2018
64
19887
Litigation Update: ECT Device Manufacturer Issues “Permanent Brain Damage” Warning
DK Law Group, LLP
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November 15, 2018
36
8027
Heroes of Science: Survival of a Whistleblower
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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November 13, 2018
31
3321
Learning From Each Other As Psychiatric Survivors
Chaya Grossberg
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November 13, 2018
36
2786
Escaping from AOT: The Importance of the Incident with the Candle
Eric Coates
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November 11, 2018
28
2146
Mortification of the Self: The Impact of Stigma on Identity
Vladimir Musicki, PhD
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November 9, 2018
51
8751
Hearing Voices: Where We Locate Them Shapes Our Experience
Greg Shankland
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November 8, 2018
18
2130
Bad-Science Warning: The “Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart” (MISTRA)
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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November 6, 2018
7
14625
The “Time to Strike” is Now: A Call for Anti-ECT Activism
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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November 2, 2018
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4454
The Language of Internalized Oppression
Sera Davidow
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November 1, 2018
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6606
Allen Frances and the Increasing Use of Antidepressants
Philip Hickey, PhD
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October 30, 2018
86
5300
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Bruce Levine, PhD
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October 27, 2018
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4264
MIA Update: Our Parent Resources Initiative and More
Robert Whitaker
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October 26, 2018
5
2042
Suicide Hotlines, Risk Assessment and Rights: Whose Safety Matters?
Megan Wildhood
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October 25, 2018
30
4788
Huge Breakthrough in Lawsuits Against ECT Shock Device Manufacturers
Peter Breggin, MD
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October 23, 2018
35
9779
How Our Government Helps Drug-Dealing Doctors Kill Us
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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October 21, 2018
47
4300
Peruvian Legal Capacity Reform – Celebration and Analysis
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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October 19, 2018
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4685
55 Steps to Informed Consent
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October 17, 2018
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24742
Trauma Blocks the Frontal Lobes – “Verbal Physiotherapy” Can Unblock Them
Bob Johnson, MD
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October 16, 2018
17
8791
Results of World’s Largest Antidepressant Study Look Dismal
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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October 12, 2018
58
12027
The Cochrane Collaboration Has Failed Us All
Robert Whitaker
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October 11, 2018
126
8901
TCI ASIA Pacific: Engaging the Global Mental Health Movement in Dialogue
Bhargavi Davar, PhD
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October 9, 2018
1
1339
How Well Do Neuroleptics Work?
Sandra Steingard, MD
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October 9, 2018
75
3354
Healthy Guilt and Doing Right By Those We Have Wronged
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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October 7, 2018
31
2323
Fighting the Suppression of Dissent: A Guidebook for Those Who Refuse to Conform
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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October 5, 2018
46
3081
Healthy Planet/Healthy Mind with Zach Bush, MD
Sharna Olfman, PhD
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October 4, 2018
4
11204
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October 3, 2018
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7355
We Need To Talk About Self-Care
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October 2, 2018
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4323
New Video Series: ‘Parenting Today’
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September 30, 2018
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2514
Alternatives to Suicide: Strategies for Staying Alive
Carlene Byron
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September 29, 2018
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24533
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1795
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September 27, 2018
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5179
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118
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September 22, 2018
103
11099
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Katherine Anderson, MAT
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September 21, 2018
41
6133
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September 20, 2018
305
3266
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Chris Coombs
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September 19, 2018
77
1320
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Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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September 16, 2018
97
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September 15, 2018
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7008
How Doctors Became Such Prolific Drug Dealers
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September 12, 2018
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47706
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September 8, 2018
135
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September 7, 2018
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2553
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September 6, 2018
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September 5, 2018
189
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September 3, 2018
28
6807
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September 1, 2018
26
2729
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August 31, 2018
71
4405
When Rain Comes, Words Are Unnecessary: Our Search for a Better Way
Kermit Cole
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August 29, 2018
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1952
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August 28, 2018
138
5060
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August 26, 2018
33
1724
The Psychoanalytic Struggle Against the DSM
Patrick Landman, MD
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August 25, 2018
44
7271
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Martin Plöderl, PhD
&
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August 23, 2018
28
5534
Uncomfortable Relations: Reflections on Learning From Psychiatric Survivors
Helen Spandler, PhD
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August 22, 2018
116
3409
A Time For Rain: Teaching Our Children About Sadness
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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August 19, 2018
40
2432
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August 18, 2018
201
3542
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42
2553
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August 14, 2018
221
5719
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August 12, 2018
16
5510
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August 11, 2018
45
5589
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August 9, 2018
19
10035
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August 8, 2018
60
4911
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August 5, 2018
165
3013
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August 4, 2018
176
3053
The Scientism of Childhood and Adolescent Depression
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August 3, 2018
89
5310
In Defense of Healthy Mania
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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August 2, 2018
35
1741
Can Children Have Bipolar Disorder?
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
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July 31, 2018
60
2700
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July 29, 2018
20
3824
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July 26, 2018
0
2875
Psychiatric Retraumatization: A Conversation About Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
July 26, 2018
58
9431
Escaping from AOT: Letter to the Judge
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July 22, 2018
52
2872
The Story of a Professional Delusion: Do Psychiatrists Believe Their Own Words?
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July 18, 2018
121
9719
12 Mental Health Design Principles to Replace This Thing
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July 16, 2018
45
2238
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July 15, 2018
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1128
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July 12, 2018
11
1752
In Defense of Healthy Depression
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
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July 8, 2018
32
3211
“The Lion King” Psychiatrized: What If Psychiatry Had Gotten Its Hands on Simba?
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
-
July 5, 2018
84
5364
The Creation of an Illness: Video Games and Defining Addiction
Andres Ruiz, MA, MSW Candidate
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July 4, 2018
21
3254
“The Angry Consumer”: Embracing Difficult Conversations
Nev Jones, PhD
&
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July 2, 2018
139
5862
The Drugging of Migrant Children: A Symptom of a Systemic Issue
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July 1, 2018
11
2166
Selling Nicotine on a Psych Ward
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June 30, 2018
12
1310
Drug Treatment in Medicine and Psychiatry: Papering Over Important Differences
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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June 29, 2018
55
2870
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Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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June 27, 2018
40
3901
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Chris Cole
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June 26, 2018
168
4538
Still Seeking a Chemical Cure After All These Years: Lauren Slater’s Blue Dreams
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June 24, 2018
140
3153
The “Essential Principles” of Psychiatric Practice: More Psychiatric Cheerleading
Philip Hickey, PhD
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June 20, 2018
49
2069
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Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
June 19, 2018
196
3786
Is Psychosis Natural?
Steven Morgan
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June 17, 2018
69
3917
Learning to Speak Psychotic
Eric Coates
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June 16, 2018
45
5997
Randomized Controlled Trials of Psychiatric Drugs Tell of Harm Done
Robert Whitaker
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June 15, 2018
59
5797
Suicide in a Culture of Mandated Happiness – Who’s to Blame?
Megan Wildhood
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June 14, 2018
61
6808
Spotlight on Institutional Psychiatry
Irit Shimrat
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June 12, 2018
82
2273
TED Betrays Its Own Brand By Flagging Nutrition Talk
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June 10, 2018
41
10001
Rising Rates of Suicide: When Do We Acknowledge That Something Isn’t Working?!
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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June 9, 2018
183
19361
So What’s This About Another Webinar Series on Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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June 6, 2018
24
1291
Dear Roseanne, The Blood is At Your Doorstep
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June 4, 2018
61
3999
Perspectives on “Reality” from an Alternative Epistemology
Norbert A. Wetzel, ThD, MFT
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June 3, 2018
1
1725
The Secret to Psychiatry’s “Success,” as Revealed by a Psychiatrist
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June 2, 2018
193
6192
This Is Your Personality Test Result On Capitalism
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May 29, 2018
3
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May 27, 2018
83
2600
Towards the Re-politicization of “Mental Illness”
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May 26, 2018
172
3311
Neurofeedback is Not For Everyone: The Dangers of Neurology
Eric Coates
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May 25, 2018
76
44697
Questioning the Integrity of Psychiatry
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May 22, 2018
79
4204
The Next Deadly Epidemic: Adult ADHD and Stimulants?
Mark Ragins, MD
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May 20, 2018
55
4230
UN Meeting on Human Rights in Mental Health: A Response
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May 19, 2018
42
2607
ADHD: Disempowerment By Diagnosis
David Mielke, M.S.
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May 16, 2018
32
3495
Distinguishing Dissociative Disorders from Psychotic Disorders: Compounding Alienation
Ron Unger, LCSW
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May 14, 2018
36
4570
The Long-term Consequences of Antidepressant Use: An Interview with Michael Hengartner
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May 11, 2018
2
5637
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Sarah Knutson
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May 9, 2018
79
4373
The Myth of Mental Wellness: Can We Really Improve our “Mental Health”?
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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May 9, 2018
165
4190
Three Antipsychiatry Scholarships: The Revolution Continues
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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May 8, 2018
94
4525
Molecular Fingerprints? On the Science and Ethics of Transcriptomic Research
Kristina Dernbach
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May 6, 2018
8
1033
A Commentary on the Finnish Analysis of Outcomes of First Episode Schizophrenia
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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May 5, 2018
33
2728
20-year Outcomes for First-episode Psychosis: Impact of Neuroleptic Drug Discontinuation
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May 5, 2018
19
2892
Usage of Depression Pills Almost Halved Among Children in Denmark
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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May 4, 2018
40
3935
The Interim Report on the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act: A Response
Akiko Hart
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May 2, 2018
31
3029
“The Power Threat Meaning Framework”: A New Perspective on Mental Distress
Philip Hickey, PhD
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May 1, 2018
140
5625
The Unsung Psychiatric Impact of Strep Throat
Tricia T. Williams, MD
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April 29, 2018
19
58536
How to Get So You’re Running the Psych Ward
Eric Coates
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April 28, 2018
34
3236
Verne Troyer’s Passing: What’s Prejudice Got to Do With It?
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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April 27, 2018
22
2333
How Should We Treat Depression in Pregnancy?
Adam Urato, MD
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April 25, 2018
44
2596
The Woeful Underfunding of Psychotherapy by Health Insurers
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD
-
April 24, 2018
10
4833
ECT Shock Treatment Class Action – Case Update April 2018
David Karen, Esq.
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April 21, 2018
20
3910
On Being Mad in Public
Eric Coates
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April 20, 2018
37
1988
“Psychiatric Meds Saved Your Life,” and Mine
Chaya Grossberg
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April 19, 2018
84
5236
Metacognitive Training (MCT): A New Treatment Approach for Delusions
Steffen Moritz, PhD
-
April 18, 2018
112
4514
Your Pharmacist is Tattling On You!
Peter Breggin, MD
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April 16, 2018
65
13525
Book Review: The Other Mrs. Smith by Bonnie Burstow
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April 13, 2018
45
2081
Debunking The Latest Gene Study
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April 12, 2018
42
3528
Letter to The New York Times: Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Can’t Quit
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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April 11, 2018
11
6031
“How Did This Happen?” – Being Injured By Pharmaceuticals Once Again
Monica Cassani
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April 10, 2018
2
2260
Neurodiversity is Dead. Now What?
Twilah Hiari
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April 8, 2018
93
24447
The Scientism of Autism
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April 7, 2018
80
12951
Apply Yourself, Your Whole Self, and Nothing But Yourself
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April 6, 2018
16
1799
Leon J. Kamin (1927-2017): A Nemesis of Genetic Determinism and Scientific Racism
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April 4, 2018
14
7386
“How Long a Time”: Ten Cold Hard Truths For Ending Psychiatric Abuse
Richard D. Lewis
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April 3, 2018
155
5075
How the Human Stress Response Explains Away “Bipolar Disorder”
Sarah Knutson
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April 1, 2018
54
16200
The Concerned Parents’ Project: 31 Questions
Eric Maisel, PhD
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March 31, 2018
3
2862
10 Things I Learned in 5 Years Consulting With People Coming Off Psych Drugs
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March 30, 2018
26
8188
National Institute of Mental Health Violates Law on Posting Clinical Trial Results
Till Bruckner, PhD
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March 29, 2018
7
1507
Institutionalization: An Unacknowledged Cause of Psychiatric Outpatients’ Deterioration
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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March 24, 2018
297
6362
A Tale of Two Studies
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March 22, 2018
26
7302
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Peter Breggin, MD
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March 21, 2018
29
6344
The Antidepressant Wars in the Post-Truth Era
Tom Benjamin, PhD
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March 20, 2018
20
2058
Changing Mental Health, One Published Case Report At A Time
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
March 20, 2018
15
1738
School Shootings: Who to Listen to Instead of Mainstream Shrinks
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
March 18, 2018
12
2085
Antidepressant Anarchy in the UK
James Moore
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March 16, 2018
14
3897
Whose Interests Does the Royal College of Psychiatrists Really Serve?
James Davies, PhD
-
March 16, 2018
9
1402
How Would We Know If We Overthrew the Mental Health System?
Au Valencia
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March 15, 2018
86
3383
So What is Mental Disorder? Part 2: The Social Problem
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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March 14, 2018
79
2641
Stop the Shocks: Torture in Massachusetts
Cal Montgomery
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March 9, 2018
10
8268
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Francesco Bellafante
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March 8, 2018
22
7745
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Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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March 7, 2018
21
8289
A Personal Perspective on the Development of the Survivors’ Movement in Israel
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March 6, 2018
20
1448
“Aha” Moments: In the World of Electroshock
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
March 4, 2018
101
3318
Suicidal Tendencies, Part II: The Real ‘Stigma’ of Suicide
Sera Davidow
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March 2, 2018
48
3694
8 Years of Mental Health Research Distilled to 4 Infographics
Craig Wagner
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March 1, 2018
71
15602
Psychiatrist Says: More Psychiatry Means More Shootings
Peter Breggin, MD
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February 26, 2018
105
30082
Promoting Healing After Psychosis
Ron Unger, LCSW
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February 25, 2018
29
9423
Challenging the New Hype About Antidepressants
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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February 24, 2018
63
13529
Dr. Pies Defending Psychiatry’s Position on Auditory Hallucinations
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 23, 2018
63
2138
Taking Big Pharma to Court: Why Lawsuits Have Little Effect on Drug Companies
Morgan Statt
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February 22, 2018
9
7168
A Mother’s Worst Nightmare Continues
Cindy Perlin
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February 21, 2018
18
3731
The Scientism of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Sami Timimi, MD
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February 20, 2018
61
11416
Psychiatry’s War on Free Will
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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February 18, 2018
193
4707
I Used to Be Psychotic and Then I Heard a Voice Again
Matt Ball
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February 16, 2018
7
2109
Why Should Suicide (Or Voluntary Death) Be a Civil Right?
Lilla Bertalan
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February 15, 2018
100
7003
Confirmed: Las Vegas Shooter on Benzos
Peter Breggin, MD
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February 13, 2018
42
9087
Who Gets to Define “Peer Support?”
Darby Penney
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February 10, 2018
189
15189
Reflections on the Torture Parents and the Pedophile Olympic Doctor
Robert Berezin, MD
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February 7, 2018
38
1678
What Would a Truly Integrated System of Care Look Like?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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February 6, 2018
34
1191
Shock Class Action – Case Update
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February 4, 2018
49
3249
Beyond the Medicalization of Insomnia
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February 3, 2018
10
2540
Is Binge Eating Disorder Just Another Made-Up Disease?
Julie Greene, MFA
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February 2, 2018
108
3992
Anger – What Is It REALLY a Symptom Of?
Sarah Harper
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February 1, 2018
27
2825
Antidepressants Save People From Suicide, Right?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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January 31, 2018
44
5557
So What is Mental Disorder? Part 1: Reasoning and Meaning
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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January 30, 2018
117
4287
Abolish Psychiatry and the Mental Health System: Really?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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January 28, 2018
281
5978
Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes
Eric Maisel, PhD
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January 25, 2018
7
2451
Painted Boxes: Death of an Activist
Sera Davidow
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January 23, 2018
181
4190
If “Mental Illnesses” Aren’t Real Illnesses, What Are They?
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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January 22, 2018
246
13151
All in the Family: 4 Steps Toward Healing Adverse Childhood Experiences
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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January 19, 2018
12
2502
From Picket Lines to Worry Lines
Susan Rosenthal
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January 18, 2018
66
1725
What Should We Really Call Psychiatric Drugs?
Peter Breggin, MD
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January 17, 2018
87
25210
What National Health Surveys Tell Us About Nutrition and Mental Health
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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January 16, 2018
18
2636
Speaking Out Against Electric Shocks
Philip Hickey, PhD
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January 15, 2018
74
2803
Our Sexualized Culture and the Prejudiced Roots of Psychiatry
Vesper Moore
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January 13, 2018
19
3285
Publication of the Power Threat Meaning Framework
Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
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January 12, 2018
31
8903
The Medicalization of Conversation
Tom Strong, R. Psych.
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January 11, 2018
30
3360
The Scientism of Psychiatry
Sami Timimi, MD
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January 10, 2018
115
10237
It’s Unlikely That ‘Antidepressants’ Have a True Effect on Depression
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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January 8, 2018
39
6913
Stealing Blankets from the Hospital: How Life Really Works on a Psych Ward
Eric Coates
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January 5, 2018
28
5932
To Make Adolescence Permanent, Just Label it “Bipolar Disorder”
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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January 3, 2018
75
5697
2017: A Wake-up Call on Mental Health and Human Rights
Alva Finn
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January 2, 2018
27
3611
Florida’s “Free Kill” Law – A Death Trap for the State’s Populace and Visitors
Melody Page
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December 30, 2017
20
3401
Micronutrients for ADHD Symptoms in Children
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
&
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
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December 29, 2017
85
5435
People Are Dying Prematurely Due to Polypharmacy
Stan Truskie, PhD
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December 28, 2017
45
6979
The Upcoming MDMA Research Will Transform Mental Health Care
Scott Shannon, MD
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December 27, 2017
132
5847
Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Psychiatric Primer of Character and Redemption
Robert Berezin, MD
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December 24, 2017
26
2482
When Minds Crack, The Light Might Get In: A Spiritual Perspective on Madness
Ron Unger, LCSW
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December 22, 2017
55
5909
Human Connection is the Antidote to a Culture of Isolation
Lauren Spiro
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December 21, 2017
17
2264
Launch of Online Forum for Young People Who Hear Voices
Akiko Hart
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December 16, 2017
10
2182
Freud: The First Anti-Psychiatrist
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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December 15, 2017
422
11757
The Three Most Important Facts About Psychiatric Drugs
Peter Breggin, MD
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December 14, 2017
49
18239
How Would We Know If We Really Reformed the Mental Health System?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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December 13, 2017
56
1969
APA: Drop the Stigmatizing Term “Schizophrenia”
Brian Koehler, PhD
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December 10, 2017
53
5681
Reexamining Schizophrenia as a Brain Disease
Mark L. Ruffalo, LCSW
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December 8, 2017
52
9428
Psychotherapy is THE Biological Treatment
Robert Berezin, MD
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December 7, 2017
59
7339
New Book Takes Aim at the Mental Health Industrial Complex
Susan Rogers
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December 5, 2017
120
3649
From “Recovery” to “Transformation and Recovery”
Ron Unger, LCSW
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December 4, 2017
48
2202
A Massachusetts Benzo Bill That Mandates Informed Consent
Sonja Styblo
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December 4, 2017
24
4340
The Disillusioned Psychiatrist
Eve A. Wood, MD
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December 3, 2017
102
13592
Stop Shock Now: Psychiatry’s War Against Women and the Elderly
Don Weitz
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December 1, 2017
33
4133
A Call for Obligatory Diagnostic Reporting and Appeals Mechanisms
Ciarán Crummey, BSc, PhD
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November 30, 2017
24
1315
Real People, Real Side Effects: Stories of Sexual Dysfunction
Jhilmil Breckenridge
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November 29, 2017
15
4278
Rebranding Psychiatry
Philip Hickey, PhD
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November 28, 2017
86
3030
How Psychiatry Evolved Into A Religion
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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November 27, 2017
36
7065
Are Mental Disorders Brain Diseases ‘In Waiting’?
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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November 26, 2017
57
3085
Psychiatry: The Brain is a Malignant Tumor!
Peter Breggin, MD
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November 24, 2017
38
3434
Steps Forward: Integrative Mental Health is Gaining Ground
Emma Bragdon, PhD
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November 22, 2017
33
1593
The Angry Congressman: Tim Murphy’s Lack of Insight
Chandra Bozelko
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November 21, 2017
32
1739
The Orwellian New Digital Abilify Will Subjugate Vulnerable People Across the US
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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November 19, 2017
72
9317
Creeping Fascism: University “Unfit to Study” Policies
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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November 19, 2017
72
4397
Learning About Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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November 16, 2017
17
5109
Duration of Untreated Psychosis Revisited: Response to the Goff Paper
Sandra Steingard, MD
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November 13, 2017
66
2977
More Bad News About Smartphones – When Will We Heed the Warnings?
James Schroeder, PhD
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November 12, 2017
17
5394
Why Disease and Illness Are Concepts of the Body
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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November 10, 2017
46
2697
Crazy or Wise? Learning From Those Who Have Transcended Psychological Crisis
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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November 8, 2017
28
3970
Mental Illness Vs. “Bad” Behavior
Philip Hickey, PhD
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November 7, 2017
52
7423
Psychiatry’s Greatest Harm: Its Lies Have Poisoned Our Entire Culture
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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November 5, 2017
94
12015
Bias and Deception in Behavioral Research
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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November 3, 2017
12
3010
Tranquilizing Humanity into Oblivion: A Warning from Nathan S. Kline
Mark L. Ruffalo, LCSW
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November 2, 2017
38
3670
A Brave New World – Somatic Psychiatry in the Spotlight
Robert Berezin, MD
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November 1, 2017
57
3310
Dualism and the Mind-Body ‘Problem’
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October 30, 2017
65
3463
Mortality of People Using Mental Health Services and Medications
Yola Lucire, PhD
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October 29, 2017
22
5670
The State of Animal Psychiatric Research
Pia Brandt Danborg
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October 27, 2017
22
959
Ending ECT: From a Lawsuit to a Novel – The Moment is Now!
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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October 26, 2017
110
3019
UN to USA: Forced Treatment is Prohibited
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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October 24, 2017
30
3990
Warning to Parents: Psychiatry is How Kids Get High and Die in the USA
Lawrence Kelmenson, MD
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October 23, 2017
42
2775
“Prisons Without Bars” – Forced Institutionalization of People with Disabilities
Jody Santos
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October 22, 2017
42
9601
Schizophrenia Genetic Research – Running on Empty
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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October 19, 2017
22
7086
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October 18, 2017
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1878
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October 17, 2017
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2765
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978
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2574
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4363
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October 9, 2017
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1884
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October 6, 2017
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835
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October 5, 2017
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3363
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2022
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October 4, 2017
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1579
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October 3, 2017
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2396
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October 2, 2017
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3241
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September 30, 2017
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2563
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September 28, 2017
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3868
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September 27, 2017
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17453
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September 25, 2017
210
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September 24, 2017
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September 22, 2017
32
2290
Thou Shall Not Criticize Our Drugs
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September 22, 2017
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10284
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September 21, 2017
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6638
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September 20, 2017
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11937
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September 19, 2017
38
2892
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September 19, 2017
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1198
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September 17, 2017
52
2629
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September 15, 2017
30
1720
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September 14, 2017
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5672
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September 13, 2017
22
5155
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September 10, 2017
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1582
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September 8, 2017
91
13683
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September 7, 2017
74
5019
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September 6, 2017
13
14553
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September 5, 2017
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September 3, 2017
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September 1, 2017
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880
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August 31, 2017
57
5767
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August 30, 2017
16
1087
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August 30, 2017
20
9940
Greed Disguised as Science: How a Multitude of Factors Led to the Opioid Crisis
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August 28, 2017
5
2032
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August 25, 2017
81
10731
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August 24, 2017
29
5895
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August 23, 2017
129
2064
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August 20, 2017
17
2256
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August 19, 2017
58
61245
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August 16, 2017
42
16220
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August 15, 2017
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689563
Prescription for Murder ABCD
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August 11, 2017
6
1842
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August 9, 2017
84
3852
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August 7, 2017
35
26510
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August 5, 2017
11
1412
Michelle Carter: Did She Text Her Boyfriend to Death?
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August 3, 2017
27
50403
Adam Maier-Clayton: Assisted Suicide and Mental Illness
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August 2, 2017
34
11581
Would Discovering the Biology of “Mental Illness” Explain its Cause?
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August 1, 2017
56
3447
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July 30, 2017
14
1152
Voices in our Heads: The Prefrontal Cortex as Parasite
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July 29, 2017
36
6124
If You Don’t Have a Brain…
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July 28, 2017
22
6168
Is Xanax Really the Bad Guy?
Jocelyn Pedersen
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July 24, 2017
15
10858
Has Psychiatry Gone Uniquely Astray?
Henry Bauer
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July 23, 2017
65
3523
9 Questions the US Senate Should Ask Dr. McCance-Katz
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July 22, 2017
18
1478
Makers of Risperdal Sued for Breast Development in Boys
Barbara Liston
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July 21, 2017
18
24830
People of Great Britain! Our Beast Descends Upon Your Children
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July 20, 2017
25
3936
Methylphenidate: How to Avoid Importing the American Disaster?
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July 18, 2017
9
1753
While Psychiatry Slept (Part II)
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July 16, 2017
24
2781
“Heartbeats of Hope: The Empowerment Way to Recover” – A Book Review
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July 14, 2017
41
2246
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July 13, 2017
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2543
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Jocelyn Pedersen
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July 11, 2017
67
3734
Three Suicides: Honoring Lives Lost to Benzodiazepines
Angie Peacock
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July 10, 2017
21
20912
Tapering Strips for Benzodiazepines
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July 10, 2017
12
7036
“Benzo Blue”: a Song of Protest and a Search for Liberation
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July 9, 2017
35
2890
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July 7, 2017
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1860
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July 6, 2017
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1182
Uniting Critical Voices: Where can we Collaborate?
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July 5, 2017
104
2131
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July 3, 2017
15
1093
Landmark Victory against the “Oak Ridge Torturers” — Do We Cheer or Cry?
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July 2, 2017
59
3876
No Psychiatrist Needs to Use ECT
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June 27, 2017
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June 25, 2017
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June 24, 2017
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Data Shows That Nutrients Reduce Aggression: Why is Policy Not Changing?
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
&
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June 23, 2017
49
4915
Robert Whitaker Refutes Jeffrey Lieberman; But Is Psychiatry Reformable?
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June 22, 2017
112
5016
An Open Letter to the President’s Commission on Combating Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
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June 21, 2017
8
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June 21, 2017
23
1668
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June 20, 2017
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2402
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June 18, 2017
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motto
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June 17, 2017
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June 15, 2017
396
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June 14, 2017
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3712
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June 13, 2017
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2933
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June 7, 2017
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3680
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June 6, 2017
53
1654
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June 2, 2017
33
1574
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May 31, 2017
19
2331
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May 30, 2017
25
2991
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May 28, 2017
44
2602
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May 27, 2017
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2528
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May 26, 2017
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May 24, 2017
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4727
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May 21, 2017
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6681
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May 18, 2017
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3030
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May 17, 2017
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3175
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May 16, 2017
12
3528
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May 16, 2017
29
2189
The Diseasing of Defiance
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May 15, 2017
16
4368
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May 14, 2017
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1650
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May 12, 2017
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3273
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May 10, 2017
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1747
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May 9, 2017
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May 7, 2017
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9295
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May 6, 2017
66
6124
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-
May 5, 2017
296
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May 2, 2017
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1748
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May 2, 2017
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April 29, 2017
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April 27, 2017
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April 26, 2017
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April 25, 2017
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8149
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April 23, 2017
46
2617
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April 22, 2017
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1613
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April 20, 2017
62
2702
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-
April 19, 2017
21
2713
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April 15, 2017
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3063
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April 14, 2017
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1536
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April 13, 2017
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5413
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April 9, 2017
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April 9, 2017
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2169
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April 8, 2017
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April 6, 2017
39
5072
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April 5, 2017
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April 4, 2017
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April 3, 2017
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April 1, 2017
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March 31, 2017
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1447
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March 29, 2017
35
3814
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March 28, 2017
48
3722
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-
March 27, 2017
3
4833
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March 25, 2017
28
7615
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March 24, 2017
16
3417
Not Going Quietly
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March 23, 2017
31
3535
Beyond Survival
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-
March 22, 2017
15
2167
Discussing Nutrient Formulas Without Naming Them: Who Benefits?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
March 19, 2017
33
2533
Optimizing Mental Wellness Through Nutrient Therapy: A Gastroenterologist’s Perspective
Rebecca Carey, MD, MS, CNSC
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March 18, 2017
48
13777
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Eric Maisel, PhD
-
March 16, 2017
5
1030
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March 15, 2017
17
1552
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March 15, 2017
76
3952
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-
March 14, 2017
3
1381
Into the Woods: A Path Through Anxiety
Albert Buhr
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March 14, 2017
8
1931
Spirituality and ‘Mental Illness’
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March 13, 2017
22
5610
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Susan Rosenthal
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March 11, 2017
108
36905
Aliveness and Social Justice: Teaching the Principles and Practices of Open Dialogue
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March 10, 2017
12
2746
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March 9, 2017
93
7175
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March 7, 2017
8
1550
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March 7, 2017
2
677
Letter to my Classmates on our 40th Reunion
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March 6, 2017
14
2827
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March 5, 2017
10
2827
Lyme is ‘All in Your Head’ – A Wake-up Call to Mental Health Professionals
Lori Dennis
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March 4, 2017
34
117861
Tweeting While Psychiatry Burns
David Healy, MD
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March 3, 2017
8
2322
A Curse for a Cursed Profession
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
March 2, 2017
34
2466
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February 28, 2017
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881
Transformations to Liberation
Jenna Rai Miller, LPC
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February 27, 2017
6
1697
A New Paradigm for Psychiatry: Answering the Call from the UN
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February 26, 2017
62
4268
Psychosis for Mental Health?
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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February 25, 2017
39
5438
The Sedated Society: the Real Story of our Prescribing Epidemic
James Davies, PhD
-
February 23, 2017
27
4744
Editorial Misconduct: Finnish Medical Journal Rejects Paper on Suicide Risk
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
February 22, 2017
23
10203
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-
February 21, 2017
31
3684
Mickey Nardo: Tangled up in Life
David Healy, MD
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February 20, 2017
9
2044
Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
Sandra Steingard, MD
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February 20, 2017
67
4172
Disobedience: What Can We Risk?
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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February 19, 2017
64
3041
SMILES Study: Depression and Nutrition
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
February 18, 2017
20
10098
Generalists and Partialists
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February 17, 2017
8
918
Why I Resigned From The Mighty
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February 16, 2017
44
24955
“Active Minds” — What Conversation Are We Changing?
Danny Kochanowski
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February 14, 2017
52
2618
7 Years Off Psych Drugs: A Message to Those Labeled by Psychiatry (video)
Monica Cassani
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February 12, 2017
19
5420
Trump and the Diagnosis Free-for-All
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February 11, 2017
237
8199
Vital Minds: Four Stories of Recovery
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
February 9, 2017
15
4095
Intentional Peer Support: Creating Relationships, Creating Change
Beth Filson
&
Shery Mead
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February 8, 2017
10
4491
Integrative Mental Health: 27 Non-drug Options that Work
Craig Wagner
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February 7, 2017
62
7688
Sir Robin Murray and Our Collective Mea Culpa
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-
February 6, 2017
40
2637
Understanding Extreme States: An Interview with Lloyd Ross
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Matt Stevenson
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February 5, 2017
25
5164
ISEPP Calling for Organizations to Join in Petition
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-
February 4, 2017
8
1480
Scapegoating: Why Humanity Desperately Needs Hope to Cling to
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February 3, 2017
24
1926
CRPD Absolute Prohibition Campaign and Course
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February 2, 2017
7
1965
Killing “Schizophrenics”: Contemporary U.S. Psychiatry Versus Nazi Psychiatry
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-
February 2, 2017
43
5437
Spoiling Split: Hollywood’s Latest Run at ‘Alternative Facts’
Sera Davidow
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February 1, 2017
61
2729
Venomagnosia
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January 31, 2017
18
1455
Psychiatry Interrogated: A Book Review
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January 30, 2017
11
2019
Chemical or Psychological Psychotherapy?
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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January 29, 2017
58
4801
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January 28, 2017
2
1206
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January 27, 2017
59
1543
Service Dogs, Allergies and Trauma: Making Spaces Inclusive
Chaya Grossberg
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January 26, 2017
12
5202
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Selma Eikelenboom-Schieveld, MD, PhD
-
January 24, 2017
66
7868
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Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 23, 2017
52
3562
Soteria Shelter Program in Hungary: Crisis as Danger and Opportunity
Dániel Ács
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January 21, 2017
18
3130
Peer-run Organizations Help People with Criminal Justice Involvement Return to the Community
Susan Rogers
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January 19, 2017
7
1323
Allen Frances and the “Overdiagnosing” of Children
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January 18, 2017
53
7008
The DSM and the Medical Model: New Video
Steve Spiegel
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January 17, 2017
92
5228
Ruby Wax: From Shark Bait to the Doyenne of Disease
Paul Wilson
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January 15, 2017
20
2278
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January 14, 2017
92
4785
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Robert Whitaker
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January 13, 2017
92
2956
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January 12, 2017
31
1391
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January 11, 2017
80
8757
The Biological Evidence for “Mental Illness”
Philip Hickey, PhD
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January 10, 2017
140
8149
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January 9, 2017
13
1845
Understanding Extreme States: An Interview with Stephen Harrod Buhner
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Stephen Buhner
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January 6, 2017
43
13187
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3600
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Jo Watson
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January 3, 2017
41
6389
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January 2, 2017
213
16030
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January 2, 2017
50
17301
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December 31, 2016
35
23028
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December 31, 2016
478
37031
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Stuart McCarthy
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December 28, 2016
22
3092
Starting the New Year with a Bang: A Medley of Antipsychiatry Resolutions
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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December 28, 2016
101
3107
The Real “Mental Illness” Epidemic: Withdrawal from Antidepressants
Stuart Shipko
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December 27, 2016
66
9396
The Right to Refuse Psychiatric Treatment
Merete Nesset
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December 22, 2016
87
5777
Opening the Door to a New Year: Some Christmas Thoughts and Wishes
Carina Håkansson, PhD
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December 21, 2016
11
1392
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December 19, 2016
24
2600
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December 17, 2016
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December 17, 2016
36
2758
An Outsider’s Observation
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December 15, 2016
24
2742
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Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
December 14, 2016
30
2629
A Mother’s Very, Very Worst Nightmare
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December 10, 2016
33
13751
INTAR India 2016: Community Development and Human Liberation
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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December 9, 2016
14
1543
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Chaya Grossberg
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December 8, 2016
117
2167
Collaborative Network Approach
Sandra Steingard, MD
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December 7, 2016
8
2216
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Philip Hickey, PhD
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December 6, 2016
74
5314
INTAR 2016: A Global Call for a New Paradigm In Psychiatry
Robert Whitaker
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December 6, 2016
32
3173
“Navigating” Recovery: Difficult When the Map is a Psychiatric Fraud!
Ron Unger, LCSW
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December 4, 2016
33
2878
What is Holistic Psychiatry?
Gary Gibbs, DO
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December 3, 2016
17
13880
A Racist Movement Cannot Move
Iden Campbell, CPRP
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Sera Davidow
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Earl Miller
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December 2, 2016
395
6458
Warning: A Psychiatric tsuNAMI is Upon U.S.
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
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November 29, 2016
168
11933
Is the Mental Health System Yet Another Form of Institutional Racism?
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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November 28, 2016
66
5012
Have You Ever Wondered Why Labels on Supplements are so Vague?
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
&
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
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November 27, 2016
20
3684
My Baby, Psychosis & Me: A lesson in how not to make a documentary...
Rai Waddingham
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November 26, 2016
21
2455
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James Schroeder, PhD
-
November 25, 2016
14
1765
The ACE Survey is Unusable Data
Corinna West
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November 21, 2016
20
5160
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Ron Unger, LCSW
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November 19, 2016
40
1557
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Matt Stevenson
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November 17, 2016
107
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Is Society or Psychiatry to Blame for the “Seriously Mentally Ill” Dying 25 Years...
Bruce Levine, PhD
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November 16, 2016
58
4201
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Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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November 16, 2016
29
13620
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Ira Steinman, MD
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November 15, 2016
22
4990
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Noel Hunter, PsyD
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November 10, 2016
147
3770
Going On or Off Psych Drugs: One Reason or Many?
Chaya Grossberg
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November 9, 2016
6
1523
Neuroleptic Drugs, Akathisia, and Suicide & Violence
Philip Hickey, PhD
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November 8, 2016
19
5913
What’s the Harm in Taking an Antidepressant?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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November 6, 2016
30
17710
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Paula J. Caplan, PhD
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November 5, 2016
1
1181
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Kermit Cole
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November 4, 2016
33
15987
Mad in Brasil: Part of a Global Effort to Create a New Paradigm of...
Paulo Amarante & Fernando Freitas
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November 2, 2016
7
916
A Bill to Explore the Relationship Between Veteran Suicides and Prescription Medication
Philip Hickey, PhD
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November 1, 2016
9
2530
Study 329 Trick, Treat or Treximet
David Healy, MD
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October 31, 2016
2
1266
ADHD: A Destructive Psychiatric Hoax
Philip Hickey, PhD
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October 30, 2016
359
36043
Psychiatry: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Terry Lynch, MD
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October 30, 2016
39
4213
The Hidden Epidemic Exposed: The New Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) Resource Center
Peter Breggin, MD
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October 28, 2016
11
11054
The Helping Room
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October 27, 2016
43
5177
Antidepressants and Pregnancy: The Risks and Potential Harm to Normal Fetal Development
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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October 25, 2016
2
1192
Go Figure: Murder or Accident?
David Healy, MD
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October 24, 2016
8
1690
The Case for Neuroleptics Reducing Recovery from 80% to 5%
Jim Gottstein, JD
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October 22, 2016
71
3788
Mad in the Spanish-Speaking World
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October 21, 2016
6
806
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Tabita Green
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October 20, 2016
75
3124
Go Figure: Study 329
David Healy, MD
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October 17, 2016
4
1040
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Tim Carey, PhD
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October 16, 2016
160
5887
Picking Our Battles in the War on Prejudice and Discrimination
Susan Rogers
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October 15, 2016
14
1006
$11.9 Million Paxil Suicide Verdict: The Inside Story
Peter Breggin, MD
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October 14, 2016
11
8557
Turning the Tables: Using the Academy in the Battle Against Psychiatry
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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October 12, 2016
164
4463
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Jonny Martell, MBBS
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October 11, 2016
15
3685
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David Healy, MD
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October 10, 2016
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1409
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Matt Stevenson
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October 6, 2016
61
4123
CHOICES Back on Track
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October 5, 2016
7
1338
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Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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October 4, 2016
18
3984
Healing Silence
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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October 1, 2016
22
3579
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September 30, 2016
60
2554
Powerful Advocacy has Shut Down Halloween “Attractions” that Ramp Up Prejudice
Susan Rogers
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September 30, 2016
36
1701
Evolution or Revolution? Why Western Psychiatry Won’t Change by Incremental Steps
Gary Sidley, PhD
-
September 30, 2016
72
3443
Study 329 Continuation Phase
David Healy, MD
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September 28, 2016
3
673
Psychiatry’s Current Greatest Controversy: Fraud, Bullsh*t or What?
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
September 24, 2016
37
3844
Rejecting the “Medications for Schizophrenia” Narrative: A Survivor’s Response to Pies and Whitaker
Matt Stevenson
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September 23, 2016
154
8012
It’s Possible — and Beneficial — to Stop Feeling Guilt and Shame
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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September 23, 2016
53
6913
Dear Son: A Mother’s Experience of Psychiatry, Racism and Human Rights
Mitzy Sky
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September 20, 2016
14
1505
Depression, Antidepressants, and Expectancy
William Schultz
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September 19, 2016
7
1361
Enough is Enough Series, #5 – The ADHD Fiction is Exposed. The French Have...
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September 16, 2016
76
2332
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David Healy, MD
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September 14, 2016
5
561
Helpful and Hopeful Thoughts
Kjetil Mellingen
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September 13, 2016
76
760
Searching for a Rose Garden: Challenging Psychiatry, Fostering Mad Studies
Liat Ben-Moshe, PhD
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September 12, 2016
81
1324
My Daughter and Prozac
David Guttman
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September 8, 2016
89
37831
Confessions of a Trespasser
Robert Whitaker
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September 7, 2016
166
2586
Psychiatric Ethics
Philip Hickey, PhD
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September 6, 2016
51
649
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Ron Unger, LCSW
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September 6, 2016
17
1004
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Ronda Richardson
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September 1, 2016
34
2097
Dear Boston Globe, Part IV: A Taste of Your Own Medicine
Sera Davidow
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September 1, 2016
68
979
Optimizing Children’s Mental Health is a Social Justice Issue
Tabita Green
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August 31, 2016
8
1706
The Real Narrative of Life
Robert Berezin, MD
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August 30, 2016
26
328
The ADHD Dilemma: Looking Beyond Big Pharma
Claudia Gold, MD
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August 29, 2016
26
949
Can Co-production Really Transform UK Mental Health Services?
Sarah Carr, PhD
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August 29, 2016
7
1659
Fighting For Change: An Epiphany From Inside the “Movement”
Jen Constantine
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August 25, 2016
24
299
Not So Rare But Rarely Diagnosed: From Demonic Possession to Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Nesrin Shaheen
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August 24, 2016
26
14379
A Diluted Murphy Bill Clears the House and Goes to the Senate
Philip Hickey, PhD
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August 23, 2016
72
885
Who and What Killed Prince and Michael Jackson? Will the Role of Benzos Ever...
Richard D. Lewis
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August 23, 2016
52
4558
What Does Your Illness Mean?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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August 21, 2016
14
733
Researching the Link Between SSRIs and Violence
Catherine Clarke
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August 20, 2016
38
1141
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Stephen LaCorte, JD
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August 18, 2016
24
2737
Life Lessons and Trauma Informed Care
Matthew Morris
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August 18, 2016
12
273
Life in the Era of Push-button Psychiatry
Julie Greene, MFA
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August 17, 2016
49
834
Mourning? – Yes; Forgiveness? – No. Healing from Trauma
Robert Berezin, MD
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August 17, 2016
60
2567
Inner Fire: Healing and Recovery Without Meds
Beatrice Birch
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August 16, 2016
49
3225
Escaping the Grip of Forensic Psychiatry
Aimee Inomata, PhD
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August 14, 2016
84
1209
I am Insane
Reid Bertino
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August 12, 2016
121
6230
Sadness: The Problem and The Solution
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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August 11, 2016
9
980
Off Psychiatric Drugs After Fourteen Years
Naas Siddiqui, BA, CPS, MA
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August 10, 2016
90
3547
#Diversity? — What “Solidarity” Really Looks Like
Iden Campbell, CPRP
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August 9, 2016
35
486
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Ron Bassman, PhD
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August 9, 2016
42
391
Centering Lived Experience
Kenneth Blatt, MD
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August 9, 2016
35
547
Why Mental Health Organizations Should Endorse the Movement for Black Lives
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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August 3, 2016
154
1243
Interview: Researcher Runs Trial on Antidepressant Withdrawal
Justin Karter
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August 3, 2016
6
3624
Dear Boston Globe, Part III: We Came. We Protested. You Still Didn’t Listen.
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August 3, 2016
112
969
It’s Time for a Revolution Within the Revolution: Coming Out of the Closet on...
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August 1, 2016
147
605
Did I Choose the Wrong Profession?
Amy Beausang, PharmD, RPh
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July 31, 2016
29
3349
What Do the DSM, Elvis Presley, and Dionysus Have in Common?
Michael Fontaine, PhD
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July 31, 2016
40
3252
The Struggle, and the Challenge: Young Adults in Crisis and the Use of Medication
Kenneth Blatt, MD
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July 31, 2016
97
363
Six Lessons on Open Dialogue From the Collaborative Pathway Experiment
Chris Gordon, MD
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July 29, 2016
27
1280
I Will Not Abandon You
Lauren Spiro
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July 29, 2016
7
388
You Can Have Any Kind of Treatment You Want, Providing it’s Our Kind
Alec Grant, PhD
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July 28, 2016
20
650
Drug Choice, Scientology, Ego Needs & Other Divides: Real Politics 101, Part Three
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
July 27, 2016
84
1949
They Call This “Help”
Otto Douglas
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July 26, 2016
44
2690
Hearing Voices, Living Fully: Living with the Voices in My Head
Claire Bien, M.Ed.
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July 26, 2016
8
1974
The Case Against Antipsychotics
Robert Whitaker
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July 25, 2016
130
17092
Mental Health Advocacy in California: Perspectives of Advocates and Decision-Makers
Laysha Ostrow, PhD
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July 25, 2016
3
947
Violence Caused by Antidepressants: An Update after Munich
Peter Breggin, MD
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July 25, 2016
25
6351
Psychiatry is Edging Dangerously Close to Eugenics
Robert Berezin, MD
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July 20, 2016
150
6647
The Sociological Study of Mental Illness: A Historical Perspective
Andrew Scull, PhD
-
July 20, 2016
30
2634
Foster Youths Meet Psychiatry: First – Do No pHarm
Wayne Munchel
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July 18, 2016
36
394
Falling Through the Cracks
Merry Citoli
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July 17, 2016
36
2190
“Invisible” Resistance: Taking Charge in the Face of Difficulty and Institutional Rule
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
July 16, 2016
83
454
‘We’re Not Buying It!” — Survey on Emotional Distress and Diagnosis Reveals Mistrust of...
Lois Holzman, PhD
-
July 14, 2016
33
550
Schizophrenia Twin Research as Reported in The Gene: An Intimate History — Getting the...
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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July 12, 2016
21
2446
Dear Boston Globe, Part II: You Forgot the Facts
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July 7, 2016
123
739
My Fixed Delusion
Michael Rock
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July 6, 2016
135
1149
Yogurt Cooperative in Spain Provides a Different Form of Help: Meaningful Work
Anna Thomson
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David Baksh
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July 6, 2016
25
373
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Carina Håkansson, PhD
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July 6, 2016
18
1596
The Murphy Bill, HR 2646 — a Heinous Piece of Legislation — is Coming...
Val Marsh, MSW
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July 5, 2016
122
2190
Principled and Loving Support: The Greatest Gift We Can Give
Lauren Spiro
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July 3, 2016
11
274
A Decade of Searching for the Needle in the Haystack
Chaya Grossberg
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July 2, 2016
38
313
In the Matter of the Hospitalization of Mark V
Jim Gottstein, JD
-
July 1, 2016
69
356
Consequences of Taking the Yellow Brick Road: Lithium Carbonate 1984-1996
Julie Greene, MFA
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July 1, 2016
52
1855
Benzos: A Dance With the Devil
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
July 1, 2016
26
14068
Royal College of Psychiatrists Still not Interested in Discussing Important Evidence on Long-term Antipsychotic...
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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June 30, 2016
67
741
“The Overdiagnosis of ADHD”
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
June 28, 2016
68
2656
A CALL TO ACTION: The Murphy Bill Passed the E&C Committee but the Fight Is...
Val Marsh, MSW
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June 27, 2016
100
528
Reared-Apart Twin Study Mythology: The Latest Contribution (Part Two)
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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June 27, 2016
4
1198
Dear Boston Globe: You Are the Failure You Describe
Sera Davidow
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June 27, 2016
106
1158
My Operation Tomorrow: Mental Health Justice, Speaking Out for Our Rights, and Creative Maladjustment
David W. Oaks
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June 22, 2016
13
340
Feral Psychiatry: More on the Garth Daniels Case
Niall McLaren
-
June 21, 2016
50
2296
Forced “Treatment” is Torture
Peter Breggin, MD
-
June 19, 2016
140
24244
Important New Book— “Outside Mental Health: Voices and Visions of Madness”
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
June 19, 2016
14
689
Abolishing Forced Treatment in Psychiatry is an Ethical Imperative
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
June 17, 2016
255
7218
Pain’s Promise, and the Problem with Pills
James Schroeder, PhD
-
June 15, 2016
12
285
Why Parents Give Amphetamines and Other Risky Psychiatric Drugs to the Children They Love
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
June 14, 2016
71
6622
Rising Rates of Suicide: Are Pills the Problem?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
June 13, 2016
40
1401
Well-Being Therapy: A Guide to Long-term Recovery
Giovanni Fava
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June 13, 2016
14
657
No, It’s Not Because He Was ‘Mentally Ill’: Why Tragedy Struck in Orlando
Sera Davidow
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June 13, 2016
187
942
My Pharmaceutical Reincarnation
Theresa Trevor
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June 11, 2016
25
3452
Mad Memo #1: Dear Supreme Commander (You!) of Global Nonviolent Revolution!
David W. Oaks
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June 10, 2016
40
318
What Would a Trauma-Informed Society Look Like?
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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June 6, 2016
88
2990
Eat Breathe Thrive: Chelsea Roff on Eating Disorders, Trauma, and Healing with Yoga and...
Vanessa Krasinski, MSN, RN
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June 3, 2016
8
1208
Moving Forward in the Science of Psychiatric Medication Discontinuation/Reduction
Laysha Ostrow, PhD
-
June 2, 2016
22
694
Reared-Apart Twin Study Mythology: The Latest Contribution (Part One)
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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June 2, 2016
2
1091
A World That Would Have Us Doubt: Rape, the System, and Swim Fans
Sera Davidow
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June 2, 2016
99
973
Nutrition, Sleep, and Mental Health
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
June 1, 2016
34
1799
Effective Tactics for the “Rehumanizing Resistance”: Real Politics 101, Part Two
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
May 31, 2016
148
815
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Emily Lupsor
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May 29, 2016
22
835
Please Join Groundbreaking Research on Psychiatric Medications
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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May 27, 2016
25
1042
Stop The War On Chronic Pain Patients
Richard Lawhern, PhD
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May 26, 2016
167
16472
Prescribing Antidepressants for Girls: Intergenerational Adverse Consequences
Claudia Gold, MD
-
May 25, 2016
9
311
Who Will Guard the Guardians of Psychiatry?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 24, 2016
28
799
Twin Method Assumptions are Indefensible, but are Useful to the Rich and Powerful
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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May 24, 2016
23
1220
The Evidence-Based Mind of Psychiatry on Display
Robert Whitaker
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May 23, 2016
153
6130
A Moment Passed Too Often
Steve Imperato
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May 22, 2016
9
425
Are They “Symptoms” or “Strategies?”
Ron Unger, LCSW
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May 22, 2016
35
446
A Worldwide Epidemic – The Misuse of Anti-Depressant Medications
David Fox
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May 20, 2016
35
2310
In Honor of Fear and Pain
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
May 18, 2016
10
1073
Mental Health in Black and White
Twilah Hiari
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May 16, 2016
28
706
Do We Really Need Mental Health Professionals?
Gary Sidley, PhD
-
May 16, 2016
138
1274
Are Psychiatrists Playing God?
Peter Breggin, MD
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May 15, 2016
64
4243
The Elusive Emotional Wounds of Omission That Our Culture Inflicts On Us – and...
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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May 15, 2016
57
1529
Daughter of a Psychiatrist
Mariel Chance
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May 14, 2016
75
4043
Truth and Reconciliation: An Evening of Sharing and Healing
Rachel Levy, LCSW
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May 14, 2016
8
860
Consciousness Revealed – Revolutionary Implications for Psychiatry
Robert Berezin, MD
-
May 14, 2016
27
450
Report from the Parliament: Can Psychiatry At Least Be Curious?
Robert Whitaker
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May 13, 2016
47
929
Real Politics 101, Part One: “First-Order Psychiatry” vs. the “Rehumanizing Resistance”
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
May 12, 2016
51
705
Reflections on Myth Machines, “Mental Illness,” and the Perils of Good Intentions
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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May 11, 2016
26
315
Making the Case Against Antidepressants in Parliament
Robert Whitaker
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May 10, 2016
41
3077
ADHD: The Hoax Unravels
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 10, 2016
64
4756
On the Corner of Distress & Poverty: What Happens to Our Minds When There...
Sera Davidow
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May 9, 2016
40
535
Not Seen
Elizabeth Hill
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May 8, 2016
58
633
The FDA Is Hiding Reports Linking Psych Drugs to Homicides
Andrew Thibault
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May 6, 2016
55
9509
Psychiatry: Worth Keeping If “Slowed Down”?
Ron Unger, LCSW
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May 6, 2016
171
535
Feral Psychiatry: The Case of Garth Daniels
Niall McLaren
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May 5, 2016
123
7148
Restoring Study 329: Letter to BMJ
Jon Jureidini, MD
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May 3, 2016
6
487
An Important Documentary: Letters from Generation Rx
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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May 3, 2016
20
3971
My Time at Bellevue
Vlado C.
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May 1, 2016
24
4802
The Presidential Primary & Forced Outpatient Psych Drugs
David W. Oaks
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May 1, 2016
30
339
The Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative
Philip Hickey, PhD
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April 29, 2016
36
558
Why Evidence-based Practices Might not Actually Help People
Corinna West
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April 29, 2016
18
1235
Mental Health First Aid: Your Friendly Neighborhood Mental Illness Maker
Sera Davidow
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April 28, 2016
110
7147
Unhelpful Utterances: 6 Comments We Should No Longer Hear From Mental Health Professionals
Gary Sidley, PhD
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April 26, 2016
65
905
Female Peer Specialists Paid Less than Males, Study Finds
Malia Fontecchio, MSW
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April 26, 2016
45
251
How Biological Psychiatry Can Harm: A Mother’s View
Claudia Gold, MD
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April 26, 2016
12
220
A “Hot-Potato” Topic and a “Rational” Book
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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April 25, 2016
28
774
The MD and the Imaginary Eating Disorder
Twilah Hiari
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April 24, 2016
49
1438
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Philip Hickey, PhD
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April 22, 2016
46
689
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Christopher James Dubey
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April 21, 2016
26
1319
Science-Based Service User Input, PLEASE?
Corinna West
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April 19, 2016
6
802
Dear Self-Proclaimed Progressives, Liberals and Humanitarians: You’ve Really Messed This One Up
Sera Davidow
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April 18, 2016
263
2168
MIA Continuing Education Moves into its Next Phase
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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April 18, 2016
4
182
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Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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April 18, 2016
11
977
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Sandra Steingard, MD
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April 17, 2016
29
742
Beneath the Fog
Michael Baker
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April 16, 2016
61
960
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Matthew Morris
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April 15, 2016
13
590
ACES Connection – Or Disease Mongering, Round 2?
Corinna West
-
April 14, 2016
21
1499
Victim Blaming: Childhood Trauma, Mental Illness & Diagnostic Distractions?
Liz Mullinar
&
Matthew Britts
-
April 13, 2016
92
9374
Dismissing the Patriarchal Prescriptions
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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April 9, 2016
36
640
Our Day in Mental Health Court
Serafina B.
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April 8, 2016
49
818
Update: Massachusetts Benzodiazepine Bill Hearing
motto
-
April 7, 2016
11
2976
Study 329: Response to Keller & Colleagues
David Healy, MD
-
April 6, 2016
3
264
Psychiatric Diagnosis is a Fraud: The Destructive and Damaging Fiction of Biological ‘Diseases’
Robert Berezin, MD
-
April 5, 2016
81
25159
Comments by Shock Survivors and Their Loved Ones
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
April 4, 2016
24
41167
Simple Things
Deena Hoblit
-
April 2, 2016
24
447
A New Mental Health System? Interview with Jim van Os
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
March 31, 2016
48
2768
Congress Proposes Research on the Link Between Psychiatric Drugs and Suicide
Chuck Ruby, PhD
-
March 30, 2016
17
1311
The Experiential Democracy Project: A Depth Approach to the Legislative Process
Kirk Schneider, PhD
-
March 29, 2016
3
838
Call to Action: Massachusetts Benzodiazepine Bill is Going to Committee
motto
-
March 28, 2016
4
357
In Search of an Evidence-based Role for Psychiatry
John Read
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Olga Runciman, Cand Psych BSc
&
Jacqui Dillon
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March 28, 2016
93
778
My Shock Survivor Story
Corinna West
-
March 25, 2016
7
374
Doctor O’s Adventures in Wonderland
Opeyemi Parham
-
March 25, 2016
16
950
Only 72 Hours Left to Say #FDAStopTheShockDevice
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
March 25, 2016
7
535
Trinkets and Lunches and Dollars for Docs Really Do Pay Off
Edward Opton, JD, PhD
-
March 23, 2016
10
419
Do 5 Million Americans Really Have Bipolar Disorder?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
March 23, 2016
25
4393
Allen Frances on Anti-Psychiatry
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 23, 2016
54
905
Bridging the Benzo Divide: Iatrogenic Dependence and/or Addiction?
Richard D. Lewis
-
March 21, 2016
183
3025
Public Engagement Fail: Creating Community Solutions
Corinna West
-
March 21, 2016
2
464
Comments on Jeffrey Lieberman and Ogi Ogas’ Wall Street Journal Article on the Genetics...
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
March 21, 2016
71
1140
Medical Science Argues Against Forced Treatment Too
Robert Whitaker
-
March 19, 2016
25
1386
“All for the Best of the Patient”
Dorrit Cato Christensen
-
March 18, 2016
46
1063
Call To Action: Massachusetts Bill H4062 for Informed Benzodiazepine Use is Official
motto
-
March 18, 2016
15
759
Dr. Pies and Dr. Frances Make a Compelling Case that Their Profession is Doing...
Robert Whitaker
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March 17, 2016
102
853
Life, Unarmed
Matthew Purinton, LCSW
-
March 17, 2016
14
437
Love is Dialogical: The Open Dialogue UK International Conference and Training
Kermit Cole
-
March 15, 2016
36
1999
TV Drug Ads, Abilify & Big Pharma Mobsters
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
March 14, 2016
23
703
Myths are Used to Justify Depriving People Diagnosed as Mentally Ill of Their Human...
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
March 14, 2016
47
1184
How Coalition or Community Engagement Work Damages Advocates
Corinna West
-
March 13, 2016
12
457
Getting Back to Dialogue – The Core of Healing!
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
March 13, 2016
10
199
Regarding the Impossibility of Recovery
Carrie Foulkes
-
March 11, 2016
29
1268
Has the FDA Abandoned Its Off-Label Promotion Ban?
Jim Gottstein, JD
-
March 10, 2016
7
244
Bipolarized and Crimes Against Nature
Rachel Levy, LCSW
-
March 8, 2016
39
1129
The Drug-Free Solution to Ending Depression
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
March 7, 2016
49
721
The Future of Mental Health Interview Series: Marilyn Wedge on Reclaiming Childhood
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
March 7, 2016
2
241
Psychiatry Bashing
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 7, 2016
62
1641
Appealing to our Elected Representatives
John Read
-
March 7, 2016
37
532
“Bewitching Science” Revisited: Tales of Reunited Twins and the Genetics of Behavior
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
March 6, 2016
9
2220
Schizophrenia in the Golden Ass
Michael Fontaine, PhD
-
March 6, 2016
13
1073
Advice on Coping With Voices
Luisa Castagnaro, MA
-
March 4, 2016
16
539
To the Heart of the Matter, Part III: The Critical Nature of Authenticity and...
James Schroeder, PhD
-
March 4, 2016
22
146
A Conversation about Having Conversations about Psychiatry
Amber Gum, PhD
&
Mariaelena Bartesaghi, PhD
-
March 2, 2016
151
498
New Research into Antipsychotic Discontinuation And Reduction: the RADAR programme
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
March 2, 2016
30
1105
The Mental Health Tribunal
John Read
-
March 1, 2016
11
451
Smash the Biological Anxiety Myth: Say ‘No’ to Benzodiazepines
Robert Berezin, MD
-
March 1, 2016
31
1168
Organized Denial: Psychiatry’s Quiet Desperation
Stuart Shipko
-
March 1, 2016
18
1408
Future of Mental Health Series: Oryx Cohen on his film “Healing Voices”
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
February 29, 2016
0
159
Testifying in Vermont: Forced Drugs
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
February 28, 2016
125
1199
Short Notes from a Muddled Island (with apologies to Bill Bryson)
Hugh Middleton, MD
-
February 28, 2016
1
126
In Case You Missed This
Ally Nugent
-
February 27, 2016
69
422
Call to Action: Support a Bill for Informed Benzodiazepine Use
motto
-
February 26, 2016
11
717
Foxes Guarding the Henhouse: the Role of the Chief Psychiatrist
John Read
-
February 26, 2016
17
640
Promoting Mental Health: Supporting Early Relationships Does Not Mean Blaming Parents
Claudia Gold, MD
-
February 25, 2016
7
126
Troubling Mental Health Nurse Education
Alec Grant, PhD
-
February 23, 2016
30
584
Einstein, Social Justice and The New Relativity
Sarah Knutson
-
February 23, 2016
15
1052
The Future of Mental Health Interview Series: Eleanor Longden
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
February 22, 2016
3
883
Open Letter about BBC Coverage of Mental Health
Anne Cooke
,
Peter Kinderman
&
Rai Waddingham
-
February 21, 2016
34
840
All in the Brain? An Open Letter Re: Stephen Fry’s Assumptions About Mental Illness
Richard Bentall, PhD
-
February 20, 2016
50
2270
Recovery: Compromise or Liberation?
Jay Watts, DClinPsy
-
February 20, 2016
43
4487
The Curious Case of over 50 Consecutive ECTs in Melbourne
John Read
-
February 19, 2016
30
1553
40 Days to Tell the #FDAStoptheShockDevice
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
February 17, 2016
6
549
Depressed, Anxious, or Substance-Abusing? But Don’t Buy You Are “Defective”?
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
February 17, 2016
17
590
My 6-year Anniversary Off Psych Drugs: How I Made It Through the Darkest Times
Monica Cassani
-
February 16, 2016
0
638
Exploiting The Placebo Effect: Deceiving People For Their Own Good?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 16, 2016
23
285
Future of Mental Health Interview Series: Interview with Joanna Moncrieff on The Myth of...
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
February 15, 2016
15
251
Doing It Alone Together: Core Issues In Dutch Self-Managed Residential Programs
Max Huber
-
February 15, 2016
2
454
Rethinking Public Safety – The Case for 100% Voluntary
Sarah Knutson
-
February 15, 2016
27
715
Supporting Resources: “The Case for 100% Voluntary”
Sarah Knutson
-
February 15, 2016
1
440
Feeling Good with Narcotics Now “Evidence” of Opioid Deficiency: The Chemical Imbalance Theory of...
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
-
February 15, 2016
29
1915
Lost & Found: Drowning The Mermaid, and Our Collective Power
Sera Davidow
-
February 14, 2016
55
208
Bloodtime
Jyl Anais
-
February 12, 2016
17
476
Gender Wage Gap and Depression/Anxiety
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 12, 2016
24
488
Belief Systems, Nuance, and Productive Advocacy Ideas
Corinna West
-
February 11, 2016
12
349
Dr.s Leo & Lacasse Respond to Dr. Pies’ Response
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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February 11, 2016
6
548
Baby Blues, Postpartum Depression & Psychosis: Countering the Danger of Antidepressants
Robert Berezin, MD
-
February 10, 2016
22
515
The Social Consequences of a Diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum
Lois Holzman, PhD
-
February 9, 2016
21
424
Allen Frances Seeks the “Middle Way”
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 9, 2016
44
229
The Future of Mental Health Interview Series, Part III
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
February 8, 2016
3
176
Insight Forty Years Later: A Dream of Progress
Mary Maddock
-
February 7, 2016
41
307
“Is It Her Hormones?” A Case of Psychiatry Missing the Mark
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
February 6, 2016
8
602
“Schizophrenia Breakthrough” – Or a Case of Ignoring the Most Important Evidence?
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
February 6, 2016
19
732
On Soul Loss and Mental Health Services at Yale
Naas Siddiqui, BA, CPS, MA
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February 6, 2016
31
696
And Now for Something Completely the Same: The Latest, Greatest Breakthrough in Understanding the...
Dan Kriegman, PhD
-
February 6, 2016
18
795
We Need Your Help!
Robert Whitaker
-
February 4, 2016
40
388
A New York Times Debate: Is the ADHD Diagnosis Helpful or Harmful?
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
-
February 4, 2016
6
314
The CHRUSP Call to Action, and Its Significance
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
February 4, 2016
20
509
Breaking News! The Cause of Schizophrenia Finally Discovered!(?)
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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February 3, 2016
38
8057
Hello World! An American Nut Challenges Trump About Status of “Bull Goose Loony.” We...
David W. Oaks
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February 1, 2016
11
292
Further Evidence of the Adverse Effects of Antidepressants, and Why These Have Taken so...
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
February 1, 2016
30
1009
Inflammation and Psychosis
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
February 1, 2016
29
2530
The Future of Mental Health Interview Series, Part II
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
February 1, 2016
1
159
The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health: Finding Our Way in a World of...
Yana Jacobs
-
January 30, 2016
9
168
Why Screening Everyone for Depression is a Terrible Idea
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
-
January 29, 2016
58
1433
Support CRPD Absolute Prohibition of Commitment and Forced Treatment
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
January 29, 2016
19
605
Postpartum Depression Screening: Prevention or Problem?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
January 28, 2016
15
249
Rethinking Psychiatry Teaches about Despair, Resilience, and the Great Turning
Rachel Levy, LCSW
-
January 28, 2016
25
450
What Disability Benefit Trends Tell Us About Psychiatric Treatments and the Economy
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
January 28, 2016
27
629
Me, Allen Frances, and Climbing Out of a Pigeonhole
Robert Whitaker
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January 27, 2016
121
1977
My Diagnosis of ADHD and the Downfall That Followed
Renee M.
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January 26, 2016
14
17253
Anxiety: The Price We Pay for Consciousness
Brian Koehler, PhD
-
January 26, 2016
11
1602
The Genetics of Schizophrenia: A Left Brain Theory about a Right Brain Deficit in...
Sharna Olfman, PhD
-
January 25, 2016
20
4479
The Future of Mental Health Interview Series
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
January 25, 2016
7
264
Suicidal Tendencies, Part I: I’m Suicidal Because I’m Mentally Ill Because I’m Suicidal
Sera Davidow
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January 24, 2016
97
3954
At the Intersection Between Black Pride and Mad Pride
Justin Brown
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January 24, 2016
55
988
How I’ve Found Nonviolent Communication Helpful, Part 2; In the Mental Health System
Rufus May
-
January 24, 2016
25
785
Madness and the Family: What Helps, and What Makes Things Worse?
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
January 21, 2016
45
393
Are “Psychiatric Disorders” Brain Diseases?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 19, 2016
41
1068
Schizophrenia and Genetics: A Closer Look at the Evidence
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
January 18, 2016
27
7409
We Need to be Studying the Mind, Not the Brain
Al Galves, PhD
-
January 16, 2016
34
3007
Middle School Invasion: When the Pharmaceutical Companies Come to Town
Sera Davidow
-
January 16, 2016
46
807
Launching Our Peer Respite Initiative
Laysha Ostrow, PhD
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January 15, 2016
0
276
Smashing the Neurotransmitter Myth: How & Why Antidepressants Cause Suicides & Mass Murders
Robert Berezin, MD
-
January 15, 2016
74
1030
Challenging the Ongoing ICD 10 Revision: How You Can Help
Akiko Hart
-
January 14, 2016
4
284
Duty to Warn – 14 Lies That Our Psychiatry Professors in Medical School Taught...
Gary Kohls, MD
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January 14, 2016
79
11283
How the “Relational Perspective Paradigm” Informs Justice-Oriented Clinical Practice
Norbert A. Wetzel, ThD, MFT
-
January 14, 2016
4
938
Delay of Diagnosis: The Placebo Effect of Behavioral Diagnosis
Patrick Landman, MD
-
January 13, 2016
22
355
How I’ve Found Nonviolent Communication Helpful
Rufus May
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January 11, 2016
7
514
If a Tree Falls in the Forest
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 11, 2016
82
506
The Gauntlet of Protracted Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
Robert Pfaff
-
January 10, 2016
94
19694
False Arguments, Part 3: Why Do People Hear Voices? (And Why Do We Need...
Sera Davidow
-
January 10, 2016
31
1761
When a Book is Like a Person: Lessons from Book Repair
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson
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January 10, 2016
7
2339
Reflections on How We Think About and Respond to Human Suffering, Existential Pain, and...
Norbert A. Wetzel, ThD, MFT
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January 8, 2016
19
731
Privilege, the Construction of Sanity and Answering the Afiya Phone Line
Afiya Respite House
-
January 7, 2016
2
199
President Obama Links Mental Health Conditions and Gun Violence! He Needs to Hear from...
Susan Rogers
-
January 6, 2016
28
664
The FDA Wants to Approve ECT Without Testing
Peter Breggin, MD
-
January 6, 2016
52
1354
Becoming a Hearing Voices Facilitator
David Lawrence
-
January 5, 2016
0
769
Serotonin Is Still Alive and Well in Psychiatry Land
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
January 5, 2016
7
332
Setting the Record Straight: The Psychiatric Legacy of Robert Spitzer
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
January 5, 2016
34
874
A New Year’s Letter to Our Readers: The Past, Present, and Future of MIA
Robert Whitaker
-
January 4, 2016
31
261
Is an Ominous New Era of Diagnosing Psychosis by Biotype on the Horizon?
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
January 4, 2016
62
637
Psychiatry and Crime
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 4, 2016
35
2181
To the Heart of the Matter, Part II: Perceptions of Public and Personal Stigma
James Schroeder, PhD
-
December 31, 2015
107
208
Shock Device Safe As Eyeglasses? 89 Days to Say No
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
December 30, 2015
25
2178
Timberrr! Psychiatry’s Evidence Base For Antipsychotics Comes Crashing to the Ground
Robert Whitaker
-
December 29, 2015
52
4750
Madness and the Family, Part III: Practical Methods for Transforming Troubled Family Systems
Paris Williams, PhD
-
December 28, 2015
24
2407
My Desperate Yet Demoralizing Plight to Get My Son a Diagnosis for Christmas
Sera Davidow
-
December 27, 2015
24
305
Deafening Silence: What Happens When the Whistle Blows and Nobody Hears?
Richard D. Lewis
-
December 27, 2015
64
908
Human Rights Updates
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
December 27, 2015
22
1375
Strange Gifts and the Search for Santa Claus
Heather Duke
-
December 25, 2015
5
448
Culturally Numb
Deron Drumm
-
December 22, 2015
18
437
Antidepressants, Pregnancy, and Autism: Why Wouldn’t Antidepressant Chemicals Affect a Developing Baby’s Brain?
Adam Urato, MD
-
December 22, 2015
28
686
Madness and the Family (Part Two): Towards a Unified Theory of Family Dynamics and...
Paris Williams, PhD
-
December 20, 2015
47
1247
Book Review: The Importance of Suffering
Redmond O'Hanlon, DPhil
-
December 20, 2015
7
1221
Enough is Enough Series: 2-Year-olds on Anti-psychotics and Biological Markers for Psychosis
Robert Berezin, MD
-
December 18, 2015
42
267
Healing Voices Documentary Review in the Huffington Post
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
December 17, 2015
30
977
Book Review: “Overmedicated and Undertreated”
Edward Opton, JD, PhD
-
December 16, 2015
7
791
Antidepressants & The Undead
David Healy, MD
-
December 15, 2015
55
581
They May not Be Coming for Your Guns, But They Are Definitely Coming for...
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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December 15, 2015
15
798
Madness and the Family (Part One): The History and Research of Family Dynamics and...
Paris Williams, PhD
-
December 13, 2015
112
3416
Support for SB 614 with Amendment to Supervision Qualifications
Malia Fontecchio, MSW
-
December 10, 2015
22
213
The Deeper Genome: New Research Findings in Genomics and Epigenomics
Brian Koehler, PhD
-
December 9, 2015
16
648
Murphy’s Legislation Threatens Civil Rights of the “Mentally Ill”
Jim Probert
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December 9, 2015
10
182
Please Respond to the New York Times: “What Should Be Done to Prevent Mass...
Susan Rogers
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December 8, 2015
60
189
Is Motivation Worth More Than Expertise?
David Healy, MD
-
December 8, 2015
6
315
More on Neuroessentialism: Theoretical and Clinical Considerations
William Schultz
-
December 7, 2015
17
451
Ernst Rüdin’s Unpublished Family Study of “Manic-Depressive Insanity” and the Genetics of Bipolar Disorder
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
December 7, 2015
9
592
Mad Love
Jennifer Maria Padron
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December 7, 2015
2
223
Your Weight is Forbidden Fruit
Julie Greene, MFA
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December 6, 2015
16
479
Shut Up and Put Up: A Military Culture of Retaliation – Including Diagnosis – When...
Elayne Clift
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December 6, 2015
8
293
For Me, Self-Love Requires Both Mercy and Defiance
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
December 6, 2015
28
1506
The Modern Day Witch-hunt
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
December 5, 2015
26
46420
Why I Have (Mostly) Given Up on Diagnosis
Randy Paterson, PhD, RPsych
-
December 4, 2015
10
304
The Ghost of Research Future
Johanna Ryan
-
December 3, 2015
13
364
Needle In a Haystack: Identifying the Next School Shooter Before He Shoots
Jack Carney, DSW
-
November 30, 2015
65
426
My Response to Dr. Pies’ Response
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
November 30, 2015
13
447
Rep. Tim Murphy May Be in Violation of Professional Psychological Ethics & the Law
Jasenn Zaejian, PhD
-
November 29, 2015
20
958
The Mental Health Channel & Beyond: What Does it Really Mean to Present a...
Sera Davidow
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November 27, 2015
95
353
Think About Mental Health Wellness for Your End-of-year Donations
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
November 25, 2015
5
307
Where’s the Outrage?
Pat Risser
-
November 25, 2015
82
687
Psychiatry’s Last Tango? — A Response to Bonnie Burstow
Redmond O'Hanlon, DPhil
-
November 24, 2015
33
680
Electroshocking Veterans and Their Fetuses
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
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November 24, 2015
32
2043
Sanity, Friendship, Community
Michael Guy Thompson
-
November 22, 2015
13
339
Hypermodern Hyperactives
Patrick Landman, MD
-
November 21, 2015
4
280
Don’t Harm Them Twice (Part II): What Can Be Done?
J. Doe
-
November 20, 2015
68
1098
MIA Continuing Education: An Update
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
November 20, 2015
5
166
Stranger Than Kindness
Mark Radcliffe, PhD, RMN
-
November 19, 2015
9
288
Crisis is (un)Learning
Sera Davidow
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November 18, 2015
15
695
Appendix A: Section IX of United States of America vs. GlaxoSmithKline, PLC: GSK’S...
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
November 18, 2015
1
431
“Let Food Be Thy Medicine” — So Let’s Teach Physicians How to Cook!
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
November 17, 2015
6
833
My Response To Dr. Pies
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
November 17, 2015
56
1042
Study 329: Big Risk
David Healy, MD
-
November 16, 2015
5
239
Beyond ADHD: Moving Past the DSM Paradigm of Mental Illness
Claudia Gold, MD
-
November 16, 2015
6
447
Study 329: Psychiatry’s Thalidomide Moment, Part 2
Redmond O'Hanlon, DPhil
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November 16, 2015
2
310
A Mental Patient’s View of the Body
Issa Ibrahim
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November 15, 2015
7
763
We Are Failing Our Kids: A Few Remedies
Tabita Green
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November 14, 2015
15
365
RAISE-ing Some Questions
Wayne Munchel
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November 13, 2015
22
397
Don’t Harm Them Twice: When the Language Surrounding Benzodiazepines Adds Insult to Injury (Part...
J. Doe
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November 12, 2015
47
4214
The Revolution in Psychotherapy
David Elkins, PhD
-
November 12, 2015
11
690
“Murphy Bill” Continues to Exclude Voices of Millions with Mental Health Conditions as It...
National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
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November 12, 2015
28
367
Prescription Privileges for Psychologists, Part II: Is Our Consent Fully Informed?
James Schroeder, PhD
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November 12, 2015
10
703
Medication Mechanization: Microchip Sensors in Abilify to Increase Medication Compliance
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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November 10, 2015
89
5210
CU President Raises Mental Health “Awareness” in Defiance of Mental Health Facts
Corinna West
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November 10, 2015
8
183
The Art of Mourning
Jennifer Maria Padron
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November 9, 2015
5
170
Dear Man: Sexism, Misogyny, & Our ‘Movement’
Sera Davidow
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November 8, 2015
201
1061
Sound Heals the Wild Beast
Jennifer Maria Padron
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November 6, 2015
0
193
Suffering: Who Needs It?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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November 6, 2015
11
252
Study 329: Transparency in Limbo at the British Medical Journal
David Healy, MD
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November 6, 2015
3
335
Saving Congressman Murphy from Fraudulent Information
Dennis Embry, PhD
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November 6, 2015
20
188
Losing Our Minds to ‘Science’: Treatment Survivors Speak Out Against the Murphy Bill (H.R....
Sarah Knutson
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November 5, 2015
109
646
Danger Ahead if HR 2646 (the “Murphy Bill”) Passes!
Susan Rogers
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November 4, 2015
18
468
The Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) Study: Notes from the Trenches
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
November 4, 2015
43
1152
Why Mainstream Psychiatry Fears a Balanced Understanding of Psychosis
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
November 3, 2015
27
692
A Square Peg in a Round Hole: The Construction of Depression as a Disease
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
November 2, 2015
36
555
Twin Studies are Still in Trouble: A Response to Turkheimer
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
November 2, 2015
5
3305
The Making of Codex Alternus: What We Can Learn About Research on Non-Traditional Psychiatric...
Dion Zessin
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November 1, 2015
11
721
World Health Organization Publishes Blog About My 40 Years in The Mad Movement
David W. Oaks
-
October 31, 2015
57
239
Transmuting Historical Trauma
Naas Siddiqui, BA, CPS, MA
-
October 30, 2015
20
1329
Diagnosisgate: A Major Media Blackout Mystery
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
October 30, 2015
34
4670
‘I’d Rather Die Than Go Back to Hospital’: Why We Need a Non-medical Crisis...
Anne Cooke
-
October 28, 2015
22
7041
Study 329: 50 Shades of Gray
David Healy, MD
-
October 28, 2015
3
213
A Tribute to Bonnie Nelson
Nancy Rubenstein del Giudice
-
October 28, 2015
6
791
Mad Economy: Let’s Change the World!
Karen Taylor, RMN
-
October 23, 2015
18
355
The Alternative to Drugs: The Real Treatment for Human Suffering
Robert Berezin, MD
-
October 23, 2015
104
481
Dr. Pies and Psychiatry’s ‘Solid Center’
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
October 22, 2015
25
1290
Slow Psychiatry: Integrating Need-Adapted Approaches with Drug-Centered Pharmacology
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
October 19, 2015
86
1079
Ernst Rüdin: The Founding Father of Psychiatric Genetics
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
October 19, 2015
6
5494
“My Ego Strength is Too Developed for Me to Ever Become Psychotic!”
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
October 18, 2015
61
1995
Study 329: Conflicts of Interest
David Healy, MD
-
October 18, 2015
3
267
Antipsychotics Withdrawal, Part 3
Corinna West
-
October 17, 2015
29
4779
Suicide Tsunami
Sheralyn Rose, PhD
-
October 17, 2015
10
290
Keeping Meili Off Psychiatric Drugs
Stephen Shenfield
-
October 16, 2015
17
464
The UK National Health Service Peer-Supported Open Dialogue Project
Tom Stockmann, MD
-
October 15, 2015
20
1186
Destination, Dignity: Creating the Future We Want
Iden Campbell, CPRP
-
October 15, 2015
45
171
Study 329 in Japan
David Healy, MD
-
October 14, 2015
0
0
Siddhartha, 1984, the Murphy Bill, and More
Cindi Fisher
-
October 13, 2015
22
423
On the Link Between Psychiatric Drugs and Violence
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
October 13, 2015
36
1161
A Harm Reduction Approach to the Mental Health System
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
October 12, 2015
28
2150
On the Tyranny of Good Will: Why We Call Ourselves Psychiatric Survivors
Mary Maddock
-
October 12, 2015
18
1053
Race, Gun Violence & Mental Health: #BlackLivesMatter
David W. Oaks
-
October 10, 2015
26
918
Human Beings Are More Than a Combination of Letters, or; Why We Needed a...
Carina Håkansson, PhD
-
October 10, 2015
3
215
Being Myself
Iden Campbell, CPRP
-
October 9, 2015
10
1805
Top Psychiatrist’s Stunning Announcement About Gun Violence
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
October 9, 2015
76
3127
Videos from the 2014 “Transforming Mad Science and Re-Imagining Mental Health Care” ISEPP/UCLA Conference
David Cohen
-
October 9, 2015
26
488
Integration of Physical and Mental Health
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
October 9, 2015
25
236
Study 329: By the Standards of the Time
Johanna Ryan
-
October 8, 2015
19
378
A Confession, and a Dilemma
Tracey Libby
-
October 7, 2015
24
163
ADHD: More of It, Better Diagnosis, or Both?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
October 7, 2015
14
335
A Reflective Checklist to Reduce Psychotropic Drugs for Vulnerable Children
Dave Traxson
-
October 7, 2015
9
466
Breaking News About the Oregon Shooter
Peter Breggin, MD
-
October 5, 2015
93
2329
Benzodiazepines: Psychiatry’s Weakest Link
Richard D. Lewis
-
October 5, 2015
38
3046
Is There Risk in Screening for Mental Health Disorders?
Claudia Gold, MD
-
October 5, 2015
27
331
The New York Times Celebrates Twin Research Yet Again
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
October 5, 2015
9
742
Psychiatry and the Pressure to Prescribe
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
October 5, 2015
19
620
Passage
Elizabeth Hill
-
October 3, 2015
53
583
Co-Optation, Failed Analogies, and ‘How to Touch a Hot Stove’
Sera Davidow
-
October 3, 2015
246
643
Why Did 158+ People Attend an Antipsychiatry Book Launch? (A Reflection)
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
October 3, 2015
15
351
Study 329: Minions no Longer
David Healy, MD
-
October 2, 2015
5
208
A Liberation Journey with Images
Lauren Spiro
-
October 2, 2015
20
390
“Mental Disorders in the Classical World” (A Review)
Michael Fontaine, PhD
-
October 2, 2015
14
1536
Hey; Don’t Just Shoot the Messenger!
Hugh Middleton, MD
-
October 1, 2015
26
568
Life Events Cause Psychosis: The Further Adventures of an Aspiring Psychonaut
Corinna West
-
October 1, 2015
9
434
Should Consumer/Survivors Help Psychiatrists Become Better Psychiatrists?
Lucy Costa
-
September 29, 2015
41
742
10 of the Worst Political Abuses of the Psychiatric and Psychological Professions in American...
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
September 29, 2015
47
1414
Study 329: The Data Wars Cross the Rubicon
David Healy, MD
-
September 28, 2015
9
255
Terry Lynch: The Doctor Who Stands for Truth
Jim Maddock
&
Mary Maddock
-
September 25, 2015
20
1343
You, Your Kids, or the Doctor… Who’s Running the Show?
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
September 25, 2015
5
344
The APA’s New Image
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
September 25, 2015
42
524
New Video and Campaign Calls for REAL Change in Mental Health Policy
Campaign for Real Change in Mental Health Policy
-
September 24, 2015
18
250
What is #toppmote2015 and Why Does it Matter?
Peter Kinderman
-
September 24, 2015
2
281
Involuntary Hospitalization: What’s Love Got to do With it?
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
September 23, 2015
36
1585
What Happened to those Who Were Suicidal in Study 329? And to the Learned...
David Healy, MD
-
September 21, 2015
2
199
Ronald Pies Doubles Down (And Why We Should Care)
Robert Whitaker
-
September 21, 2015
119
2274
Love, Liberty, and Psychiatric Hospitalization
Norman Hoffman, MD
-
September 20, 2015
69
320
Psychiatry: The Hoax Exposed
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
September 20, 2015
57
1134
Hello World! 5 Reasons We Must Say ‘No’ to Normality & Psychiatry
David W. Oaks
-
September 19, 2015
5
270
Yesterday I Looked Forward to Taking Psych Drugs
Corinna West
-
September 19, 2015
14
490
The Questions Are Not the Problem
Tim Carey, PhD
-
September 19, 2015
7
231
Psychiatry & Organized Crime
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
September 18, 2015
24
836
Study 329: MK, HK, SK and GSK
David Healy, MD
-
September 18, 2015
3
147
When There’s No Place Like Home….
motto
-
September 18, 2015
118
267
Trauma Outpaces our Ability to Adapt: It is the Source of Our Suffering
Robert Berezin, MD
-
September 17, 2015
22
590
On Making Non Sense
Kit Riley
-
September 17, 2015
21
529
Psychiatry’s Thalidomide Moment
Redmond O'Hanlon, DPhil
-
September 16, 2015
11
671
Benzo Drugs, UK Fudge, Cover Up and Consequences
Barry Haslam
-
September 16, 2015
13
609
Say What? Understanding That What We Say—and How We Say It—Changes Lives
James Schroeder, PhD
-
September 16, 2015
28
246
The Inherent Unreliability of the ADHD Label
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
September 15, 2015
91
428
Can Probiotics be Used for the Treatment of Mental Health Problems?
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
&
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
-
September 15, 2015
16
3004
The Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Children
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
September 14, 2015
30
2561
The Troubled Life of Study 329: Consequences of Failure to Retract
David Healy, MD
-
September 9, 2015
13
577
The Fourth and Fifth Laws of Behavioral Genetics
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
September 8, 2015
12
2178
Mental Health: Misnomer & Metaphor
Jack Carney, DSW
-
September 8, 2015
35
1001
Enhanced Interrogation: Is It Psychology’s Only Scandal? by Lois Holzman
Lois Holzman, PhD
-
September 5, 2015
0
332
A Not-So-Charmed Life
Redmond O'Hanlon, DPhil
-
September 5, 2015
30
3260
Stigmatization of Psychiatry and Psychiatrists: Some Remedial Suggestions
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
September 5, 2015
73
782
From Self-Harm to Self-Empowerment: Liberation Through Words
Jeanene Harlick
-
September 3, 2015
46
1095
Yes, the Tide is Turning Against Psychiatry
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
September 3, 2015
128
1941
Do NAMI and MHA Suffer From Anosognosia?
Sera Davidow
-
September 2, 2015
105
2439
Study 329: The Timelines
David Healy, MD
-
September 2, 2015
6
184
Destination, Dignity: Focus on a Broken Criminal Justice System
Susan Rogers
-
September 2, 2015
6
313
Meta-Autonomy & Meta-Equality
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
September 2, 2015
3
588
Hiding the Evidence of Society’s Side Effects
motto
-
September 1, 2015
8
259
Shooting the Odds, Part III
Stuart Shipko
-
September 1, 2015
22
2465
House of Cards: Bad Science Creates False and Dangerous Beliefs
Robert Berezin, MD
-
September 1, 2015
9
345
Book Review: Depression Delusion by Terry Lynch, MD, MA
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
August 31, 2015
60
1192
Study329.org: The Panorama Files
David Healy, MD
-
August 27, 2015
22
163
Cannabis for Treating Psychiatric Problems? A Clear Yes, Maybe.
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
August 27, 2015
76
5632
What if ACEs (Adverse Childhood Events) Were the Basis of Mental Health Treatment?
Wayne Munchel
-
August 26, 2015
83
1586
New Documentary, “Creatively Maladjusted”: Diagnosed-Psychotic Quad Activist Goes Global Revolutionary!
David W. Oaks
-
August 26, 2015
5
353
Incarcerated, “Delusional,” and Sentenced to Abuse
motto
-
August 25, 2015
22
497
How Following the Trail of “Cutting Edge” and “Convenient” Can Distort Reality
James Schroeder, PhD
-
August 24, 2015
33
362
A Network Meeting in North America
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
August 24, 2015
18
269
Compassion and the Voice of the Tormentor
Timothy N.
-
August 21, 2015
20
475
A Response to the Hyper-focus on Brain-based Research and “Disease”
Noel Hunter, PsyD
&
William Schultz
-
August 20, 2015
36
578
Delusions
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
August 20, 2015
43
804
Is Mandatory Trial Registration Decontaminating the Psychiatric Literature?
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
August 19, 2015
9
876
A Milestone in the Battle for Truth in Drug Safety: Study 329’s Final Chapter...
David Healy, MD
-
August 18, 2015
18
209
A Debate on Twin Research Has Broken Out in American Criminology
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
August 18, 2015
5
830
Flibanserin: The Female Viagra is a Failed Me-too Antidepressant
Emily Wheeler
-
August 17, 2015
39
5516
My Father-in-law on Risperdal — A Case Study Gets Personal
Steve McCrea
-
August 16, 2015
34
2997
The Murphys Have Their Way With Words
Sera Davidow
-
August 15, 2015
30
467
The Boy in the Closet — How I Lost my Best Friend to a...
motto
-
August 15, 2015
25
325
My Successful Campaign for Dedicated Benzo Withdrawal Services
Barry Haslam
-
August 15, 2015
20
701
Psychiatry’s “Institutional Corruption”—A Chat with Robert Whitaker and Lisa Cosgrove
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
August 12, 2015
106
1648
On Relaxing Off-Label Meds: Do the Opposite. Especially for Children. Especially Antipsychotics
Steven Francesco
-
August 12, 2015
15
438
Senate Bill 1945: The New Fraud – Getting into the “Mental Health Reform Act...
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
August 11, 2015
13
755
#1 Wacko Memo: Disability & Mental Health Revolution to Stop Global Warming!
David W. Oaks
-
August 11, 2015
28
385
What Do We Owe When a Shock Survivor Dies? – On the Death of...
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
August 11, 2015
16
1412
Do We Need to Medicate More Children? – A Response to Calls to Remove...
Dan Kriegman, PhD
-
August 10, 2015
14
925
Binge Eating and Genetics
William Schultz
-
August 10, 2015
13
424
Why was James Holmes, the Movie Theater Killer, Spared the Death Penalty?
Robert Berezin, MD
-
August 9, 2015
41
573
Healing is a Shocking Process: Protracted Psych Drug Withdrawal Syndrome (Iatrogenic Brain Injury)
Monica Cassani
-
August 8, 2015
38
5876
Thoughts on the Nature of Emotions
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
August 7, 2015
10
303
The Ubiquity of Unhappiness: An Introduction to Cultural Psychiatry
Jeremy Wallace, MD
-
August 7, 2015
11
506
“Knowing Together” vs. “Knowing Apart”: The Importance of Extending Our Network
Carina Håkansson, PhD
-
August 5, 2015
27
293
Impoverished Youth; Our Neighbors in Distress, and at Risk
motto
-
August 5, 2015
7
519
Lost in Medication
David Healy, MD
-
August 4, 2015
18
277
Intermittent Explosive Disorder: The ‘Illness’ That Goes On Growing
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
August 4, 2015
76
62748
Should Physicians Read Journals? Given Current Standards, Maybe Not
Randy Paterson, PhD, RPsych
-
July 29, 2015
27
263
Lithium and Suicide: What Does the Evidence Show?
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
July 27, 2015
23
12214
Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve and Thus Chill Out: Simple, Natural, Uninvasive Methods
Monica Cassani
-
July 27, 2015
7
1693
#ADA25 Birthday, Mental Health, Justin Dart and My Crazy Hashtags
David W. Oaks
-
July 26, 2015
6
227
Five Strikes Against Assisted Outpatient Treatment Laws
motto
-
July 25, 2015
29
1005
Revised UN Prison Rules
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
July 24, 2015
4
456
ADHD: A Destructive and Disempowering Label; Not an Illness
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
July 24, 2015
21
1543
Survey on Emotional Distress and Mental Health Diagnosis: An International Campaign to Include “Regular...
Lois Holzman, PhD
-
July 22, 2015
14
487
Teen Bipolar Disorder and the Abnormal Brain: Making Sense of New Research
Claudia Gold, MD
-
July 21, 2015
32
544
Why the DSM Differential Diagnosis is So Disappointing
James Schroeder, PhD
-
July 21, 2015
24
783
Gut Microbiota & Mental Health
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
July 20, 2015
25
1138
The Sweet Spot Between Ignorance and Certainty: A Place Where Dialogue and Healing...
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
July 19, 2015
12
338
One Family’s Encounter with Modern Psychiatry and a Call for Social Change
Tabita Green
-
July 17, 2015
113
1419
Benzodiazepines: Miracle Drugs?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
July 16, 2015
94
1636
Rx Resilience: Cultivating the Ability to Bounce Back
Jennifer Bahr, ND
-
July 15, 2015
7
618
The Lonely Way: Reflections from a Young Psychologist
Victor Morasse
-
July 15, 2015
59
1496
The Disease Loop – Mental Health Infographics
Corinna West
-
July 13, 2015
5
1932
Dialogues as a Way of Transforming Consciousness: Results from Three Teleconference Dialogues of Discovery...
Lauren Spiro
-
July 12, 2015
4
328
Always a Mystery: Why do Drugs Come and Go?
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
July 8, 2015
91
427
Women, ECT, and Memory
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
July 7, 2015
28
1512
Tearing Apart the DSM-5 in Social Work Class
Sascha Altman DuBrul
-
July 6, 2015
29
2787
For a Well Mind, Try Revolution? Creative Maladjustment Week 2015
David W. Oaks
-
July 6, 2015
1
234
Psychiatric Drugs are False Prophets with Big Profits. Psychiatry Has Been Hijacked
Robert Berezin, MD
-
July 5, 2015
55
640
Who Needs Radicalisation?
Matthew Morris
-
July 5, 2015
5
209
Why the Shades of Awakening Online Series Matters
Sean Blackwell
-
July 5, 2015
39
727
Tell PCORI What Research Funding We Really Need
Corinna West
-
July 4, 2015
3
220
Reasons Not to Believe in Lithium
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
June 30, 2015
80
13933
Lessons from Soteria-Alaska
Jim Gottstein, JD
-
June 29, 2015
63
3192
It’s as Bad as You Think: The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor...
Philip Thomas, MD
-
June 29, 2015
34
515
Mistakes Were Made (by all of us)
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
June 28, 2015
105
525
Can Madness Save the World?
Paris Williams, PhD
-
June 26, 2015
31
1948
Children, Youth and Mental Health in British Columbia: A Presentation to the Legislature
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson
-
June 26, 2015
32
1086
Are DSM Psychiatric Disorders “Heritable”?
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
June 24, 2015
39
5457
CBT: Part of the Solution, Part of the Problem, an Illusion, or All...
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
June 24, 2015
54
1454
A Witness to Fraud
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
June 24, 2015
18
549
When the Tail Wags the Dog, Eventually the Dog Bites
Norman Hoffman, MD
-
June 24, 2015
54
413
The Mind and Body Connection: The Correlation between Stress and Inflammation
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
June 23, 2015
15
712
Men on Hooks: The Origin of Modern Psychiatric Diagnostic Systems
George Atwood, PhD
-
June 22, 2015
20
303
The First “Working To Recovery” Camp: June, 2015
Karen Taylor, RMN
-
June 22, 2015
13
524
Decision-Making and Moral Injury
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
June 22, 2015
26
931
What Do Dreams Mean? Dreams Provide a Window Into Our Character
Robert Berezin, MD
-
June 22, 2015
1
423
What You Believe Makes a Difference
Al Galves, PhD
-
June 21, 2015
35
422
Regarding Representative Tim Murphy’s Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
June 19, 2015
11
1901
Electroshock Survivors Taught Me Eight Lessons in International Protests
David W. Oaks
-
June 18, 2015
6
287
Upon the U.K. Launch of Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: A Reflection
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
June 16, 2015
29
290
Bullying+Lying = Fear+Complying
motto
-
June 15, 2015
10
218
To the Heart of the Matter: Stigma, Labeling, and the Delicate Search for the...
James Schroeder, PhD
-
June 13, 2015
70
674
The Medical Model Discovers Heroin Addiction
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
June 12, 2015
38
717
The Time to Curb Forced Drugging is Now: In Your State, and Nationally
Edward Opton, JD, PhD
-
June 10, 2015
12
255
Towards a Healthcare Magna Carta, Part One
David Healy, MD
-
June 8, 2015
18
259
How Should We Understand the Link Between ADHD and Early Death?
Claudia Gold, MD
-
June 8, 2015
9
385
Psychiatry On The Defensive, But Ceding No Ground
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
June 8, 2015
31
236
‘Empathy’ is a False God: ‘Responsiveness’ is the Real Deal
Robert Berezin, MD
-
June 8, 2015
31
1373
With the Public Defrauded, the Illegitimacy of Forced Psychiatry Crystallizes
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
June 7, 2015
22
361
Competition, Collaboration & Collusion: The Triple Threat for Our Kids
motto
-
June 7, 2015
18
320
“Let’s Roll” With Mad in America Continuing Education
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
June 6, 2015
5
230
Book Review: Parenting Your Child with ADHD: A No-Nonsense Guide for Nurturing Self-Reliance...
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
June 5, 2015
1
160
Responsibility – Legal and Spiritual
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
June 5, 2015
7
408
Thinking Upstream: Winning Real Mental Health Reform By Joining the Anti-Corruption Movement
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
June 5, 2015
56
924
What the Research Has Told Us About Peer-Run Respite Houses: The Second Story Story
Yana Jacobs
-
June 4, 2015
11
1485
May 16, 2015: 25 Shock Treatment Protests in 9 Countries! What Now?
Ted Chabasinski, JD
-
June 4, 2015
115
977
3 Facts All Parents Should Know About ADHD Stimulant Drugs
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
June 3, 2015
28
9457
The ADHD Label and Mortality
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
June 3, 2015
20
316
From Independent to Institutionalized
David Hidajattoellah
-
June 3, 2015
8
174
Chemicals Have Consequences: Antidepressants, Pregnancy, and the New York Times
Adam Urato, MD
-
June 2, 2015
30
1459
Children are Vulnerable Targets on the Algorithm Superhighway
motto
-
June 1, 2015
34
201
Has a New Twin Study Meta-Analysis Finally “Settled” the Nature-Nurture Debate?
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
June 1, 2015
15
2806
Psychiatrists May be Ready to Learn About Treating With Micronutrients
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
May 29, 2015
85
1476
Who’s the “Menace to Society”? Robert Whitaker or Jeffrey Lieberman?
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
May 27, 2015
2
3519
Neuroleptic Drugs And Mortality
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 27, 2015
23
500
The Murphy Bill: People are Afraid
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
May 26, 2015
94
769
Reflections on ‘Montage of Heck’: The Life and Art of Kurt Cobain
Robert Berezin, MD
-
May 26, 2015
23
1579
A Declaration of Interdependence for the Era of the Murphy Bill
Ron Bassman, PhD
-
May 25, 2015
9
345
Reflections on a Beautiful Mind
Robert Whitaker
-
May 25, 2015
58
13109
Adventures at the APA
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
May 22, 2015
51
208
Announcing Mad in America’s New Resource Section on Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
Laura Delano
-
May 21, 2015
60
1075
Questions About Jeffrey Lieberman’s “Notorious Past and Bright Future of Psychiatry”
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
May 21, 2015
50
668
Book Review: Psychiatry in Context: Experience, Meaning & Communities, by Phil Thomas
Eleanor Longden, PhD
-
May 19, 2015
2
456
ECT: Safe and Effective for Agitation and Aggression in Cases of Dementia?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 19, 2015
21
878
Reviving the Spirit of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest!
David W. Oaks
-
May 16, 2015
28
568
Psychiatry Reconsidered … Once Again
Hugh Middleton, MD
-
May 14, 2015
23
168
The American Indian Youth Suicide Epidemic: Mental Health Professionals as Superheroes
David Walker, PhD
-
May 14, 2015
46
371
Listening to the Voiceless Citizens
motto
-
May 13, 2015
10
141
What Kind of Forced Treatment Would You Prefer?
Olga Runciman, Cand Psych BSc
-
May 13, 2015
24
664
Thank You Notes: #ForTheKids
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
&
Michael Gilbert, PsyD
-
May 12, 2015
5
222
Free Your Mind! These Online Documentaries About Festivals Give Me Hope
David W. Oaks
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May 11, 2015
1
199
What Would CRPD-Compliant Mental Health Legislation Look Like?
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
May 11, 2015
11
899
Is My Therapist Good or Not?
Daniel Mackler
-
May 11, 2015
91
6205
The Once and Future Abilify: Depot Injections for Everyone?
Johanna Ryan
-
May 11, 2015
23
3146
Psychiatry: Smoke and Mirrors
motto
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May 11, 2015
18
320
Physician, Heal Thyself (Luke 4:23)
Dan Kriegman, PhD
-
May 11, 2015
4
459
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Sera Davidow
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May 10, 2015
60
314
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Robert Berezin, MD
-
May 10, 2015
8
148
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Nancy Rubenstein del Giudice
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May 9, 2015
73
1011
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Robert Whitaker
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May 7, 2015
117
2012
Psych Meds Put 49 Million Americans at Risk for Cancer
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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May 6, 2015
31
2793
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David Fox
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May 6, 2015
49
10890
Voiceless in America
motto
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May 5, 2015
16
1418
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Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 5, 2015
5
294
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Carina Håkansson, PhD
-
May 4, 2015
24
203
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Jim Gottstein, JD
-
May 4, 2015
21
213
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Sandra Steingard, MD
-
May 4, 2015
15
162
Lieberman’s Intellectual Cowardice in His Critique of Szasz, or: What to Do About Page...
Joseph Tarantolo, MD
-
May 3, 2015
62
800
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Sera Davidow
-
May 1, 2015
120
472
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motto
-
May 1, 2015
17
449
RCTs: Really Concerning Trends in Research and Marketing
Tim Carey, PhD
-
May 1, 2015
25
214
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Jim Gottstein, JD
-
April 30, 2015
14
322
Forced Psychiatry is Torture
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
April 30, 2015
32
8118
Response to “The Marketing of Serotonin” on BMJ
David Healy, MD
-
April 28, 2015
22
184
The Sociological Study of Mental Illness: A Historical Perspective
Andrew Scull, PhD
-
April 28, 2015
21
25561
Hearing Voices: Misconception, Misdirection & Moving Forward
Sera Davidow
-
April 27, 2015
30
922
The Spurious Chemical Imbalance Theory is Still Alive and Well
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 27, 2015
37
4176
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Robert Whitaker
-
April 26, 2015
112
1429
The Latest News from Twin Research: The Genetic Influence on Political Voting Choices is...
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
April 26, 2015
7
738
Real Psychiatry and Darwinian Evolution are One and the Same: Molecular Psychiatry has Missed...
Robert Berezin, MD
-
April 26, 2015
36
117
Want to Be Drug Free? It’s Time to Live More Simply
James Schroeder, PhD
-
April 26, 2015
17
193
Getting Our Anti/Critical Psychiatry Authors Read: A Case for Book Activism
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
April 23, 2015
270
794
A Reply to Peter Kramer: Do Serotonin Imbalances Cause Depression?
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
-
April 22, 2015
12
1450
So Long, and Thanks for All the Serotonin
David Healy, MD
-
April 21, 2015
11
1913
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Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 21, 2015
42
564
An Open Letter to Colin Powell
Sera Davidow
-
April 20, 2015
36
1144
It’s Not Easy Being “Clean”
Tim Carey, PhD
-
April 20, 2015
64
320
A Story About NMDA Receptor Subunits, and Why SSRIs Impair Cognitive Capacity
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
April 20, 2015
6
1491
Antipsychiatry, (Ex)consumers, Peers, and ‘This Movement’: Assembling the Histories of Reform and Resistance, Part...
Derek Pyle
-
April 20, 2015
37
330
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Asherah Eden
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April 19, 2015
48
667
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Bridget Mildon
-
April 18, 2015
21
1241
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Sharna Olfman, PhD
-
April 17, 2015
27
1040
Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil
Emma Bragdon, PhD
-
April 17, 2015
14
2900
Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: An Ethical and Epistemological Accounting
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 16, 2015
51
1179
The Meds Became My Moods: A Woman’s Story of Dignity, Grace & Love
Joanne Cacciatore, PhD
-
April 15, 2015
13
301
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Janet Foner
-
April 15, 2015
32
1330
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Amy Upham
-
April 14, 2015
54
948
Madness in Civilisation: A Cultural History of Insanity
Philip Thomas, MD
-
April 13, 2015
15
2110
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Bruce Levine, PhD
-
April 12, 2015
26
544
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Sera Davidow
-
April 11, 2015
33
209
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Peter Breggin, MD
-
April 9, 2015
74
2294
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Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
April 8, 2015
125
816
An Essay on Finnish Open Dialogue: A Five-Year Follow-Up
Daniel Mackler
-
April 8, 2015
75
2366
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Randy Paterson, PhD, RPsych
-
April 7, 2015
35
413
Largest Survey of Antidepressants Finds High Rates of Adverse Emotional and Interpersonal Effects
John Read
-
April 7, 2015
163
1925
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Sarah Knutson
-
April 7, 2015
23
554
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Timothy Kelly
-
April 5, 2015
51
315
So You Say You Want a Revolution?
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
April 5, 2015
22
272
Upon Leaving Soteria-Alaska
Susan Musante
&
Matt Ladner
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April 5, 2015
14
2095
A Tale of Two Cousins
Suzanne Beachy
-
April 4, 2015
51
826
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Melissa Bond
-
April 3, 2015
4
395
84 Things I Could do Once Again When I Got Off Psychiatric Drugs
Chaya Grossberg
-
April 2, 2015
51
382
ECT Day of Protest: Time for You to Take Leadership
Ted Chabasinski, JD
-
April 2, 2015
11
662
Psychiatric Diagnoses: Labels, Not Explanations
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 2, 2015
69
911
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Art Levine
-
April 2, 2015
10
864
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Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
April 1, 2015
13
383
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Edward Opton, JD, PhD
-
March 31, 2015
9
632
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Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
March 31, 2015
28
985
Pilots Crashing on Antidepressants: A (Not So) Brief History
Julie Wood
-
March 30, 2015
17
3882
Winging it: Antidepressants and Plane Crashes
David Healy, MD
-
March 30, 2015
18
1406
What I Learned at ISPS 2015
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 30, 2015
7
619
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Robert Berezin, MD
-
March 30, 2015
34
1021
Towards a New Understanding of Psychosis – ISPS 2015
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
March 29, 2015
14
1162
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Jeremy Wallace, MD
-
March 27, 2015
37
942
Creatively Managing Voice-Hearing Through Spiritual Writing
Luisa Castagnaro, MA
-
March 26, 2015
17
292
Eugenics & the 2014 Murphy Bill
Bonnie Schell
-
March 26, 2015
25
651
Clipping Care, Not Profit
Philip Thomas, MD
-
March 25, 2015
6
115
Publication Bias: Does Unpublished Data Make Science Pseudo?
Randy Paterson, PhD, RPsych
-
March 24, 2015
83
447
A History of Anglo-American Psychiatry
Andrew Scull, PhD
-
March 23, 2015
17
347
Why Is There An Anti-psychiatry Movement?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 23, 2015
73
2948
The Death of Common Sense: When Love and Grief Become ‘Disordered’
Joanne Cacciatore, PhD
-
March 22, 2015
43
1034
Changing the World and Other Extreme Sports
Afiya Respite House
-
March 22, 2015
18
278
Human Rights, Disclosing the Truth, and Psychiatric Diagnosis
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
March 21, 2015
50
706
Rethinking Mental Health and Drug “Therapy” for Children
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
&
Michael Gilbert, PsyD
-
March 19, 2015
0
503
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Hugh Middleton, MD
-
March 19, 2015
8
211
Shrinks: A Self-Portrait of a Profession
Robert Whitaker
-
March 19, 2015
112
5474
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Does Not Exist
Jay Watts, DClinPsy
-
March 19, 2015
46
12897
Balancing Our Recovery Ecosystem
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
March 18, 2015
9
150
No, There is no Such Thing as ADHD
Robert Berezin, MD
-
March 17, 2015
214
11646
Article on “Rethinking Criminal Responsibility”
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
March 17, 2015
5
664
Financial Stress: Auditing Our Money Woes
James Schroeder, PhD
-
March 17, 2015
15
139
The Drugging of Children in Foster Care
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 16, 2015
43
903
Cracked Open – Installment 2
Melissa Bond
-
March 16, 2015
18
323
Horse-Stealing Mania: The Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians
David Walker, PhD
-
March 14, 2015
18
1669
Do the Math
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 13, 2015
32
222
Retreat From the Social: a Review of Hegel’s Theory of Madness
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
March 13, 2015
23
747
When Asylums Are the Only Hammer, Everybody Looks Like a Nail
Bonnie Schell
-
March 11, 2015
32
418
Driving Us Crazy: A Festival About Madness in Society, and in All of Us
Carina Håkansson, PhD
-
March 10, 2015
5
258
Peer Supports Under Siege: A Call for Help and Solidarity (And how this...
Sera Davidow
-
March 9, 2015
90
418
Causing a Stir: Launching “Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia” in New York City
Anne Cooke
&
Peter Kinderman
-
March 9, 2015
19
1142
A Disease Called Childhood
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
-
March 9, 2015
9
1071
Me, My Brain, and Baked Beans
Peter Kinderman
-
March 8, 2015
38
1249
May 16, 2015: International Day of Protest Against Shock Treatment
Ted Chabasinski, JD
-
March 8, 2015
47
1682
Speaking As A Survivor Researcher
Peter Beresford, OBE
-
March 7, 2015
16
799
Towards a Ban on Psychiatrically Diagnosing and Drugging Children
Peter Breggin, MD
-
March 6, 2015
61
5063
Immune Response is Secondary to Trauma
Monica Cassani
-
March 6, 2015
25
1234
Psychiatric Survivor Entrepreneurs
Chaya Grossberg
-
March 5, 2015
20
272
Mourning: Death, Loss, Trauma, & Psychotherapy – The Universal Agent for Recovery and Change
Robert Berezin, MD
-
March 4, 2015
7
351
Peer Respites Hold Promise for Reducing the System’s Reliance on Institutional Treatment
Bevin Croft
-
March 3, 2015
17
785
Why We Must Strike the Terms “High Functioning” and “Low Functioning” from Our Vocabulary
Leah Harris
-
March 3, 2015
55
14489
Antidepressant Drugs & Suicide Rates
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 2, 2015
8
4373
All About the Word: Language, Choice & That Damn Dress
Sera Davidow
-
March 2, 2015
13
267
Stimulants and Food
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 1, 2015
46
1273
Are We at a Tipping Point?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
March 1, 2015
38
2249
Hunting the Woozle, and Open Dialogue
Jeremy Wallace, MD
-
March 1, 2015
33
336
Cracked Open
Melissa Bond
-
March 1, 2015
29
390
Does MadinAmerica Promote the Spreading of Scientific Anarchy?
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
February 27, 2015
117
439
The Pro Choice Dilemma
Chaya Grossberg
-
February 27, 2015
35
378
Developing a Compassionate Voice as a Step Toward Living With Voices
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
February 26, 2015
11
241
Polarization or Accommodation To Transformation: What Would Malcolm X Say?
Richard D. Lewis
-
February 23, 2015
113
333
Take the ADHD “Test”: An Inside Look at ADHD’s Diagnosis
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
February 23, 2015
165
1831
Born to Sense: High Sensitivity+Trauma = Psychiatric Diagnosis?
Sera Davidow
-
February 22, 2015
48
1168
Envisioning the Future of Mental Health
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
February 22, 2015
14
474
Letter to the Mother of a “Schizophrenic”: We Must Do Better Than Forced Treatment...
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
February 20, 2015
46
1909
Over the Falls Without a Barrel: The Patent Cliff and Prescriber Impartiality
Randy Paterson, PhD, RPsych
-
February 19, 2015
44
272
Eight Unanswered Questions about Psychiatric Research in Minnesota
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
February 19, 2015
6
606
A New Paradigm for Psychiatry
Robert Berezin, MD
-
February 16, 2015
132
612
What the Government Knows About Suicide and Depression That We Are Not Being Told
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
February 15, 2015
24
816
Robert Whitaker Missed the Mark on Drugs and Disability: A Call for a Focus...
Timothy Kelly
-
February 14, 2015
164
1590
Why I Created an Alternative to Psychiatric Hospitalization
Scott Shannon, MD
-
February 13, 2015
37
6859
The Astonishing Zyprexa Cover-Up
Dick Russell
-
February 12, 2015
25
23477
Return to Asylums? Let’s Not!
Susan Rogers
-
February 11, 2015
19
777
Quantitative Mental Health & Oppression, Part Two: The Case of the ‘American Indian’
David Walker, PhD
-
February 11, 2015
16
1154
Persecution: Dangerous Liaisons
David Healy, MD
-
February 10, 2015
5
352
Today: 5 Years Free From the Psychiatric Drug Cocktail
Monica Cassani
-
February 9, 2015
13
1060
Occam’s Razor and the Elusive Pursuit of Social Justice
Ron Bassman, PhD
-
February 9, 2015
16
590
Psychiatric Regret
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
-
February 9, 2015
23
577
Activism, Suicide, and Survival: Healing the Unhealable
Becca Shaw Glaser
-
February 8, 2015
13
947
Stopping the Madness: Coming Off Psychiatric Medications
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
February 6, 2015
45
17874
Reflecting Back on a Campaign to Stop Forced Outpatient ECT
David W. Oaks
-
February 6, 2015
8
605
In Praise of the Nervous Breakdown
Randy Paterson, PhD, RPsych
-
February 5, 2015
25
3028
Addressing the Mental Health Crisis: What Really Matters
James Schroeder, PhD
-
February 5, 2015
30
647
Drugs and Dementia
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
February 4, 2015
46
849
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Peter Breggin, MD
-
February 3, 2015
20
318
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Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
February 3, 2015
12
1006
Disability and Mood Disorders in the Age of Prozac
Robert Whitaker
-
February 2, 2015
127
3016
My Journey Through My Daughter’s Madness, My Research, and My Book
Elahe Hessamfar
-
February 1, 2015
41
975
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Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
February 1, 2015
13
155
Listening for the Person within “Madness”
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
January 31, 2015
0
200
Is This Depression? Or Melancholy? Or…
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
January 30, 2015
9
424
One Gutsy Woman
Daisy Anderson
-
January 29, 2015
19
894
On Becoming Critical
Jeremy Wallace, MD
-
January 29, 2015
31
644
Child Development and The Challenges to Parenthood: An Experiment in Time Travel
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
January 29, 2015
22
294
Healing the Body/Mind with the Willingness to Feel
Monica Cassani
-
January 28, 2015
6
763
The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia – Version III
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 28, 2015
27
1872
From Surviving to Thriving: Unleashing Creativity
Madeline Goldstein
-
January 27, 2015
14
316
Who is Delusional? The Answer Is: We All Are
Noel Hunter, PsyD
-
January 27, 2015
30
4416
Los Creativamente Inadaptados – The Alternatives to Psychiatry Movement in Chile/Argentina 2015
Sascha Altman DuBrul
-
January 26, 2015
32
847
Psychotherapy Is the Real Deal: It is the Effective Treatment
Robert Berezin, MD
-
January 26, 2015
38
1064
Bring Back the Asylum?
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 25, 2015
135
1167
Shamans and Psychiatrists: A Comparison
Natalie Tobert, PhD
-
January 24, 2015
26
3797
I Am “Pro-Healing”
Hilary Bryant
-
January 23, 2015
15
391
Persecution: Dangerous Liaisons
David Healy, MD
-
January 22, 2015
5
110
Dreams of a Quick Fix, Gone Awry
Jon Jureidini, MD
,
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
&
Peter Parry, MD
-
January 19, 2015
28
790
In Memoriam: Leonard Roy Frank
MIA Editors
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January 18, 2015
18
2659
Can’t Breathe
Sera Davidow
-
January 18, 2015
28
317
The Worst Case Scenario for Global Warming — “Normalgeddon” — is Bad for...
David W. Oaks
-
January 17, 2015
37
492
Finding the Gifts Within Madness
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
January 16, 2015
7
349
Human Experiences in Academic Boxes
Natalie Tobert, PhD
-
January 14, 2015
116
593
Psychiatrists Providing Psychotherapy?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 14, 2015
23
871
The Eight Lessons of Suicide
Amy Biancolli
-
January 13, 2015
11
4673
The Substance of Substance Use: Talking About Marijuana, Alcohol, and Other Drugs
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
January 13, 2015
4
699
War on Civilization: What Would Happen if Patients Radicalize?
David Healy, MD
-
January 12, 2015
13
358
A Call to Arms: The Future of Psychiatry is at Stake
Robert Berezin, MD
-
January 12, 2015
63
2525
How Come the Word “Antipsychiatry” is so Challenging?
Carina Håkansson, PhD
-
January 11, 2015
27
358
Antidepressant-Induced Mania
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 11, 2015
69
63219
How Quantitative Mental Health Turns Oppression Into “Depression”
David Walker, PhD
-
January 11, 2015
19
1448
The Presumption of Incompetence: Why Traditional ADHD Treatments Fail
Craig B. Wiener, EdD
-
January 10, 2015
29
1315
Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 9, 2015
19
673
Just Me: A Series of Reflections on Trauma, Motherhood, and Psychiatry
Mitzy Sky
-
January 9, 2015
22
648
Do You Still Need Your Psychiatric Diagnosis?
Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
-
January 8, 2015
21
1547
Schizophrenia; the Tragedy of a Promise Unfulfilled
Robert Berezin, MD
-
January 8, 2015
32
686
Dr. Feelgood: Traveling ‘On the Path of Least Resistance’
Richard D. Lewis
-
January 7, 2015
42
257
3 Troubling Reasons Psychiatry Retains Power Despite Lost Scientific Credibility
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
January 6, 2015
35
1053
“Do I Have to Feel so Badly About Myself?” – The Legacies of Guilt,...
Peter Breggin, MD
-
January 5, 2015
27
1364
Quotations From the Genetics “Graveyard”: Nearly Half a Century of False Positive Gene Discovery...
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
January 5, 2015
10
1598
Psychiatry’s Poor Image: Reflecting on Psychiatrists’ “Apologias”
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
January 5, 2015
41
742
ECT for Agitation and Aggression in Dementia
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 2, 2015
47
2264
Resolution for the New Year: Lay Down the Burden of Proof
Matt Samet
-
January 1, 2015
20
2518
Trapped
Julie Greene, MFA
-
December 31, 2014
27
411
Do You Think It’s Real? Responding to Alternate Realities
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
December 31, 2014
24
960
Depression: It’s Not Your Serotonin
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
December 30, 2014
68
12316
Biology and Genetics are Irrelevant Once True Causes are Recognized
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
December 29, 2014
10
573
Rethinking Cost Containment in Publicly Funded Psychiatric Drug Budgets
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
December 29, 2014
22
205
Nitrous Oxide for Depression and Other Hazards of Modern Psychiatry
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
December 25, 2014
79
1557
Rainbows and Unicorns
Matt Samet
-
December 24, 2014
8
755
My Mysterious Son
Dick Russell
-
December 23, 2014
29
1663
What Does Santa Think About ADHD Drugs?
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
December 22, 2014
8
569
What Would Better Treatment for Those with Psychosis Look Like?
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
December 22, 2014
46
297
Psychiatry and the Problem of the Medical Model – Part 1
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
-
December 21, 2014
34
7135
There’s More to Sleep than Shuts the Eye: Waking Up to All that Sleep Does...
James Schroeder, PhD
-
December 20, 2014
27
636
The Truth About Antidepressant Research: An Invitation to Dialogue
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
December 19, 2014
32
1327
Enough is Enough Series: An Hallucinogen for Depression? Psychiatry is Testing Ketamine (‘Special...
Robert Berezin, MD
-
December 18, 2014
50
734
Assessing the Cost of Psychiatric Drugs to the Elderly and Disabled Citizens of the...
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
December 18, 2014
3
322
Sick‘s Wild Ride – From Treatment to TEDMED
Elizabeth Kenny
-
December 17, 2014
18
474
Healing is in Our Stories
Deron Drumm
-
December 17, 2014
17
563
Dr. Datta – Still Repackaging Psychiatry
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
December 16, 2014
38
342
Finding Human Life on Earth
Carina Håkansson, PhD
-
December 15, 2014
9
198
Studies of Reared-Apart (Separated) Twins: Facts and Fallacies
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
December 15, 2014
4
16668
Coercion in Care
Kerstin Ogard
-
December 13, 2014
45
2380
The Quantum Mechanics of Tessa’s Dance & Signal Peak
David Walker, PhD
-
December 12, 2014
33
229
Racism 102: It Is Not About Colorblindness
Lauren Spiro
-
December 12, 2014
8
184
Nutrient Boosting of Medications
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
December 9, 2014
9
841
The Chemical Imbalance Theory: Still Being Promoted
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
December 9, 2014
30
597
Antidepressants and Pregnancy: Who Says They Are Safe?
Adam Urato, MD
-
December 8, 2014
14
1944
A Debate Between Allen Frances and Robert Whitaker
Allen Frances, MD
&
Robert Whitaker
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December 4, 2014
133
9049
Changing Society’s Whole Approach to ‘Psychosis’
Anne Cooke
&
Peter Kinderman
-
December 4, 2014
5
905
Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia? What About Black People?
Philip Thomas, MD
-
December 4, 2014
22
1589
Changing Trends of Childhood Disability, 2001-2011
Philip Hickey, PhD
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December 4, 2014
25
208
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Robert Nikkel, MSW
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December 2, 2014
32
163
Tapering Neuroleptics: Three Year Outcomes
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December 2, 2014
63
676
Ecstatic Dance Heals
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December 2, 2014
6
1606
Racism 101
Lauren Spiro
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December 2, 2014
9
297
On the Other Side
A. Wagner
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December 2, 2014
16
8599
The Evidence of Our Convictions
Katie Tierney Higgins, RN
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December 1, 2014
20
1044
When Homosexuality Came Out (of the DSM)
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
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December 1, 2014
42
50409
Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia – A Valuable, and Free, Online Report
Ron Unger, LCSW
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November 30, 2014
5
352
Michael Brown and the ‘Peer’ Movement
Sera Davidow
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November 28, 2014
103
547
Choice and Emotion: a Short Essay With Some Musing
Monica Cassani
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November 25, 2014
10
444
A Positive Understanding of How Our Minds Work
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November 25, 2014
7
1176
An Unplanned Path to Discovering My Truth
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November 24, 2014
5
200
Going Deeper into “Madness”: ISPS 2015’s International Dialogue
Ron Unger, LCSW
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November 23, 2014
6
212
Winning Friends and Influencing People
Peter Kinderman
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November 22, 2014
20
341
Paradigms Lost
James Fitzgerald
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November 21, 2014
9
572
Science and Pseudoscience in Psychiatric Training: What Psychiatrists Don’t Learn and What Psychiatrists Should...
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
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November 20, 2014
24
1576
Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on Equitable Access to Healthcare
Erik Monasterio, MD
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November 20, 2014
5
172
On The Ubiquity of Conflict
Tim Carey, PhD
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November 19, 2014
6
433
Julia’s TEDx Talk: Time to Get Serious About Nutrition
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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November 18, 2014
9
3078
Psychiatry: Still Trying To Rewrite History
Philip Hickey, PhD
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November 18, 2014
60
494
Liberal “Mental Health” Reform: A “Fail-Proof” Way to Fail
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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November 17, 2014
47
1049
Why an Assassinated Psychologist — Ignored by U.S. Psychologists — Is Being Honored
Bruce Levine, PhD
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November 16, 2014
4
661
From Blaming the Patient to Blaming the Brain
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
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November 14, 2014
49
600
The Scarlet Label: Close Encounters With ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ (Part 2)
Jacqueline Simon Gunn, PsyD
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Brent Potter, PhD
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November 13, 2014
125
4942
Psychiatric Drugs: More Dangerous Than You Ever Imagined (A New Video)
Peter Breggin, MD
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November 11, 2014
49
10023
Housing First: An Evidence-Based Approach Beyond the Medical Model
Justin Brown
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November 11, 2014
6
483
Trauma and Schizophrenia: The Ultimate Political Battle
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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November 10, 2014
93
1816
My Favorite Fears and How They May Serve Us
Malaika Puffer
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November 9, 2014
24
267
Pain Management in Modern Times: Does This Sound Familiar?
James Schroeder, PhD
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November 9, 2014
13
384
The Indian Health Service’s Psychiatric Drug Habit & the ‘Heavy Influence of Biomedical Models’
David Walker, PhD
-
November 6, 2014
16
524
What Does an 800 lb Gorilla in the Room Say at an ADHD Conference? ...
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
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November 5, 2014
25
584
Reforming Prisons, Housing, Medication & Community-Based Support: Part I of a Common-Sense, Common Ground...
Justin Brown
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November 4, 2014
14
175
40,000 Suicides Annually and America Still Shrugs
Douglas Bloch
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November 4, 2014
41
539
Reflections on MIA’s Film Festival and Our Collective Human Future
Laura Delano
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November 3, 2014
19
0
Genetic Research in Psychiatry: A Brief Update
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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November 3, 2014
16
263
The Mentally Ill Do Not Exist: Challenging Popular Media’s Obsession
Scott Spicer, MPH, CPSS
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November 2, 2014
12
199
Is Listening the Key to Living?
Chaya Grossberg
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November 1, 2014
16
150
The Case of the Missing Schizophrenia
Laysha Ostrow, PhD
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November 1, 2014
16
206
More On the “Civil War” Between Mental Health Advocates
Justin Brown
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October 31, 2014
33
320
Toward a Selective Use Model of Psychiatric Medication
Andrew L. Yoder, MSW
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October 31, 2014
4
216
Please Stop Saying “Anti-psychiatry”
Corinna West
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October 30, 2014
83
896
Providing Loving Receptivity Can Help People in Extreme States
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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October 30, 2014
23
1402
Coming Out: Iatrogenic Illness Awareness Month
Ally Nugent
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October 29, 2014
18
1717
Spiritual Bypass and the Chill Pill
Melissa Bond
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October 28, 2014
10
265
More on Benzos and Cognitive Damage
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
October 28, 2014
45
19465
Wholesome Wave
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
October 27, 2014
4
810
Between Psychiatry and Anti-Psychiatry: Mad in America Opens a Dialogue
Allen Frances, MD
&
Justin Brown
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October 26, 2014
58
1050
Antipsychiatry Revisited: Toward Greater Clarity
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
-
October 26, 2014
125
1940
Our Powerful Mind, and Hope
Kjetil Mellingen
-
October 25, 2014
36
308
The Community Psychologist as Covert Operative in the Indian Health Service
David Walker, PhD
-
October 24, 2014
9
412
The Federal Report on Financial Relationships Between Pharma Industry and Prescribing Physicians
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
October 23, 2014
5
578
The Scarlet Label: Close Encounters with ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’
Jacqueline Simon Gunn, PsyD
&
Brent Potter, PhD
-
October 22, 2014
108
6215
Allen Frances – Civil War or Propaganda Battle?
Corinna West
-
October 22, 2014
48
616
It’s the Coercion, Stupid!
David Cohen
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October 21, 2014
71
5986
Robin Williams or Patch Adams? Watch a Brief Message from David Oaks to the...
David W. Oaks
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October 20, 2014
6
243
Am I Having a Breakdown or Breakthrough? Further Reflections on a Depressive Relapse
Douglas Bloch
-
October 20, 2014
8
1013
Mental Illness as Metaphor
Andrew L. Yoder, MSW
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October 20, 2014
5
2479
Are We Discovering More ADHD?
Craig B. Wiener, EdD
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October 18, 2014
6
286
The Blinding of Gloria X. in New Jersey State Hospital – Just Another Mental...
Seth Farber, PhD
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October 17, 2014
37
1277
May the ‘Force’ NEVER EVER Be With You! The Case for Abolition
Richard D. Lewis
-
October 17, 2014
171
949
Benzodiazepine Use and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
October 17, 2014
20
1167
The Making of “Guilty Except for Insanity: Maddening Journeys Through an Asylum”
Jan Haaken, PhD
-
October 16, 2014
26
977
A Discussion of Labels, Part One: Disability
Melissa Bond
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October 16, 2014
13
240
Turning Distress into Joy, Part V and Final: Meaning & Transcendence
James Schroeder, PhD
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October 15, 2014
27
166
Rethinking Psychiatry
Sandra Steingard, MD
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October 14, 2014
61
627
Back in the Dark House Again: The Recurrent Nature of Clinical Depression
Douglas Bloch
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October 13, 2014
29
993
A New Model of Service
Andrew L. Yoder, MSW
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October 10, 2014
16
118
A Macabre Celebration: 80 Years of Convulsive ‘Therapy’
Philip Hickey, PhD
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October 9, 2014
122
389
Why I Am Willing to Die on the Governor’s Doorstep
Aubrey Ellen Shomo
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October 8, 2014
22
446
Healing From Intergenerational Trauma: Facing the Unfaceable
Lauren Spiro
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October 8, 2014
15
529
You Call Me Crazy. I Call Myself a “9”
Brenda Vezina
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October 7, 2014
8
447
Is it Better to Be a Life Coach or a Psychotherapist?
Daniel Mackler
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October 6, 2014
35
6441
To See a Professional or Not
Monica Cassani
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October 6, 2014
17
199
Stumble Biscuits and the Murk of Benzo Disability
Melissa Bond
-
October 5, 2014
23
1510
Nutrition Above the Neck: Why is This Topic Met With Hostility?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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October 5, 2014
45
1010
Psychiatry Disrupted
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
October 4, 2014
44
523
PsychoQuad Goes to the Movies: The Power of Sex, Bettie Page and Art Overthrow...
David W. Oaks
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October 4, 2014
96
301
Towards a Hermeneutic Shift in Psychiatry
Pat Bracken, MD
-
October 3, 2014
50
2364
Mentally Ill or Conflict Repressed? Is Conflict a Lost Art?
Chaya Grossberg
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October 2, 2014
19
273
On Being Sane in an Insane Place—The Rosenhan Experiment in the Laboratory of Plautus’...
Michael Fontaine, PhD
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October 2, 2014
40
1547
My Loss of Cultural Competence Among the Nacirema-Orue
David Walker, PhD
-
October 2, 2014
27
240
Outside the Bubble and Into the “New” Economy
Laysha Ostrow, PhD
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October 1, 2014
9
111
NICE Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder- a Missed Opportunity
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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September 30, 2014
22
664
The Alternatives Conference Helps Our Movement Grow
Susan Rogers
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September 30, 2014
21
261
The Persecution of Heretics
David Healy, MD
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September 29, 2014
11
383
The Problems of Non-Consensual Reality
Sandra Steingard, MD
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September 29, 2014
105
2041
Not Another Brick in The Wall
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
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September 29, 2014
16
226
It Gets Better: Neuropsych Doctor Confirms Psych Drug Iatrogenesis, PTSD, Brain Injury
Monica Cassani
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September 28, 2014
21
658
Global Warming and the Mad Movement: Can You Help?
David W. Oaks
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September 28, 2014
51
234
Pharma-funded Research
Philip Hickey, PhD
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September 26, 2014
18
192
How to Spread the News, Part 2
Kjetil Mellingen
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September 25, 2014
63
262
Detecting the True ‘Culture’ of Indian Health Service Mental Health Programs
David Walker, PhD
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September 24, 2014
7
623
Turning Distress into Joy, Part IV: Gratitude
James Schroeder, PhD
-
September 23, 2014
14
435
Doctor Munchausen: Hear no, See no – What?
David Healy, MD
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September 22, 2014
17
174
Our Movement Needs an Alternative to the “Alternatives” Conference
Ted Chabasinski, JD
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September 20, 2014
194
391
Why “Stabilizing” People is Entirely the Wrong Idea
Ron Unger, LCSW
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September 19, 2014
26
281
Psychosis and Dissociation, Part 2: On Diagnosis, and Beyond
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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September 18, 2014
17
632
Second Generation Neuroleptics and Acute Kidney Injury in Older Adults
Philip Hickey, PhD
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September 18, 2014
18
250
WHOMHP!
David Walker, PhD
-
September 17, 2014
29
301
How Can We Spread the News?
Kjetil Mellingen
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September 16, 2014
110
190
Social Justice and the Benzodiazepine Death Camp
Melissa Bond
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September 15, 2014
29
410
Pierce v. Pemiscot Hospital: Federal Judge Takes a Psychiatric Inmate’s Rights Seriously
Jim Gottstein, JD
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September 11, 2014
43
541
Turning Distress into Joy, Part III: Helping Others
James Schroeder, PhD
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September 10, 2014
10
235
Who Is Isaiah Rider???
Nancy Rubenstein del Giudice
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September 10, 2014
28
749
From Burning Man to Bellevue Hospital
Sascha Altman DuBrul
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September 9, 2014
1
306
The Law’s Flaw
Wayne Munchel
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September 9, 2014
20
181
Dr. Pies Still Spinning
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
September 8, 2014
61
205
Patient Centred-Care Doesn’t Go Far Enough: We Need Patient-Perspective Care
Tim Carey, PhD
-
September 8, 2014
75
530
Creating Alternatives to the Medical Model
Tamasin Knight, MBChB, MPH
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September 7, 2014
6
536
On Spiritual Emergence and Other Extraordinary Experiences
Naas Siddiqui, BA, CPS, MA
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September 7, 2014
19
431
Believe it or not . . .
Tracey Cannon
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September 5, 2014
49
228
Forced Treatment Ineffective: Advocacy Essential
Scott Spicer, MPH, CPSS
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September 5, 2014
33
264
If Not Meds, Then WHAT?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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September 4, 2014
189
837
Hope for Everyone
Kjetil Mellingen
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September 3, 2014
35
608
Do We Need More Hospital Beds?
motto
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September 2, 2014
51
426
How Reliable is the DSM-5?
Rachel Cooper, PhD
-
September 2, 2014
19
18631
Peer Support in Mental Health: Exploitive, Transformative, or Both?
Larry Davidson, PhD
-
September 1, 2014
74
2902
A Critique of Genetic Research on Schizophrenia – Expensive Castles in the Air
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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September 1, 2014
41
2378
Does Long-Term Use of “Antipsychotic” Drugs Result in More Disability, and More Psychosis?
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
August 31, 2014
102
11556
Stranger
Steven Morgan
-
August 29, 2014
13
352
Autism, Antidepressants, and Pregnancy: The Basics
Adam Urato, MD
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August 27, 2014
9
1056
Positive Explanations for Psychological Problems
Kjetil Mellingen
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August 27, 2014
47
518
The Lessons of Ancient Philosophy
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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August 26, 2014
42
627
On Religious and Psychiatric Atheism: The Success of Epicurus, the Failure of Thomas Szasz
Michael Fontaine, PhD
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August 26, 2014
223
7572
Embodying Peace in Times of War
Lauren Spiro
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August 26, 2014
11
187
Turning Distress into Joy, Part II: Channeling
James Schroeder, PhD
-
August 26, 2014
11
222
My Top 11 Ways to Reunite for a Mental Health Revolution!
David W. Oaks
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August 25, 2014
61
529
It Gets Better: Living Well While Being Sick
Monica Cassani
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August 25, 2014
2
238
Looking forward to the Good Ol’ Days
Tim Carey, PhD
-
August 23, 2014
33
169
How About a Diagnostic Alternative for Use in Talk Therapy?
Jonathan Raskin
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August 23, 2014
0
398
More Bogus Conclusions From More Bogus Research
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
August 21, 2014
27
202
Shh… Just Whisper it, But There Might Just Be a Revolution Underway
Peter Kinderman
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August 18, 2014
33
894
Extend Your Child’s ADHD Summer Drug Holiday to Infinity and Beyond!
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
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August 16, 2014
30
850
MHASF Launches a Warm Line
Chaya Grossberg
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August 15, 2014
6
590
Fear is Life Force … (in Clinical Circles it’s Often Called Anxiety) – An...
Monica Cassani
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August 15, 2014
12
336
Life & Death: Robin Williams, Suicide “Prevention,” and the World as We Know...
Sera Davidow
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August 14, 2014
67
1941
Suicide Prevention for All: Making the World a Safer Place to Be Human
Leah Harris
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August 13, 2014
30
349
Turning Distress Into Joy, Part I: Forgiveness
James Schroeder, PhD
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August 13, 2014
31
247
Antidepressants and Overall Wellbeing
Philip Hickey, PhD
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August 13, 2014
27
333
Diagnosing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Martyn Pickersgill, PhD
-
August 12, 2014
0
163
Doctor Munchausen and Sense about Science
David Healy, MD
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August 12, 2014
9
117
Rethinking Therapy: Making Our Worlds as We Would Like Them to Be
Tim Carey, PhD
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August 12, 2014
7
268
It Gets Better: A Portrait of Poly Psychopharmacology
Monica Cassani
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August 11, 2014
14
771
Managing Spiritual Emergency: In Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals and Community Centers In Brazil
Emma Bragdon, PhD
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August 11, 2014
25
978
Trauma, Psychosis, and Dissociation
Noel Hunter, PsyD
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August 6, 2014
57
23425
People Who Find Psychiatric Drugs Helpful
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
August 6, 2014
71
469
Taking an Entry Point: On Investigating the Psychiatric-Pharmaceutical Complex
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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August 4, 2014
45
493
Open Letter to Family Doctors and Mental Health Practitioners From an Average Kid Acting...
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
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August 4, 2014
6
205
Father Munchausen, I Presume!
David Healy, MD
-
August 4, 2014
12
140
Proposal From Italy: An International Collection of Recovery Stories
Giuseppe Tibaldi
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August 4, 2014
33
174
The Cocktail Party
Alesandra Rain
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August 1, 2014
71
680
‘To Gift the Mind To Chemistry’, and To Take It Back: Dylan Tighe To...
Laura Delano
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August 1, 2014
7
714
Crash Course in Urban Shamanism
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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July 28, 2014
23
2923
Anti-Psychiatry
Sandra Steingard, MD
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July 28, 2014
427
2021
Medicalizing Poverty
Wayne Munchel
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July 28, 2014
20
1203
The Logic of the ADHD Diagnosis
Craig B. Wiener, EdD
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July 28, 2014
15
514
Code Black: When Time Doesn’t Heal
Vanessa Krasinski, MSN, RN
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July 27, 2014
3
182
Is Psychiatry the Tea Party of Medical Science?
Bertel Rüdinger
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July 27, 2014
71
274
Simon Says: Happiness Won’t Cure Mental Illness
Philip Hickey, PhD
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July 27, 2014
15
342
Prescription Privileges for Psychologists: Is Our Consent Fully Informed?
James Schroeder, PhD
-
July 23, 2014
13
2612
On Waking Up From the “American Dream”
Laura Delano
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July 23, 2014
55
719
Healing from an Addiction to Patterned Ways of Thinking
Lauren Spiro
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July 22, 2014
14
221
An Anti-Violence Mental Health Plan
Mark Ragins, MD
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July 22, 2014
95
554
Playing the Odds, Revisited
Stuart Shipko
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July 21, 2014
42
5073
The Use of Neuroleptic Drugs As Chemical Restraints
Philip Hickey, PhD
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July 21, 2014
82
3301
Illegal-Psychiatric Drug Hypocrisy, & Why Michael Pollan is Smarter than Me
Bruce Levine, PhD
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July 20, 2014
89
692
How Can Professionals Learn to Reduce Fears of Psychotic Experiences Rather Than Emphasize Pathology?
Ron Unger, LCSW
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July 19, 2014
35
496
Los Angeles Increases Outpatient Involuntary Treatment in Spite of UN Declaring Force “Torture”
Monica Cassani
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July 19, 2014
19
484
Consent and Psychiatry: Problematizing the Problematic
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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July 19, 2014
62
1031
Suicide: A Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem
Douglas Bloch
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July 18, 2014
19
1183
Changing the Role of Case Management
Peter Zook
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July 18, 2014
24
179
The Use of Neuroleptic Drugs As Chemical Restraints in Nursing Homes
Philip Hickey, PhD
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July 17, 2014
24
532
What Is Biological Psychiatry? Pt. 3: Thoughts on Hastening Its Demise
Richard D. Lewis
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July 16, 2014
49
217
Doctor Munchausen, I Presume!
David Healy, MD
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July 14, 2014
107
396
Some Thoughts on Insanity Defense
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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July 12, 2014
27
1707
On Fighting Institutional Psychiatry With the “Attrition Model”
Bonnie Burstow, PhD
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July 12, 2014
132
3454
SELF: Sharing Experience Lived Firsthand
Vanessa Krasinski, MSN, RN
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July 12, 2014
14
212
Connecticut State in Mental Health Denial
Sheila Matthews
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July 11, 2014
62
201
ADHD: A Return to Psychology
Craig B. Wiener, EdD
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July 10, 2014
19
398
Avoid the Hexperts
Deron Drumm
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July 9, 2014
17
351
Thoughts on Psychiatric Incarceration When Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
motto
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July 9, 2014
34
773
Please Don’t Empower Me Anymore
David Healy, MD
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July 7, 2014
24
475
Suicidal Behavior After FDA Warnings
Philip Hickey, PhD
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July 7, 2014
14
999
The Meeting Was Sponsored by Merchants of Death
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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July 7, 2014
10
721
Response to “The End of Rethinking Psychiatry?”
Jason Renaud
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July 7, 2014
93
1358
Jon Stewart’s Gaywatch
Peter Gajdics
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July 7, 2014
16
170
Independence From the Therapeutic State
Eugene Epstein
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July 4, 2014
21
759
Why I Became a Critical Psychiatrist
Sandra Steingard, MD
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July 4, 2014
13
550
Who Decides Which People are Mentally Ill . . . Who Gets That Control?
Sheila Matthews
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July 3, 2014
34
311
What Is Biological Psychiatry? Part 2: Anatomy of Power and Control
Richard D. Lewis
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July 3, 2014
25
326
It Gets Better!
Bertel Rüdinger
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July 3, 2014
24
279
News on Creative Maladjustment
Al Galves, PhD
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July 2, 2014
1
168
The Media Missed the Story: Civil Rights and the Helping Families in Mental Health...
Christian Exoo
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July 2, 2014
71
936
Continuing the Antidepressant Debate: the Clinical Relevance of Drug-Placebo Differences
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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July 2, 2014
13
423
Talking About Psychosis, Part 1: Why Do It?
Mark Ragins, MD
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July 2, 2014
40
596
Psychocracy and Community
Rev. Dr. Steven Epperson
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July 1, 2014
30
1619
Living in an Age of Melancholy: When Society Becomes Depressed
Douglas Bloch
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June 30, 2014
38
7479
Lingering Doubts About Psychiatry’s Scientific Status
Philip Hickey, PhD
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June 26, 2014
111
1060
The End of Rethinking Psychiatry?
motto
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June 26, 2014
113
790
The Paradox of Praise
James Schroeder, PhD
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June 25, 2014
12
675
Believe and Know . . . (as it pertains to psych drug withdrawal syndrome...
Monica Cassani
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June 25, 2014
18
403
MIA’s New Store & More
Robert Whitaker
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June 25, 2014
7
227
The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission and the Evidence of a “Convicted Offender”
Sheila Matthews
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June 24, 2014
2
178
Goodbye to Ken Braiterman
Corinna West
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June 24, 2014
4
394
Sense about Science: Follow the Patient
David Healy, MD
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June 24, 2014
19
134
New APA President: Same Old Cheerleading
Philip Hickey, PhD
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June 24, 2014
18
257
Upon Further Review: Did the Black Box Warning on SSRIs Lead to Increased Suicide...
MIA Editors
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June 23, 2014
29
1065
“Psychiatric Prejudice” – A New Way of Silencing Criticism
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
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June 23, 2014
46
1287
What is a Warm Line and What Should I Expect When I Call One?
Chaya Grossberg
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June 22, 2014
6
50217
How Much Does it Matter for Patients to Believe They Will Get Well?
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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June 18, 2014
37
369
Heteronormative Violence of Mainstream Psychiatry: A Cautionary Tale
Peter Gajdics
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June 18, 2014
39
617
An Open Letter to Persons Self-Identifying as Mentally Ill
Andrew L. Yoder, MSW
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June 18, 2014
39
1251
Psychiatry’s Response: Attack and PR
Philip Hickey, PhD
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June 18, 2014
272
755
A Look at Madness Through the Lens of Culture
Phil Borges
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June 17, 2014
8
1670
What Is Biological Psychiatry and Why Is It So Important To Know?
Richard D. Lewis
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June 16, 2014
122
1927
From Self Care to Collective Caring
Leah Harris
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June 16, 2014
6
3784
Blame the Clients?
Philip Hickey, PhD
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June 16, 2014
143
893
The Story of “Teenagers Against Psychiatric Drugs”
Jaquelin Kalach
-
June 15, 2014
17
319
Why I Work in the System
Malaika Puffer
-
June 15, 2014
22
534
Why Do We Say That Mental Health Detention is Discrimination?
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
June 13, 2014
69
1169
The Proliferation and Elimination of Mental Illness: Clinging to the Slopes of Everest
James Schroeder, PhD
-
June 11, 2014
139
827
More Delays on Sandy Hook Reports
Sheila Matthews
-
June 11, 2014
19
132
Should Our Tax Dollars Be Spent on Promoting Drugs?
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
June 10, 2014
17
176
Pro-Force Attitudes a Symptom of Post Traumatic Stress?
Sera Davidow
-
June 9, 2014
65
651
Reflections on a Pathologized Adolescence and a Vision for the Future
Laura Delano
-
June 8, 2014
52
1294
A Daughter’s Call for Safety and Sanity in Mental Health
Leah Harris
-
June 6, 2014
22
320
News Flash: 4.5 Million Children Forced Daily by “Caretakers” to Do Cocaine-like Drugs
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
June 6, 2014
58
570
Psychiatry DID Promote the Chemical Imbalance Theory
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
June 6, 2014
86
6662
Who’s Delusional? And How Do We Support Them?
Paris Williams, PhD
-
June 5, 2014
30
1013
Did Psychiatric Drugs Play a Role in the Prom Day Killer’s Violent Behavior?
Sheila Matthews
-
June 5, 2014
21
167
Tickets, Updates, and More on MIA’s International Film Festival
Laura Delano
-
June 5, 2014
4
365
The Politics of Healing
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
June 4, 2014
15
620
Ode to Biological Psychiatry
Daniel Mackler
-
June 3, 2014
182
1466
The Relationship Between Systems Change and Being Present with Others
Lauren Spiro
-
June 3, 2014
3
169
Do We Underestimate the Benefits of Antidepressants?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 30, 2014
34
920
Hearing Voices, Emancipation, Shamanism and CBT: Thoughts After Douglas Turkington’s Training
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
May 29, 2014
11
1098
What Should be The #1 Priority of Our Schools?
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
May 28, 2014
26
3011
Final Lecture
Larry M. Leitner, PhD
-
May 27, 2014
39
358
Creating More Equal Societies Decreases Mental Illness: What Should We Do?
Duncan Wright, MD
-
May 25, 2014
33
575
Psychiatric Survivors Are Everywhere
Chaya Grossberg
-
May 24, 2014
33
909
Time for a Policy Against Psychiatric Bullying
Maria Bradshaw
-
May 24, 2014
17
4383
Deconstructing Psychiatric Diagnoses: An Attempt At Humor
Daniel Mackler
-
May 24, 2014
42
624
Psych Drugs Kill vs Psych Drugs Save Lives. What if Both Are True?
Monica Cassani
-
May 24, 2014
46
988
From Psychiatric Coercion to Libertarianism: A Personal Journey
Tristano Ajmone
-
May 23, 2014
7
426
Connecticut Fails to Meet Deadline on Sandy Hook Mental Health Bill
Sheila Matthews
-
May 22, 2014
13
156
Drugging Toddlers for Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 22, 2014
38
338
University of Minnesota Psychiatry: A Pattern of Research Abuse
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
May 21, 2014
9
501
From Protesting to Taking Over: Using Education to Change Mental Health Care
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
May 19, 2014
13
454
Are You Ready for Multiple Lawsuits By Victims of Psychiatric Misconduct?
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
May 18, 2014
9
322
What’s Wrong With You? Nothing.What Has Happened to You? Something.
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
May 17, 2014
99
6800
Adam Lanza’s Psychiatrist’s Ethics Violations Raise Questions About the Legislature’s Controversial Mental Health Increases
Sheila Matthews
-
May 15, 2014
26
493
Childhood Social Functioning Predicts Adult Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder. Or Does It?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 15, 2014
37
490
Calling for Rep. McCann’s resignation while there is still time to run a different...
Aubrey Ellen Shomo
-
May 14, 2014
0
100
Psychiatry’s Manufactured Consent: Chemical Imbalance Theory and the Antidepressant Explosion
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
May 14, 2014
18
4341
Behind Locked Doors: How I Got My Hospital Records, and What I Did With...
motto
-
May 13, 2014
95
5125
Rethinking Diagnosis
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
May 10, 2014
51
410
There is Big Medicine in Everyone
Monica Cassani
-
May 10, 2014
7
199
Electroshock Causes More Harm Than Good
Mary Maddock
-
May 9, 2014
28
921
Social Services and Psychiatry
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 9, 2014
25
134
Complexity
motto
-
May 8, 2014
17
111
Dear DSM-5: I Still Have Some Questions
James Schroeder, PhD
-
May 8, 2014
9
4654
PROTEST PSYCHIATRY – My Newest Film, Free!
Daniel Mackler
-
May 7, 2014
30
376
Consumers Beware!
Vera Sharav
-
May 7, 2014
6
442
Hearing Voices Workshop Comes to Vermont
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
May 7, 2014
14
264
Dr. Lieberman’s Swansong
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
May 6, 2014
29
317
Psychiatry: We Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Mental Health
Leah Harris
-
May 5, 2014
17
1119
Screening Pregnant Women for Depression
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
May 5, 2014
14
616
Legislators: Don’t try to sneak this through as an amendment. (HB1386)
Aubrey Ellen Shomo
-
May 4, 2014
0
79
David W. Oaks’ Statement of Support for Protest of 2014 American Psychiatric Association Meeting
MindFreedom
-
May 4, 2014
1
139
Breaking The Silence – Supporting Young People who Hear Voices in the US
Rai Waddingham
-
May 3, 2014
5
609
The Final Visit to the Psychiatrist (Part 2 of Goodbye Psychiatry)
Monica Cassani
-
May 2, 2014
6
414
I Am Alive
Laura Delano
-
May 1, 2014
25
753
Why I am Going to the APA Protest in NYC on May 4, 2014
motto
-
May 1, 2014
4
276
The APA Is a Fraudulent Enterprise
Jim Gottstein, JD
-
May 1, 2014
12
4012
Goodbye Psychiatry
Monica Cassani
-
May 1, 2014
10
299
I’m Going, Are You? How to Get Involved in the Annual Protest of...
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
April 30, 2014
6
213
Neuroplasticity: My Newest Friend
Lauren Spiro
-
April 30, 2014
2
323
Cold Turkey
motto
-
April 30, 2014
14
1346
My Thoughts on an Alternative to HB1386 in Colorado (Open Letter)
Aubrey Ellen Shomo
-
April 29, 2014
1
129
Sluggish Cognitive Tempo – A New Diagnosis?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 29, 2014
22
707
Partner Bill of Rights: Speaking to the Cycle of Abuse
James Schroeder, PhD
-
April 28, 2014
9
170
The Hot Stove Project: Learning From People who Think Differently
Lois Oppenheim, PhD
&
Alice Maher, MD
-
April 27, 2014
20
538
Sweeping Benzos Under the Carpet
Barry Haslam
-
April 26, 2014
7
701
More Support and Understanding Needed for People Wanting to Try a No-Meds Approach
Jean Davison
-
April 26, 2014
48
223
We Need to Go Back to Our Roots in the Civil Rights Movement
Ted Chabasinski, JD
-
April 26, 2014
89
314
My Healing Protocol Detailed
Monica Cassani
-
April 25, 2014
7
2282
How Doing Nothing Cured My Friend of Psychosis
Chaya Grossberg
-
April 24, 2014
3
1140
To Senator Harkin: My CRPD Story
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
April 24, 2014
23
361
An Open Letter to the Colorado House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee RE: HB1386
Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor
-
April 23, 2014
9
230
“Open Access” for the Activist Community
Nev Jones, PhD
-
April 23, 2014
6
186
Creating Sustainability, Disarming Trauma and Loving One Another
Iden Campbell, CPRP
-
April 23, 2014
3
139
‘Angels and Demons’: the Politics of Psychoactive Drugs
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
April 22, 2014
30
3557
Antidepressants, Pregnancy, and Autism: Really Time to Worry
Adam Urato, MD
-
April 22, 2014
15
340
‘ADHD’ and Dangerous Driving
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 22, 2014
24
520
The Manufacture and ‘Maintenance’ of Oppression: A Very Profitable Business
Richard D. Lewis
-
April 22, 2014
13
1062
Defeating Goliath: Mental Health is a Social Justice Issue, and People with Lived Experience...
Leah Harris
-
April 21, 2014
102
2286
Lullaby
David Healy, MD
-
April 21, 2014
16
215
The End of Psychiatry
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
April 20, 2014
49
1363
Invisible Pain
motto
-
April 18, 2014
68
1172
Too Corrupt, Insane & Ridiculous to Be Reformed? Even Establishment Psychiatrists Distance Themselves From...
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
April 17, 2014
48
1387
The Power of Words: What the Wall Street Journal Didn’t Tell You
Scott Bryant-Comstock
-
April 17, 2014
11
210
Replacing Psychiatrists and Psychotherapists
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
April 17, 2014
41
351
I Actually Woke up This Morning Thinking I’d Arrived, I’m Well . . .
Monica Cassani
-
April 16, 2014
12
789
What it Means to be a Human, With all the Beauty and Complexity That...
Carina Håkansson, PhD
-
April 15, 2014
14
264
Justina Pelletier: The Debate Continues
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 15, 2014
29
281
Open Letter Re: This Morning‘s Feature on Depression
Julie Leonovs
-
April 15, 2014
55
789
America’s Sweetheart
Nancy Rubenstein del Giudice
-
April 14, 2014
19
964
9 Ways to Stop the Next Village Shalom Shooting
Corinna West
-
April 14, 2014
3
180
Psychiatric Teams Have a Responsibility to Think About the Psychosis/Sexual Abuse Link
Jay Watts, DClinPsy
-
April 14, 2014
14
1225
Enslaved to Abilify
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
April 14, 2014
60
26425
The Great Turning
Iden Campbell, CPRP
-
April 13, 2014
27
238
Historic Moment for the Right to Legal Capacity
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
April 12, 2014
43
310
Regulatory Capture
Maria Bradshaw
-
April 11, 2014
11
1005
A National Scandal: Psychological Therapies for Psychosis are Helpful, But Unavailable
Peter Kinderman
&
Anne Cooke
-
April 11, 2014
43
659
Markingson Case Supporters: Please Join Our Call-In Campaign
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
April 11, 2014
3
148
Rep. McCann: Taking Away the Jury Trial is Undemocratic. (Open Letter)
Aubrey Ellen Shomo
-
April 11, 2014
14
109
My Story of Benzo Withdrawal and Activism
Barry Haslam
-
April 10, 2014
22
5962
Who Cares About Kelsey?
Sera Davidow
-
April 8, 2014
25
1373
Antidepressants Make Things Worse in the Long Term
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 8, 2014
24
7687
It’s About the Trauma: How to Truly Address the Roots of Violence and Suffering...
Leah Harris
-
April 7, 2014
81
1277
Important Considerations for Implementing Assisted Outpatient Treatment: A Collaborative Advocacy Agenda
Mark Ragins, MD
-
April 6, 2014
44
375
Advice to the Newbies: Give Your Heart, & Hold Your Theories Lightly
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
April 6, 2014
4
213
The Can Collector’s Club: Clarifying Where Mental Health Begins
James Schroeder, PhD
-
April 6, 2014
9
129
Justina Pelletier: The Case Continues
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
April 4, 2014
52
6494
First They Ignore You: Impressions From Today’s Hearing on H.R. 3717
Leah Harris
-
April 3, 2014
57
298
It’s Time For A Stronger Political Ground Game To Compete With NAMI & Company...
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
April 3, 2014
125
565
Legislator’s Rush to Implement Increased Mental Health Services Based on No Data from Shooting...
Sheila Matthews
-
April 3, 2014
45
228
Murphy Bill: Violates Civil Rights, Increases Government Intrusion and Control, and Ignores Scientific Research
Gina Nikkel, PhD
-
April 3, 2014
18
394
Mental Illness & Violence
Mary Jackson
-
April 3, 2014
20
156
Why Don’t They Know? A Letter to My Doctor
Lisa D.
-
April 2, 2014
52
11172
Recent Success for the Bay Area’s Campaign Against Expanding Forced Treatment
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
April 1, 2014
6
200
Open Letter to Senator Creigh Deeds
Leah Harris
-
March 31, 2014
19
330
So They Say Your Child has ADHD? April Fools!
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
March 31, 2014
3
800
The Fat Lady Has Sung
Robert Whitaker
-
March 30, 2014
58
1554
We Are the People
Oryx Cohen, M.P.A.
-
March 30, 2014
68
264
Are Neuroleptics “Anti-Psychotic”? Harrow’s 20-Year Outcomes
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 29, 2014
40
1062
Staying in the New Paradigm: More Thoughts on the Human Rights Committee Recommendation
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
March 29, 2014
2
223
UN: US Should “Generally Prohibit” Non-consensual Psychiatric Treatment
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
March 29, 2014
1
699
Antidepressants and Preterm Birth: More Concerning Findings
Adam Urato, MD
-
March 28, 2014
3
455
Overtreatment, Bereavement, and Antidepressants
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
-
March 27, 2014
5
459
Benzodiazepines: Disempowering and Dangerous
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 27, 2014
4
412
Katharine Hepburn is Glamorous – Suicide is Not
Maria Bradshaw
-
March 26, 2014
22
779
Made It! – Successfully Navigating Both Mainstream and Alternative Treatment for Mental Illness
Idakatherine Graver
-
March 24, 2014
4
381
De-escalating Folks When Psychotic and Potentially Violent
Monica Cassani
-
March 23, 2014
18
2090
Launch of the Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry
James Davies, PhD
-
March 22, 2014
23
1471
Are Vitamins Killing us Softly?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
March 19, 2014
1
933
Robert Whitaker: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 18, 2014
8
106
Why You Can’t Get Informed Consent From a Doctor
Chaya Grossberg
-
March 18, 2014
15
305
Overcoming the Stigma of Depression
Douglas Bloch
-
March 17, 2014
18
9575
What Will Cause Psychiatry to Change?
Andrew L. Yoder, MSW
-
March 17, 2014
18
184
Six Ways You Can Really Help Prevent Suicide
Leah Harris
-
March 17, 2014
27
2056
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Drugs and the Therapeutic State
Jack Carney, DSW
-
March 17, 2014
6
504
Involuntary Mental Health Commitments
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 16, 2014
33
4286
Hospitalization: A Crisis in Crisis Care
motto
-
March 15, 2014
12
186
U.N. Questions U.S. on Forced Psychiatric Drugging
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
March 15, 2014
27
481
DSM-5 And Somatic Symptom Disorder
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 15, 2014
15
355
Herbs, Supplements, Foods That Can Aid in Withdrawal Symptoms
Chaya Grossberg
-
March 14, 2014
18
39028
The Overmedication of Vulnerable Youth with Psychiatric Medication: Boon for the Pharma Industry
Vicki Martin, MD
-
March 13, 2014
6
1764
Dear NAMI: My Apologies. I’ve Been Unfair.
Sera Davidow
-
March 12, 2014
53
5769
Benzodiazepines: Dangerous Drugs
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 12, 2014
29
4994
Neutralising Suffering: How the Medicalisation of Distress Obliterates Meaning and Creates Profit
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
March 11, 2014
18
685
Over Our Dead Bodies
Maria Bradshaw
-
March 11, 2014
8
330
Are We Losing Our Parenting Will?
James Schroeder, PhD
-
March 11, 2014
8
254
Do We Need to See Inside the Box?
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 9, 2014
42
372
Will Psychiatry’s Harmful Treatment of Our Children Bring About Its Eventual Demise?
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
March 8, 2014
54
864
I Love … Stigma? Reaching Out to College Students & Beyond
Sera Davidow
-
March 8, 2014
92
476
A Discussion of Justina Pelletier and Boston Children’s Hospital
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 6, 2014
34
1677
Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Addictions Communities
Oryx Cohen, M.P.A.
-
March 6, 2014
9
474
Psychiatry Admits It’s Been Wrong in Big Ways, But Can It Change? A Chat...
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
March 5, 2014
109
2818
Finding and Funding Our Way, Outside the System
Chaya Grossberg
-
March 4, 2014
36
170
Launching MIA Reports
Robert Whitaker
-
March 4, 2014
12
428
A Blood Test for Schizophrenia with 83% Accuracy?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
March 4, 2014
26
3580
Uses and Abuses of “Recovery” – A Review
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
March 2, 2014
41
381
Six First Steps for Building Communities of Emotional Wellness
motto
-
March 1, 2014
23
425
[Un]Settling In for the Long Haul: The Interplay of Complacency, Stagnation, and Psychotropic...
James Schroeder, PhD
-
February 28, 2014
20
163
The Hallucination in the Room
Rossa Forbes
-
February 25, 2014
51
402
DSM‘s Somatoform Disorders: Millions More Might Be Diagnosed
Monica Cassani
-
February 25, 2014
22
592
ADHD, Bigfoot, and the Missing Links in Research
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
February 24, 2014
6
1064
Neuroleptics and Tardive Dyskinesia in Children
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 24, 2014
29
1269
Depression and Suicide in the Elderly
Douglas Bloch
-
February 24, 2014
5
605
Me & The Meds: The Story of a Dysfunctional Relationship
Rai Waddingham
-
February 23, 2014
27
572
SSRI ‘Indication Creep’ Relies on Negligent Doctors
Maria Bradshaw
-
February 21, 2014
11
758
The Origins of Mental Health Services
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
February 20, 2014
8
343
Unwarranted Criticism of “Psychiatry Gone Astray”
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
February 20, 2014
17
4047
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 20, 2014
31
16278
Current Research on Outpatient Commitment Laws (“Laura’s Law” in California)
Jasenn Zaejian, PhD
-
February 18, 2014
27
850
A New Silver Bullet? The Lurasidone Story
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
February 17, 2014
72
8848
The Great “Crazy” Cover-up: Harm Results from Rewriting the History of DSM
Paula J. Caplan, PhD
-
February 17, 2014
26
1102
Risperdal for a 2-year-old? Turning the Tide, One Interaction at a Time
James Schroeder, PhD
-
February 17, 2014
30
1058
Should PsychRights Ask the U.S. Supreme Court to Hear an Appeal of the Alaska...
Jim Gottstein, JD
-
February 15, 2014
42
684
Reading Foucault and Human Rights
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
February 15, 2014
18
958
Making the Invisible, Visible
Maria Bradshaw
-
February 12, 2014
23
651
Traditional Healing and Psychosis vs. the Promises of Modern Science
motto
-
February 12, 2014
29
4130
Genetic Protection Against Schizophrenia?
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
February 12, 2014
13
358
Something Rotten in the State of British Psychiatry?
Philip Thomas, MD
-
February 11, 2014
57
681
Have You Ever Taken an Experimental Antipsychotic Called Bifeprunox?
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
February 11, 2014
1
654
Electroshocking Children: Why It Should Be Stopped
John Breeding, PhD
-
February 11, 2014
20
18463
12 Vital Questions of Mental Health
Eric Maisel, PhD
-
February 10, 2014
10
262
How Competing in the Olympics is Like Mental Health Recovery
Corinna West
-
February 10, 2014
3
280
Blogging Your Survival Story: 11 Tips
Chaya Grossberg
-
February 9, 2014
20
215
Paradigm Shift
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
February 9, 2014
122
418
If You Are the Big, Big Tree; We Are the Small Axe
Stephen Weatherhead, DClinPsy
-
February 9, 2014
6
1180
Conversations About Death . . . in Pursuit of Life
James Schroeder, PhD
-
February 5, 2014
13
169
The ADHD Diagnosis is a War of Semantics, Waged on Children
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
February 4, 2014
43
1464
Are Micronutrients a Waste of Time? – A Randomized Controlled Trial
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
February 3, 2014
52
11983
“Decolonizing Global Mental Health: The Psychiatrization of the Majority World” (Book Review)
Philip Thomas, MD
-
February 3, 2014
24
2196
Mark Your Calendars— Announcing Mad in America’s First International Film Festival!
Laura Delano
-
January 31, 2014
23
471
The Problem of Blame
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 30, 2014
42
165
Challenging the Status Quo
Maria Bradshaw
-
January 29, 2014
6
472
We Shall Overcome: Remembering Pete Seeger
Jack Carney, DSW
-
January 29, 2014
3
274
Psychiatry Gone Astray
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
-
January 28, 2014
90
5655
Guilty
David Healy, MD
-
January 28, 2014
11
222
Conflict of Interest, DSM-5, and the APA
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 25, 2014
50
1109
All Real Living is Meeting
Carina Håkansson, PhD
-
January 24, 2014
40
266
Welcome to Planet ADHD: A Farce to be Reckoned With
Michael W. Corrigan, EdD
-
January 23, 2014
25
827
No More Tears? The Shame of Johnson & Johnson
Maria Bradshaw
-
January 22, 2014
12
8868
Justina Pelletier Supporters Say: Close Harvard’s Abusive Psych Ward at Boston Children’s Hospital
Ted Chabasinski, JD
-
January 21, 2014
22
1250
Dare to Dream: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Keris Jän Myrick
-
January 20, 2014
3
342
Ear Acupuncture to Support Mental Health
motto
-
January 20, 2014
110
1379
My Journey – A Child Psychiatrist’s Struggle to Change the System
Vicki Martin, MD
-
January 19, 2014
29
235
Reclaiming Humanity
Greg Benson
-
January 17, 2014
114
255
Antidepressants, Pregnancy, and Autism: Time to Worry?
Adam Urato, MD
-
January 16, 2014
9
2905
Update: ABC World News Wants to Know About Benzos
Melissa Bond
-
January 15, 2014
19
747
Evidence That More Psychiatry Means More Suicide
Maria Bradshaw
-
January 12, 2014
144
6833
When I Grow Up, I Want to be a Psychiatrist: Redefining the Profession for...
James Schroeder, PhD
-
January 11, 2014
41
3939
Based on a True Story Filled with Lies
Olga Runciman, Cand Psych BSc
-
January 11, 2014
32
412
Tell the Feds What “Quality Care” Looks Like
Corinna West
-
January 10, 2014
1
173
Learning Family Recovery Skills: Krista Mackinnon on Madness Radio
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
January 10, 2014
17
376
Psychiatry Is Not Based On Valid Science
Philip Hickey, PhD
-
January 9, 2014
33
3645
North Carolina Police Shoot and Kill “Mentally Ill” Kid
Faith Rhyne
-
January 8, 2014
64
422
Prescribing Rights for Psychologists
Maria Bradshaw
-
January 7, 2014
13
1438
Non-Compliance in the New Year: The Power of ‘No’
Sera Davidow
-
January 6, 2014
38
300
In Search of a Hundred Miles of Gratitude
James Schroeder, PhD
-
January 6, 2014
3
181
If You Don’t Have Anything to Hide, You Don’t Have Anything to Worry About
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
January 3, 2014
71
741
The Meaning of Legal Capacity is Equality
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January 2, 2014
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619
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January 1, 2014
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7302
Dream
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January 1, 2014
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127
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Maria Bradshaw
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January 1, 2014
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262
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December 29, 2013
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880
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Maria Bradshaw
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December 28, 2013
18
588
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December 28, 2013
7
1238
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Sascha Altman DuBrul
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December 27, 2013
0
329
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Ted Chabasinski, JD
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December 27, 2013
154
1480
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James Schroeder, PhD
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December 27, 2013
12
88
Returning Stuff
Chaya Grossberg
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December 25, 2013
7
450
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Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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December 25, 2013
2
385
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December 23, 2013
21
295
Tim Murphy Mental Health Bill: More Expensive and Less Effective
Corinna West
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December 20, 2013
15
289
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Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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December 20, 2013
8
747
Psychiatry Has its Head in the Sand: Royal College of Psychiatrists Rejects Discussion of...
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December 20, 2013
40
514
Homelessness, Hospitalization and “Compliance”
motto
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December 18, 2013
86
749
CAFÉ Study: Real Science or Marketing Exercise?
Philip Hickey, PhD
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December 18, 2013
4
743
Epic Fail: The Legislation of Involuntary Mental Health Treatment
Faith Rhyne
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December 18, 2013
53
380
Power to Communities, Healing Through Social Justice: INTAR 2014 in Liverpool, England
Philip Thomas, MD
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Peter Stastny, MD
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December 17, 2013
0
261
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Mark Ragins, MD
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December 16, 2013
185
450
Investigate the Markingson Suicide? Not So Fast, Says University President
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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December 16, 2013
3
291
10 Ways Mental Health Professionals Increase Misery in Suffering People
Bruce Levine, PhD
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December 15, 2013
24
5248
Off-Label in New Zealand
Erik Monasterio, MD
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December 15, 2013
7
364
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Don Weitz
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December 14, 2013
16
7889
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
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December 13, 2013
14
318
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Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
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December 12, 2013
9
384
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Michael Cornwall, PhD
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December 12, 2013
27
964
Mind the Gap: The Space Between Alternatives & Force
Sera Davidow
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December 11, 2013
79
661
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Douglas Bloch
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December 10, 2013
15
3166
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Chaya Grossberg
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December 10, 2013
4
196
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Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
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December 9, 2013
0
108
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Deron Drumm
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December 7, 2013
20
430
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Maria Bradshaw
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December 5, 2013
20
252
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Philip Hickey, PhD
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December 4, 2013
28
734
The Church of GSKology, Part 2
David Healy, MD
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December 4, 2013
2
132
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Rufus May
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December 3, 2013
3
328
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Jack Carney, DSW
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December 2, 2013
1
776
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December 1, 2013
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277
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December 1, 2013
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142
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November 30, 2013
140
1551
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Greg Benson
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November 29, 2013
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150
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Nadia Mahjoub
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November 29, 2013
5
658
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Laura Delano
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November 28, 2013
21
1244
KMSP-TV Investigative Report on Psychiatric Research Abuse at the University of Minnesota
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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November 27, 2013
6
229
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Ron Unger, LCSW
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November 26, 2013
5
165
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David Healy, MD
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November 25, 2013
8
166
American Psychosis
Sandra Steingard, MD
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November 25, 2013
17
237
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November 24, 2013
18
866
The Taper
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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November 22, 2013
3
737
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Lauren Spiro
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Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
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November 22, 2013
13
847
Patients’ Rights in Massachusetts
Cathy Levin
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November 22, 2013
11
2494
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Philip Hickey, PhD
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November 21, 2013
112
8123
Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on CRPD
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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November 19, 2013
52
463
Tapering Neuroleptics: Two Year Results
Sandra Steingard, MD
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November 18, 2013
23
496
A Stranger in a Strange Land (Pt. 2): What Happened to You?
Andrew L. Yoder, MSW
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November 18, 2013
47
120
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Lauren Spiro
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November 18, 2013
2
246
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Maria Bradshaw
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November 17, 2013
42
603
The House of GSK
David Healy, MD
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November 17, 2013
2
169
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Bruce Levine, PhD
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November 14, 2013
15
238
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Chaya Grossberg
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November 14, 2013
42
779
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Olga Runciman, Cand Psych BSc
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34
535
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November 9, 2013
51
6321
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November 8, 2013
11
541
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Maria Bradshaw
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November 8, 2013
2
155
What Are You Doing WHO?
Maria Bradshaw
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November 8, 2013
2
133
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Deron Drumm
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November 7, 2013
16
451
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382
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November 5, 2013
9
140
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David Healy, MD
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November 4, 2013
11
467
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November 3, 2013
30
851
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November 3, 2013
29
245
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529
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November 1, 2013
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194
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Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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October 30, 2013
5
312
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Sarah Knutson
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October 29, 2013
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482
Photo ID Cards for “Mental Patients” Now a Reality
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October 29, 2013
115
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DSM-5’s “Speculative” 2002 Diagnostic System Based On Expected Gene Findings
Jay Joseph, PsyD
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October 27, 2013
6
478
Elimination of Bias, Not Disclosure of Bias, Must be the Standard
Maria Bradshaw
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October 27, 2013
14
134
It’s NOT all in Your Head
Richard Lawhern, PhD
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October 27, 2013
37
1515
R.D. Laing & Anti-Psychopathology: The Myth of Mental Illness Redux
Michael Guy Thompson
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October 26, 2013
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8469
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Madeline Goldstein
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October 23, 2013
21
2552
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October 22, 2013
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294
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Monica Cassani
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October 22, 2013
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5720
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Maria Bradshaw
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October 21, 2013
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2677
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Jay Joseph, PsyD
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October 21, 2013
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1336
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Philip Thomas, MD
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October 20, 2013
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1354
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October 19, 2013
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159
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October 18, 2013
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1189
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Maria Bradshaw
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October 18, 2013
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800
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216
We Are Meant to Heal in a Community
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Top Ten Reasons Alternatives 2013 is the “Cannot-Miss” Event of the Year
Oryx Cohen, M.P.A.
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October 16, 2013
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160
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October 15, 2013
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13255
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Sera Davidow
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830
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October 13, 2013
13
1181
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October 13, 2013
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David Fox
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567
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Michael Cornwall, PhD
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October 10, 2013
17
497
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Ted Chabasinski, JD
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October 10, 2013
66
251
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October 8, 2013
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212
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October 7, 2013
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1340
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October 6, 2013
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5692
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Elahe Hessamfar
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October 5, 2013
13
2027
2013 Conference of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry
Al Galves, PhD
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October 4, 2013
1
191
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October 2, 2013
48
931
Mike Wallace Must Be Spinning In His Grave
Susan Rogers
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October 1, 2013
12
265
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October 1, 2013
103
2376
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Maria Bradshaw
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September 30, 2013
12
354
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David Cohen
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September 30, 2013
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1821
60 Minutes: Stop the Lies!
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September 29, 2013
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503
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135
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132
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September 25, 2013
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159
One World, One People, One Struggle
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September 24, 2013
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439
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September 23, 2013
12
127
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Ron Unger, LCSW
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September 22, 2013
5
343
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Bruce Levine, PhD
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September 22, 2013
10
3347
The United States of the Biomedical Model: Five Anecdotes
MIA Editors
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September 21, 2013
13
1483
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Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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September 21, 2013
3
567
David Cohen on Madness Radio: The Meaning of Medications
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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September 21, 2013
3
293
Are Supplements Simply Creating Expensive Urine?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
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September 19, 2013
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822
Are You Abled or Disabled? How Do You Know?
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September 19, 2013
28
361
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134
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September 17, 2013
17
835
At War With Ourselves
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September 15, 2013
38
910
Human Rights Report on Forced Drugging in the U.S.
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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September 14, 2013
4
594
Voices, Then & Now
Ron Coleman
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September 14, 2013
4
230
As Lawyers and Bureaucrats Delay, The Body Count Rises
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September 13, 2013
5
191
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September 13, 2013
23
380
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222
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Daniel Mackler
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September 11, 2013
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Michelle Fouts
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310
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September 11, 2013
11
327
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September 10, 2013
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1818
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September 9, 2013
37
3334
Taking “Anti-Psychotics” When You Are Not Psychotic
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September 9, 2013
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29075
Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Health Care
Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD
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September 9, 2013
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8540
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September 8, 2013
7
252
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September 8, 2013
10
153
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September 7, 2013
6
3348
Forced Psychiatric Treatment (and Protection against it) in Germany in 2013
Peter Lehmann
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September 7, 2013
6
1684
Does the Psychiatric Diagnosis Process Qualify as a Degradation Ceremony?
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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September 7, 2013
71
3876
The Temptation of Certainty: David Foster Wallace, Suicide and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
Vanessa Krasinski, MSN, RN
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September 6, 2013
21
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No New Prozacs: A Dry Pipeline for New Psychiatric Drugs
Douglas Bloch
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September 5, 2013
11
346
Help Write a Psychiatric Survivor Manifesto
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September 4, 2013
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344
The Right to Profit vs. The Right to Know
Johanna Ryan
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September 3, 2013
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301
The Brain that Changes Itself: How Breakthroughs in Neuroplasticity Can De-Pathologize Mental Health
Lucinda Jewell
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September 3, 2013
1
723
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Chaya Grossberg
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September 2, 2013
9
178
Dietary Patterns and Mental Health
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
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September 1, 2013
3
696
In ‘Peer’ We Trust
Sera Davidow
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August 31, 2013
79
974
Societies With Little Coercion Have Little Mental Illness
Bruce Levine, PhD
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August 30, 2013
37
16253
The Speech
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August 30, 2013
10
168
Community Discussions NOW That Actually Want Our Perspective
Corinna West
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August 30, 2013
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131
The Slow Torture of Mary Weiss
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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August 28, 2013
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824
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Steindór J. Erlingsson, PhD
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August 27, 2013
4
236
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Rai Waddingham
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August 27, 2013
44
1346
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August 27, 2013
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513
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August 27, 2013
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356
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2036
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August 25, 2013
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329
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August 25, 2013
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469
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Polly Trope
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August 24, 2013
14
345
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Ron Unger, LCSW
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August 24, 2013
3
104
What Is the Emergency?
Jim Gottstein, JD
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August 21, 2013
10
311
Chinese Medicine for Emotional Healing
Will Fudeman
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August 21, 2013
18
764
Is a Little Stigma Better Than None?
Chaya Grossberg
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August 17, 2013
22
309
Long-Term Antipsychotics: Making Sense of the Evidence in the Light of the Dutch Follow-Up...
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August 13, 2013
46
2787
The Power of the Written Word
Tamasin Knight, MBChB, MPH
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August 13, 2013
31
244
Is Depression Unhappiness?
Monica Cassani
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August 12, 2013
47
1155
Playing the Odds: Antidepressant ‘Withdrawal’ and the Problem of Informed Consent
Stuart Shipko
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August 12, 2013
0
85
Badgers Included
Nancy Rubenstein del Giudice
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August 8, 2013
102
235
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Eleanor Longden, PhD
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August 8, 2013
29
523
I Was Fifteen
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August 7, 2013
24
734
PTSD in Withdrawal
Matt Samet
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August 6, 2013
19
4746
Can Psychiatry “Re-Engage” with Pharma?
Sandra Steingard, MD
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August 4, 2013
76
427
A Hand to Hold: Community Mental Health in Times of Crisis
Faith Rhyne
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August 4, 2013
60
208
Faith Lost
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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August 4, 2013
8
3041
On “Schizophrenia”
Chaya Grossberg
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August 3, 2013
49
279
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Michael Cornwall, PhD
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August 2, 2013
67
482
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Bruce Levine, PhD
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July 31, 2013
87
28470
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Gretchen LeFever Watson
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July 31, 2013
45
722
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Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
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July 24, 2013
3
347
My Reply to Pete Earley: Do I Have Blood On My Hands?
Robert Whitaker
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July 23, 2013
330
1735
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Jack Carney, DSW
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July 23, 2013
9
531
Haloperidol is Neurotoxic
Sandra Steingard, MD
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July 21, 2013
198
10488
Dreams: Still the Royal Road to the Unconscious
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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July 20, 2013
40
3303
Western Psychiatry in Crisis: UK Psychiatry Re-Positions Itself
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Suman Fernando
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July 19, 2013
32
996
Many Ears Make Light Listening
Chaya Grossberg
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July 18, 2013
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126
Harrow + Wunderink + Open Dialogue = An Evidence-based Mandate for A New Standard...
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July 17, 2013
61
5595
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Julie Leonovs
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July 16, 2013
105
1953
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Jennifer Maurer
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July 11, 2013
54
492
Robert Whitaker’s Lecture at NAMI – A Parent’s Perspective
Kathy Brandt
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July 10, 2013
122
768
If I’d Known Then What I Know Now
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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July 10, 2013
8
215
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motto
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July 10, 2013
203
494
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Claire Weber
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July 9, 2013
58
961
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Niall McLaren
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July 9, 2013
23
956
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Sera Davidow
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July 8, 2013
27
294
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Sandra Steingard, MD
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July 7, 2013
54
2381
The Shoes Keep on Dropping… What Next?
Jack Carney, DSW
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July 7, 2013
4
598
Discrimination in Higher Education: Users & Survivors in Academia Speak Out
Laysha Ostrow, PhD
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Nev Jones, PhD
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July 6, 2013
4
1527
Rethinking Mental Health, Part 2: From a Disease-Based Model of Support to One...
Paris Williams, PhD
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July 4, 2013
15
1112
Cheers for Peers
Sera Davidow
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July 4, 2013
31
2566
The Blame Game
Matt Samet
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July 3, 2013
25
527
Avoiding Stress After Diagnosis
Deron Drumm
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July 3, 2013
10
371
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Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
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July 2, 2013
4
311
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Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
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Julia Rucklidge, PhD
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June 30, 2013
3
360
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June 29, 2013
25
3032
A Close Look at Andreasen et al.’s Advice to Increase the Dosage of Antipsychotics...
Jill Littrell, PhD
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June 29, 2013
86
336
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Steve Stone
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June 27, 2013
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201
I Am Also Mad
Sandra Steingard, MD
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June 26, 2013
102
343
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Aubrey Ellen Shomo
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June 26, 2013
12
6078
We Name It as Torture
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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June 26, 2013
15
2065
How I Overcame an Episode of SSRI-Induced Suicidal Depression
Douglas Bloch
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June 26, 2013
13
21484
Withdrawing From Psychiatric Drugs: What Psychiatrists Don’t Learn
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
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June 24, 2013
73
9784
Spinning Straw into Gold: When Science Becomes Fiction
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
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June 24, 2013
3
484
Snail’s Pace Race
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June 23, 2013
3
233
Reflections on the New Mad in America Withdrawal Directory and the “Mental Health” Vanguard
Laura Delano
-
June 22, 2013
36
403
MIA’s New Directory of Providers For Psych Drug Withdrawal
motto
-
June 22, 2013
8
345
Conference at Vatican Holds Great Promise: You Can’t Always Get What You Want…
Barry Duncan
-
June 21, 2013
11
161
Antipsychotics and Brain Shrinkage: An Update
Joanna Moncrieff, MD
-
June 19, 2013
70
23921
The Vatican, Ritalin, and a Canadian Study of Long-term ADHD Outcomes
Robert Whitaker
-
June 18, 2013
103
3155
Tapering Off Medications When “Symptoms Have Remitted”: Does That Make Sense?
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
June 18, 2013
2
174
Psychiatry’s Oppression of Young Anarchists — and the Underground Resistance
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
June 16, 2013
51
3900
What is Mental Illness Today? Five Hard Questions
Hugh Middleton, MD
-
June 13, 2013
6
1124
Dispatches from a Reluctant Guide on the Path to Disability
Michael Rock
-
June 11, 2013
3
94
We Have a Dream: Getting Engaged to a Doctor
David Healy, MD
-
June 10, 2013
60
347
Avatar Therapy: A New Battle for the Tree of Life
Rufus May
-
June 9, 2013
24
873
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
June 9, 2013
12
2621
Medication and Spirituality
Lynne Vanderpot, PhD
-
June 9, 2013
7
2729
Can Psychosis be Treated With Nutrition?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
June 7, 2013
45
6209
Talk Therapy Can Cause Harm, Too
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
June 6, 2013
168
3749
Why the Fuss Over the DSM-5, When Did the DSM Start to Matter, &...
Hannah S. Decker
-
June 6, 2013
7
2413
Critical Psychiatry Network Calls on Institute of Psychiatry to Cancel Charles Nemeroff
Philip Thomas, MD
-
June 4, 2013
70
438
Madness and Play: Exploring the Boundary
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
June 3, 2013
5
573
Failures of the Medical Model
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
June 2, 2013
29
209
Miscarried Life
Sera Davidow
-
May 31, 2013
39
481
Love It, Hate It … Write Your Own Review of the DSM-5 on Amazon
Jack Carney, DSW
-
May 31, 2013
7
413
A Soiled Phoenix Rises
Philip Thomas, MD
-
May 30, 2013
27
589
Thoughts on the Global and U.S. Movements
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
May 29, 2013
1
213
Open the Paradigm
PJ Moynihan
-
May 29, 2013
11
464
Starvation: What Does it Do to the Brain?
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
May 28, 2013
11
66013
Little Victories on Breezy
Matt Samet
-
May 27, 2013
2
570
Next Steps: More Lessons Learned From the DSM-5 Boycott
Jack Carney, DSW
-
May 24, 2013
4
362
My APA protest speech: “Keeping the Channel Open”
Chaya Grossberg
-
May 23, 2013
13
133
Help Create a Real Stigma Reduction Campaign
Corinna West
-
May 23, 2013
1
254
DSM-5 Statement by the Critical Psychiatry Network
Philip Thomas, MD
-
May 23, 2013
74
942
The Green Shadow Cabinet and a Mental Health Declaration of Independence
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
May 21, 2013
8
161
Enough with the Questions!
Jay Watts, DClinPsy
-
May 21, 2013
27
501
When “Recovery” Feels Like a Trap
Sean Donovan
-
May 20, 2013
64
448
Hearing Voices Network Launches Debate on DSM-5 and Psychiatric Diagnoses
Jacqui Dillon
-
May 20, 2013
29
1380
Thoughts on the Meaning of Neuroscience
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
May 19, 2013
99
284
Occupy APA in San Francisco: Joined in Spirit
Jack Carney, DSW
-
May 17, 2013
26
313
Taking down the Giant: A Call for Increased Community Outreach
Paris Williams, PhD
-
May 16, 2013
22
235
Difference is Not Disease: Scientific Integrity, Human Diversity, and the Potentially Bleak Future of...
Faith Rhyne
-
May 16, 2013
173
1837
Purpose is Inherently Divorced From Consensual Reality
Chaya Grossberg
-
May 15, 2013
13
323
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: The Good, The Bad, The Limitations
Richard D. Lewis
-
May 15, 2013
126
14586
Jeopardizing Your Wife to Prove a Point: Pellagra as an Example of Deficit
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
May 15, 2013
6
1087
DxSummit Officially Launches
Jonathan Raskin
-
May 15, 2013
5
436
Man Jumps, News at…?
Jennifer Maurer
-
May 14, 2013
86
188
Body Politics
Sera Davidow
-
May 14, 2013
43
262
Leaving Marcellas
Michael Rock
-
May 14, 2013
21
152
BBC Interview with Lucy Johnstone from British Psychological Society
Paul Baker
-
May 14, 2013
0
252
Does DSM-5 Matter? Yes; but not for Psychiatrists
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
-
May 13, 2013
18
3185
Why I Won’t Buy the DSM-5
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
May 13, 2013
17
767
UK Clinical Psychologists Call for the Abandonment of Psychiatric Diagnosis and the ‘Disease’ Model
Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
-
May 13, 2013
77
6284
The Myth of Mental Illness Revisited, NIMH Style
Jonathan Raskin
-
May 13, 2013
12
1053
“Mental Illness”, the DSM-5, and Dreams for a Post-Psychiatry World
Laura Delano
-
May 12, 2013
63
1291
Responding to Attacks on MIA — One Long Night of Zombie Whack-a-Mole
motto
-
May 12, 2013
30
196
Everything Matters: a Memoir From Before, During and After Psychiatric Drugs
Monica Cassani
-
May 11, 2013
52
8391
Spiritual Emergency Round 2: Smashing Warped Philosophies
Corinna West
-
May 10, 2013
4
230
Using Mindfulness Meditation to Cope with Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings
Douglas Bloch
-
May 10, 2013
12
11459
Chew on This: FDA Embraces Big Pharma; Takes Aim at Big Gum
David Ross, MEd, LPCC
-
May 10, 2013
16
126
Colonization or Postpsychiatry?
Olga Runciman, Cand Psych BSc
-
May 9, 2013
64
917
Why Neuroscience Cannot Explain Madness
Philip Thomas, MD
-
May 7, 2013
18
1500
CDC Reports ‘Substantial’ Increases in U.S. Suicide Rate for Middle-Aged Americans
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
May 7, 2013
3
151
Classism in Disguise
Chaya Grossberg
-
May 7, 2013
18
709
Witty A: Report to the President
David Healy, MD
-
May 7, 2013
1
174
The Inane Search for Magic Bullets to Treat Mental Illness
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
May 7, 2013
7
1236
Recovering Myself
Amanda Back
-
May 7, 2013
6
442
Truth is Like a Lion: The 25th Hearing Voices Conference
Rufus May
-
May 7, 2013
15
681
So, You Want to Be An Activist?
Faith Rhyne
-
May 6, 2013
30
339
I Am A Witness… Fifty Years Later
motto
-
May 4, 2013
66
4428
How Much can a Psychiatrist Charge to Visit With a Dead Research Subject?
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
May 4, 2013
0
220
Conspiracy Theories Fill a Need
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
May 4, 2013
19
346
Shield Texans From Psychiatric Force: Oppose Texas House Bill 2212!
MindFreedom
-
May 3, 2013
11
511
The Hearing Voices Movement: Has it Really Been 25 years?
Paul Baker
-
May 2, 2013
8
1203
The “Mental Illness” Paradigm: An “Illness” That is out of Control
Paris Williams, PhD
-
May 2, 2013
50
3359
Inbetweenland Reflections
Jennifer Maria Padron
-
May 1, 2013
0
534
Family Members – Allies or Adversaries?
Deron Drumm
-
April 30, 2013
19
406
Brand Fascism
David Healy, MD
-
April 30, 2013
2
146
The Culture of Fear and the Lost Art of Organizing for Social Change
Jack Carney, DSW
-
April 29, 2013
36
411
The ‘Recovery’ Trap
Sera Davidow
-
April 28, 2013
79
1573
Birthing Bliss, Birthing Trauma, and the Role of the Perinatal Patient
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
April 26, 2013
4
360
Fear, Discrimination and Our Ever-Eroding Civil Rights
Sean Donovan
-
April 26, 2013
40
165
Psychology and Neuroscience Are a Misfit
Al Galves, PhD
-
April 26, 2013
6
305
The Unmedicated Life
Matt Samet
-
April 26, 2013
5
1009
Labeling
Chaya Grossberg
-
April 26, 2013
14
157
We Have Seen the Evidence Base, and it is Us
Janet Currie
-
April 25, 2013
6
317
I Talked About Mad in America on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show!
Sascha Altman DuBrul
-
April 24, 2013
0
126
Time for a new Understanding of Suicidal Feelings
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
April 24, 2013
11
1315
The Empire of Humbug: Not So Bad Pharma
David Healy, MD
-
April 24, 2013
0
96
The Words We Use…
Robert Nikkel, MSW
-
April 23, 2013
7
401
Finding the Meaning in Suffering: My Experience with Coming off Psychiatric Drugs (in a...
Laura Delano
-
April 23, 2013
78
5571
Carina Håkansson: Family Care Foundation
Kermit Cole
-
April 23, 2013
8
1945
Public Comment to the National Council on Disability on its Engagement with CRPD
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
April 22, 2013
3
214
Study the Past if You Would Define the Future [Confucius]
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
April 22, 2013
8
1414
All Sorts of Realities
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
April 22, 2013
23
132
Could a Different Approach to “Mental Health” Be Part of Solving the Climate Crisis?
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
April 21, 2013
44
149
Did Electroshock Save my Life?
Loretta Wilson
-
April 20, 2013
15
1022
Mad Flies and Bad Science
Philip Thomas, MD
-
April 17, 2013
19
695
The Empire of Humbug: Bad Pharma
David Healy, MD
-
April 16, 2013
0
92
To Honor or to Investigate?
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
April 15, 2013
5
422
Nutrition and Mental Health
Bonnie Kaplan, PhD
&
Julia Rucklidge, PhD
-
April 15, 2013
28
1490
Optimal Use of Neuroleptics, Part 3: Duration of Untreated Psychosis
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
April 14, 2013
38
934
One Year of Mad In America
motto
-
April 14, 2013
34
128
Fire In The Belly
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
April 13, 2013
8
491
Slices of Pies: A Dialogue with Ronald Pies
Sera Davidow
-
April 12, 2013
168
296
Too Much Pies
Sera Davidow
-
April 10, 2013
67
212
The Tragedy of Lou Lasagna
David Healy, MD
-
April 9, 2013
0
411
“That’s Just How It Is”
Matt Samet
-
April 9, 2013
24
605
Living Mindfully with Voices
Rufus May
-
April 9, 2013
7
498
Winners of the American Dream
Alice Keys, MD
-
April 7, 2013
62
355
Please Defend the Right to Bear Arms
Deron Drumm
-
April 7, 2013
77
213
Using Formulation to Change Team Cultures
Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
-
April 7, 2013
6
1527
False Arguments, Part. 2: Anti-Anti-Stigma
Sera Davidow
-
April 6, 2013
70
3683
Making Plans for the Long Flight – Re-visioning Icarus’ Next 10 Years
Sascha Altman DuBrul
-
April 5, 2013
6
131
The U.N. Asks the U.S. to Defend its Use of Forced Psychiatric Drugging
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
April 4, 2013
12
795
eCPR (Emotional CPR): A Tool & a Process of Peacemaking
Lauren Spiro
-
April 4, 2013
3
1085
Imperialist Psychiatrists, Psychopathic Corporatists — But I Repeat Myself
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
April 4, 2013
7
702
On World Autism Day: Why I Am Concerned About the Use of Antidepressants During...
Adam Urato, MD
-
April 2, 2013
25
394
A Recovery Story, in Dollars and Cents
Lyn Legere
-
April 1, 2013
8
211
Managing a Movement or Community
David Ross, MEd, LPCC
-
March 30, 2013
0
75
Optimal Use of Neuroleptics, Pt. II; The Monkeys Were Not Psychotic
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 30, 2013
45
231
Situational Schizophrenia
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
-
March 29, 2013
12
450
Can a Profession Be any More Confused?
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
March 28, 2013
18
345
After the Statement by the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Taking Stock of Where We...
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
March 28, 2013
5
583
Not So Bad Pharma
David Healy, MD
-
March 28, 2013
2
236
Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness? Protesting the Legislation of Systematic Civil...
Laura Delano
-
March 27, 2013
26
1628
The DSM-5 Field Trials: Inter-Rater Reliability Ratings Take a Nose Dive
Jack Carney, DSW
-
March 26, 2013
0
7653
Do Antipsychotics Worsen Long-term Schizophrenia Outcomes? Martin Harrow Explores the Question.
Robert Whitaker
-
March 26, 2013
25
5829
To Medicate Or Not To Medicate: That Is Not The Question
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
March 25, 2013
8
404
Optimal Use of Neuroleptic Drugs: An Introduction
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 23, 2013
160
356
Death Grip: Then and Now
Matt Samet
-
March 21, 2013
6
703
He Who Pays the Piper
Alice Keys, MD
-
March 21, 2013
18
290
Ask Michael Moore About Psychiatric Drugs and Gun Violence
Jim Gottstein, JD
-
March 21, 2013
8
865
The Petition Against DSM-5
Philip Thomas, MD
-
March 20, 2013
0
337
The 99th Mile: When Benzo Withdrawal Meets Parenthood
Melissa Bond
-
March 19, 2013
16
2647
“They Need to be Held Accountable”
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
March 16, 2013
3
545
The Trouble with Twin Studies
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
March 13, 2013
25
33766
Confronting the Addiction Voice on the Road to Recovery
James Moore
-
March 13, 2013
18
6259
Social Vacuum
Matt Samet
-
March 13, 2013
5
4433
The Systemic Crushing of Young Nonconformists and Anti-Authoritarians
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
March 11, 2013
55
1017
About Being Paul Revere
Alice Keys, MD
-
March 10, 2013
107
302
We Are Now Qualified to do Anything, with Nothing
Jennifer Maria Padron
-
March 6, 2013
5
478
My Story of Recovery: Prayer, Community, and Healing
Douglas Bloch
-
March 5, 2013
9
975
Preventing Depression: SSRIs for At-Risk Populations?
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
-
March 4, 2013
38
365
The Latest Gene Finding Claim in Psychiatry
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
March 4, 2013
43
429
Profiles in Creative Maladjustment: AL GALVES
MindFreedom
-
March 1, 2013
4
224
Diagnosis Dilemma
Alice Keys, MD
-
March 1, 2013
109
291
The Politics of Systems Change: Lessons Learned from the Launch of the DSM-5 Boycott
Jack Carney, DSW
-
February 26, 2013
17
457
Components for a Good Neuroleptic Withdrawal Program
Daniel Mackler
-
February 25, 2013
81
1494
We are Whole People, Not Broken Brains
Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
-
February 24, 2013
50
2212
Reflections on a Psychiatric Indoctrination, or, How I Began to Free Myself from the...
Laura Delano
-
February 23, 2013
240
3888
Keynote Speech at Alternatives 2012 Conference: Remembering Our History, Thinking About our Future
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
February 23, 2013
3
271
Pinball Wizards and the Doomed Project of Psychiatric Diagnosis
Philip Thomas, MD
-
February 19, 2013
14
1249
How Do You Live at the Intersection of Love and Outrage?
Corinna West
-
February 18, 2013
8
649
Dan’s Journey Through OCD
Janet Singer
-
February 15, 2013
9
8785
Five Decades of Gene Finding Failures in Psychiatry
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
February 15, 2013
60
5366
Love Note for Valentine’s Day: Beware of Those Peddling ADHD Drugs
Gretchen LeFever Watson
-
February 14, 2013
3
311
Some Thoughts on the Origins of Mental Illnesses
Hugh Middleton, MD
-
February 14, 2013
37
793
We Are The Ones
Alice Keys, MD
-
February 13, 2013
23
160
Not so Black: Ablixa and Homicidal Side Effects
David Healy, MD
-
February 13, 2013
18
29126
Register now for the UnDiagnosing UnPlanned UnConference
Corinna West
-
February 13, 2013
9
666
Our Collective Stories Have Power
Leah Harris
-
February 12, 2013
9
189
Emotional CPR as a Way of Life
Lauren Spiro
-
February 12, 2013
5
1300
Prozac and SSRIs: Twenty-fifth Anniversary
David Healy, MD
-
February 11, 2013
3
359
Rejuvenating Abolitionism of Psychiatric Labels — Even Some Establishment Psychiatrists Embarrassed by New DSM-5
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
February 10, 2013
9
2032
Don’t Go Back to Sleep
Alice Keys, MD
-
February 8, 2013
17
170
That Naughty Little Pill
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
February 8, 2013
3
2059
Redemption Songs: Music and Madness
Faith Rhyne
-
February 8, 2013
25
444
A New Film Called ‘Beyond the Medical Model’
Sera Davidow
-
February 6, 2013
44
1161
DSM-5 Boycott Launched!
Jack Carney, DSW
-
February 5, 2013
30
3723
The SSRIs and Ten Years of Misleading Advertising: Who is Responsible?
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
-
February 5, 2013
72
393
It’s Time to Wake Up and Stop the Violence
Oryx Cohen, M.P.A.
-
February 4, 2013
28
702
The Antidepressant Era: the Movie
David Healy, MD
-
February 1, 2013
2
594
Why Do the Stories Psychiatrists Tell Their Patients Matter?
Philip Thomas, MD
-
January 28, 2013
13
689
As We Scapegoat Schizophrenics Today, I Am Reminded of Nazi Germany
Ted Chabasinski, JD
-
January 26, 2013
26
797
5 Things You Can Do In 5 Minutes to UnDiagnose Emotional Distress
Corinna West
-
January 25, 2013
0
304
Scapegoating Persons Labelled Mentally Ill: The Politics of Marginalization
Jack Carney, DSW
-
January 25, 2013
15
1289
Krazy Kiwi Kids
Maria Bradshaw
-
January 23, 2013
6
317
A Breakthrough for Suicide (Attempt) Survivors at the AAS
David Webb
-
January 22, 2013
1
338
The Hearing Voices Movement: In Response to a Father – ‘My Daughter, the Schizophrenic’
Jacqui Dillon
-
January 21, 2013
100
3031
What is Critical Psychiatry?
Philip Thomas, MD
-
January 21, 2013
7
11385
Taking Martin Luther King Jr’s Call For Creative Maladjustment Seriously
MindFreedom
-
January 21, 2013
1
6359
Luscious Lipids
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
January 20, 2013
2
267
NCMHR Does Not Speak for Me
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
January 19, 2013
14
287
What Happened After a Nation Methodically Murdered Its Schizophrenics? Rethinking Mental Illness and Its...
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
January 19, 2013
22
347
Youth Violence is a Family Therapy Issue
Marilyn Wedge, PhD
-
January 18, 2013
1
236
And That’s the News from the Department of Psychiatry
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
January 18, 2013
9
503
Day of Action to Stop Psychiatric Profiling: January 21, 2013
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
January 18, 2013
5
249
Free from Harm? Reflecting on the Dangers of the White House’s Proposed ‘Now...
Laura Delano
-
January 17, 2013
20
363
Psychiatry Is Not the Only Branch of Medicine to Lose Its Soul to Pharma
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
January 17, 2013
19
497
The Problem with PTSD
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
-
January 17, 2013
6
853
“Baby Cry Too Much?”
Alice Keys, MD
-
January 17, 2013
2
140
Civilians
Matt Samet
-
January 16, 2013
7
540
False Arguments: A Three-Part Story
Sera Davidow
-
January 15, 2013
30
620
More Thinking about Alternatives to Psychiatric Diagnosis
Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
-
January 15, 2013
14
1477
Exporting Depression
Ethan Watters
-
January 12, 2013
8
897
PsychRights’ Letter to the President’s Task Force on Gun Violence
Jim Gottstein, JD
-
January 11, 2013
9
260
Commentary on the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
January 10, 2013
2
156
How to Get Away with Academic Misconduct at the University of Minnesota
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
January 10, 2013
4
923
The Hearing Voices Movement: Beyond Critiquing the Status Quo
Jacqui Dillon
-
January 10, 2013
13
2577
Backsliding in the Bay State
Jonathan Dosick
-
January 7, 2013
9
259
Thinking about Alternatives to Psychiatric Diagnosis
Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
-
January 7, 2013
33
2942
Re-examining the Biochemical Model after Newtown: The Effects of Stigma and the Need for...
Rossa Forbes
-
January 7, 2013
59
505
Introduction: The Gene Illusion Continues
Jay Joseph, PsyD
-
January 6, 2013
15
538
Peace Making
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
January 5, 2013
4
104
A Message of Hope in Mental Health Care: There IS an Alternative
MindFreedom
-
January 4, 2013
8
1277
Defining Recovery
Alice Keys, MD
-
January 3, 2013
34
209
101 Uses for a Dead Journal
David Healy, MD
-
January 3, 2013
5
265
Walking
Matt Samet
-
January 2, 2013
8
941
How You Have Changed Me
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 1, 2013
70
419
Time to Abolish Psychiatric Diagnosis?
Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
-
January 1, 2013
45
5228
May Your Psychache be Minimal
David Webb
-
January 1, 2013
20
797
Where Do Messages of Hopelessness in Mental Health Care Come From?
MindFreedom
-
December 31, 2012
50
3465
Media’s Failed Approach to Madness, Parts 1 & 2
Faith Rhyne
-
December 29, 2012
37
468
The Children Lead
Alice Keys, MD
-
December 29, 2012
31
121
David W. Oaks’ Message To the World: “Cracking the Nut of Normality”
MindFreedom
-
December 28, 2012
2
231
I Got a Break from Reality for Christmas!
Corinna West
-
December 25, 2012
15
280
I am the Number 60
Sera Davidow
-
December 21, 2012
23
3120
Grief, Peace; Not Profiling
Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
-
December 21, 2012
1
114
Mass Murder in Newtown: Why and Where Next?
Jack Carney, DSW
-
December 20, 2012
13
313
We Are All Adam Lanza’s Mother (& other things we’re not talking about)
Jennifer Maurer
-
December 19, 2012
32
238
A Reflection on Mothers, Children, and Mental Illness
Faith Rhyne
-
December 18, 2012
31
2195
The Head Bone’s Connected to the Body Bone
Kelly Brogan, MD, ABIHM
-
December 18, 2012
6
418
Many Small Actions Bring Big Results
Alice Keys, MD
-
December 18, 2012
23
149
A Challenge to “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother”
Laura Delano
-
December 18, 2012
119
2985
Faith
Matt Samet
-
December 17, 2012
6
1182
Thoughts About David Oaks
Robert Whitaker
-
December 17, 2012
13
1017
Rediscovering Traditions of Community Healing – Susan McKeown
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
December 16, 2012
0
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344
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585
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December 11, 2012
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595
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674
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143
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221
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Alice Keys, MD
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December 4, 2012
59
526
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December 4, 2012
10
827
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Jacks McNamara
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December 4, 2012
9
312
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Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
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21
1153
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335
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December 3, 2012
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682
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December 3, 2012
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686
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Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
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December 3, 2012
10
184
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Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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December 1, 2012
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205
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November 29, 2012
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229
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Bruce Levine, PhD
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November 29, 2012
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866
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November 29, 2012
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694
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192
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203
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November 23, 2012
50
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Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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November 21, 2012
1
299
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Lucinda Jewell
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November 21, 2012
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521
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November 19, 2012
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394
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November 19, 2012
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290
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November 17, 2012
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2778
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Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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November 15, 2012
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502
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Corinna West
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November 15, 2012
2
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Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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November 14, 2012
2
249
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302
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Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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November 8, 2012
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November 7, 2012
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327
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Lucinda Jewell
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193
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November 6, 2012
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October 31, 2012
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426
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October 28, 2012
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265
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Sandra Steingard, MD
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October 26, 2012
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689
In Search of Change: My Journey
Mo Yee Lee
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October 26, 2012
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October 26, 2012
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Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
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October 26, 2012
4
198
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October 26, 2012
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1241
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October 17, 2012
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701
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Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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October 16, 2012
30
459
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Lisbeth Riis Cooper
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October 16, 2012
28
612
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Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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October 14, 2012
12
693
The United Met States of Psychiatry
Laura Delano
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October 14, 2012
51
438
Hearing Voices Research & Development Fund
Gina Nikkel, PhD
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October 13, 2012
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175
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Bruce Levine, PhD
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October 12, 2012
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206
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October 9, 2012
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Alison Bass
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October 8, 2012
0
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Jim Gottstein, JD
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October 8, 2012
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October 8, 2012
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October 4, 2012
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September 30, 2012
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September 28, 2012
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September 27, 2012
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663
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September 27, 2012
42
189
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September 25, 2012
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870
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146
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September 23, 2012
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292
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September 21, 2012
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September 20, 2012
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797
Are You Committed to Eliminating Labels and Medications With Emotional Distress?
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September 18, 2012
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360
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September 17, 2012
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Vanessa Krasinski, MSN, RN
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191
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September 15, 2012
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164
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September 12, 2012
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September 12, 2012
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Paul Andrews
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September 10, 2012
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432
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672
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147
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Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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August 7, 2012
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Jonathan Leo, PhD
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August 6, 2012
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Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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August 6, 2012
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229
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Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
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August 3, 2012
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August 2, 2012
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400
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August 2, 2012
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6522
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August 2, 2012
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476
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August 1, 2012
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194
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August 1, 2012
28
371
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David Healy, MD
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August 1, 2012
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1194
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Jennifer Maria Padron
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July 30, 2012
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231
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July 27, 2012
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Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
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July 27, 2012
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596
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July 26, 2012
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301
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Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
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July 25, 2012
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Michael Cornwall, PhD
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July 24, 2012
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871
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July 24, 2012
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July 22, 2012
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433
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165
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July 19, 2012
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Jack Carney, DSW
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July 19, 2012
20
433
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Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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July 18, 2012
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308
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July 17, 2012
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July 7, 2012
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409
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July 7, 2012
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July 5, 2012
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171
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July 5, 2012
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123
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164
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Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
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Jack Carney, DSW
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June 23, 2012
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June 21, 2012
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144
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June 19, 2012
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667
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Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
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195
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263
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June 11, 2012
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116
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June 11, 2012
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June 11, 2012
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390
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June 9, 2012
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June 7, 2012
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Jonathan Leo, PhD
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June 6, 2012
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309
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David Ross, MEd, LPCC
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June 4, 2012
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120
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David Ross, MEd, LPCC
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June 3, 2012
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388
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151
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May 27, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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309
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May 24, 2012
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Jack Carney, DSW
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302
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Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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May 21, 2012
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May 21, 2012
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429
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May 17, 2012
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May 16, 2012
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April 25, 2012
10
733
The “I Am Not The Butcher” Speech
Corinna West
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April 24, 2012
9
256
Life for Psychiatrists after Reading Bob Whitaker: Let’s Take Back Substance Abuse Treatment
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
April 24, 2012
19
336
Troubling Times
Alice Keys, MD
-
April 23, 2012
30
182
You Are What You Eat – Part 2
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
April 22, 2012
9
146
Guidelines for a Thoughtful Discussion
Robert Whitaker
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April 21, 2012
70
217
Developing Policies and Practices for Medication Optimization
Robert Nikkel, MSW
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April 21, 2012
16
106
Part 2: The Values and Ethics of WRAP
Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
-
April 21, 2012
4
407
Part 1: The Development of WRAP
Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
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April 21, 2012
4
249
What a new role for psychiatrists might look like
Corinna West
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April 20, 2012
24
291
Discipline, Not Drugs
Carolyn Crowder, PhD
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April 20, 2012
5
128
Doctors Need Support
Alice Keys, MD
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April 19, 2012
71
114
The Mouse That Roared: CIAD & Friends vs. the State of New York
Jack Carney, DSW
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April 17, 2012
6
241
How entrepreneurial thinking can improve mental health advocacy
Corinna West
-
April 16, 2012
5
240
The Rotted Fruit
Elliot Goldberg, LCSW
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April 16, 2012
3
104
An Opportunity to Walk the Talk — Occupy the American Psychiatric Association May 5th...
Jim Gottstein, JD
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April 15, 2012
22
482
Madness Radio: Toby Watson on Ethical Psychotherapy
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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April 15, 2012
5
206
Chapter Twenty-Six: Reaching the End, and Making a Start
Laura Delano
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April 14, 2012
21
381
How the “Brain Defect” Theory of Depression Stigmatizes Depression Sufferers
Bruce Levine, PhD
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April 14, 2012
24
2471
How drug companies continue to hide the true story of Tamiflu and other drugs...
Alison Bass
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April 12, 2012
2
621
When university attorneys play hardball with patients
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
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April 12, 2012
2
125
Should Children Have Consent Rights For Psychosurgery, ECT and Sterilization?
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
April 11, 2012
28
652
Letters from the Front Lines
Mark Foster, DO
-
April 10, 2012
4
74
New Study on a Non-Toxic Intervention for Those at High Risk of Psychosis
Ron Unger, LCSW
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April 10, 2012
1
82
Why We Should Be Customers and Not Charity Cases
Corinna West
-
April 8, 2012
8
155
Working the assembly line at the human experimentation factory
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
April 8, 2012
2
311
You Are What You Eat
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
April 8, 2012
15
153
Hope
Jennifer Maria Padron
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April 7, 2012
1
1715
Why We Need Mental Health Social Entrepreneurship
Corinna West
-
April 3, 2012
3
3315
“Social Workers’ Malaise: What’s Our Mission?”
Jack Carney, DSW
-
April 2, 2012
11
238
Playing Hide-and-Seek with Psychiatric Drug Studies
Carl Elliott, MD, PhD
-
April 1, 2012
5
556
Does It Matter if We Believe in Mental Illness?
Tim Desmond, LMFT
-
March 30, 2012
23
154
Bipolar? When Quitting is the Answer
Howard Glasser
-
March 29, 2012
9
736
Dialogical Recovery of Life
Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
-
March 28, 2012
10
466
1984 & DSM5, Revisited: Where Are the Social Workers?
Jack Carney, DSW
-
March 27, 2012
16
595
Dyskinesia, Dissociation, and the Long Term Consequences of “Antipsychotic” Drugs
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
March 26, 2012
3
1483
How Technology Worship Keeps Americans Ignorant about Depression Treatment
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
March 26, 2012
4
1572
What is in a Name: One Psychiatrist’s View of Psychiatric Diagnosis
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 25, 2012
58
455
“Come Out for Health Week”: March 26-30, 2012
Jennifer Maria Padron
-
March 24, 2012
3
284
Remembering Kate
Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
-
March 21, 2012
37
435
Thinking Holistically – Don’t Forget Tobacco
Elizabeth Stuyt, MD
-
March 21, 2012
14
208
The Illegality of Forced Drugging and Electroshock
Jim Gottstein, JD
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March 21, 2012
34
2222
Madness Radio: Sharna Olfman on Medicating Children Diagnosed Bipolar
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
March 19, 2012
2
124
I Don’t Believe in Mental Illness, Do You?
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
March 19, 2012
112
36212
We Need Drugs
Elliot Goldberg, LCSW
-
March 18, 2012
10
490
Chapter Twenty-Five: “Paranoid Android”
Laura Delano
-
March 17, 2012
2
292
Why Can’t They Hear Our Truth? We Have a Cure.
Corinna West
-
March 16, 2012
32
1651
Snake Medicine: Transforming Our Stories
Lisbeth Riis Cooper
-
March 16, 2012
7
326
In Praise of Families
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 16, 2012
7
96
Poverty & Serious Mental illness: Connecting the Dots
Jack Carney, DSW
-
March 12, 2012
6
501
Empowerment is Vital to Dialogical Recovery
Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
-
March 9, 2012
23
414
Poverty & Mental Illness: You Can’t Have One Without the Other
Jack Carney, DSW
-
March 7, 2012
13
16630
Generative Narratives and the Counterculture Psychiatrists
Sascha Altman DuBrul
-
March 6, 2012
7
244
Eyewitness to the Ruination of a Public Mental Health System
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
March 4, 2012
31
1261
Why I Prescribe
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
March 3, 2012
44
408
Thinking Holistically – attempting to change the Status Quo
Elizabeth Stuyt, MD
-
March 3, 2012
7
160
How can parents help kids who don’t want help?
Corinna West
-
March 3, 2012
10
8928
The George Costanza Excuse for Medical Ghostwriting
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
-
March 2, 2012
2
378
We are for truly informed choice; not anti-medications
Corinna West
-
March 1, 2012
11
384
A Pharmaceutical Company That Agrees With Irving Kirsch? Wellbutrin Advertised as 10% More Effective...
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
-
February 29, 2012
6
1495
Better Broadband
Howard Glasser
-
February 29, 2012
4
89
Thinking Holistically
Elizabeth Stuyt, MD
-
February 28, 2012
17
180
Vote NOW for solutions to emotional distress!
Corinna West
-
February 27, 2012
2
109
The Shame Game of “Patient Responsibility”
Elliot Goldberg, LCSW
-
February 27, 2012
0
482
Why Anti-Authoritarians Are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill
Bruce Levine, PhD
-
February 26, 2012
341
132402
The Emperor’s Antipsychotic Drugs
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
February 25, 2012
5
569
Chapter Twenty-Four: Off the Meds and Out of My Mind
Laura Delano
-
February 25, 2012
9
386
So This Is Texas 2
Jennifer Maria Padron
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February 24, 2012
0
296
The American Psychiatric Association’s Response to 60 Minutes: Where is the Science?
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
-
February 24, 2012
29
1167
Interpreting Harrow’s 20-Year Results: Are the Drugs to Blame?
Robert Whitaker
-
February 23, 2012
30
6733
The Cause and Solution for Emotional Distress
Corinna West
-
February 22, 2012
4
940
Response to 60 Minutes
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
February 22, 2012
5
828
Letters from the Front Lines
Mark Foster, DO
-
February 21, 2012
6
94
Personal Steps toward a Revolution in Mental Health Care
Ron Unger, LCSW
-
February 21, 2012
6
214
A Road Map to Hope
Lisbeth Riis Cooper
-
February 21, 2012
1
162
The Real Suicide Data from the TADS Study Comes to Light
Robert Whitaker
-
February 20, 2012
18
4144
60 Minutes, The SSRIs, and The Dirty Little Secret
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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February 20, 2012
35
6315
Turning a Child’s Intensity to Greatness
Howard Glasser
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February 19, 2012
2
808
What Do Psychiatrists Say When They Talk to Each Other?
Jill Littrell, PhD
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February 18, 2012
15
518
Responding to Madness With Loving Receptivity: a Practical Guide
Michael Cornwall, PhD
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February 14, 2012
39
2981
Mental Health Homes Open Their Proverbial Doors in New York: Caveats, Part II
Jack Carney, DSW
-
February 10, 2012
0
152
Dialogical Recovery from Monological Medicine
Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD
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February 8, 2012
16
830
Mental Health Homes Open Their Proverbial Doors in New York: A Look into the...
Jack Carney, DSW
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February 7, 2012
4
373
Unraveling the Biopsychiatric Knot: the Future History of the Radical Mental Health Movement
Sascha Altman DuBrul
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February 7, 2012
4
1500
The Death of Leslie Carter
Elliot Goldberg, LCSW
-
February 7, 2012
2
721
The Role of Inflammation in the Success and Failure of Antidepressants
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
February 6, 2012
4
814
Remembering A Medication-Free Madness Sanctuary
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
February 3, 2012
22
2673
On a Paradox Revealed: Discontinuing Neuroleptics
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
February 2, 2012
9
322
Bring in the Peer!
Keris Jän Myrick
-
February 1, 2012
10
745
Madness Radio: Grainne Humphry on the Psychiatric Incarceration of John Hunt in Ireland
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
February 1, 2012
2
362
Return to Self an Alternative Medication?
Elliot Goldberg, LCSW
-
February 1, 2012
1
134
Letters from the Front Lines
Mark Foster, DO
-
February 1, 2012
3
176
The Power of Storytelling
Lisbeth Riis Cooper
-
February 1, 2012
4
353
Should Jilted Lovers Be Treated with Antidepressants?
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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January 31, 2012
4
4106
Revising the History of the Serotonin Theory of Depression?
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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January 29, 2012
18
2452
Chapter Twenty-Three: On the Locked Unit, Locked in Myself
Laura Delano
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January 29, 2012
2
368
Bipolar Everywhere
Jill Littrell, PhD
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January 28, 2012
20
1789
More on Recovery & Liberation: Oppression & Resilience
Jack Carney, DSW
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January 26, 2012
7
388
Is It All in Your Head?
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 25, 2012
46
424
The Taint of Eugenics In NIMH-Funded Research Today
Robert Whitaker
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January 25, 2012
28
1765
Tsunami of Frozen Grief Found in the Clinical Work
Elliot Goldberg, LCSW
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January 24, 2012
1
96
Excellent Article on Antipsychotic Drug Harm Reduction in Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health...
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
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January 24, 2012
0
368
Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care Projects
Gina Nikkel, PhD
-
January 23, 2012
3
219
Psychiatry’s Grand Confession
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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January 23, 2012
54
8785
The Cure for Mood Disorders Is Dementia?
Jill Littrell, PhD
-
January 22, 2012
2
419
Introducing Myself
Jill Littrell, PhD
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January 22, 2012
1
94
Get Off Prescription Drugs: Arriving at the Work
Elliot Goldberg, LCSW
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January 20, 2012
2
248
The Importance of Being Useful
Carolyn Crowder, PhD
-
January 20, 2012
4
1173
Letters from the Front Lines
Mark Foster, DO
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January 19, 2012
8
109
Recovery and Liberation: One and the Same?
Jack Carney, DSW
-
January 19, 2012
12
296
Pilgrim’s Progress: From Young Madman to Old Therapist
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
January 17, 2012
8
495
On Creative Maladjustment and Rethinking Psychiatry
Keris Jän Myrick
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January 16, 2012
9
276
Diagnosing Dangers
Jim Gottstein, JD
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January 15, 2012
30
326
Chapter Twenty-Two: To the Hospital on the Hill
Laura Delano
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January 14, 2012
15
261
A Visit into the Lithuanian Mental Health System
Daniel Mackler
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January 12, 2012
8
2993
Rethinking Brain Research In Psychiatry
Robert Whitaker
-
January 12, 2012
22
608
Letters from the Front Lines
Mark Foster, DO
-
January 11, 2012
9
99
A Mother Bear’s Story
Lisbeth Riis Cooper
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January 11, 2012
10
535
Evidence, Bias, and Anecdote
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 10, 2012
6
853
New Video: Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs: A Harm Reduction Approach
Will Hall, MA, DiplPW
-
January 9, 2012
3
446
A Counter Narrative for Psychic Diversity
Sascha Altman DuBrul
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January 7, 2012
1
762
Expect Recovery….
Gina Nikkel, PhD
-
January 6, 2012
3
203
Initiatory Madness
Michael Cornwall, PhD
-
January 5, 2012
25
1807
Introduction: Anatomy of a Psychiatric Practice
Sandra Steingard, MD
-
January 3, 2012
9
535
The New York Times and all that…
Keris Jän Myrick
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January 3, 2012
6
160
Happy New Year From The Icarus Project!
Sascha Altman DuBrul
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January 2, 2012
0
746
Chapter Twenty-One: Countdown to Surrender
Laura Delano
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January 1, 2012
4
499
Letters From the Front Lines
Mark Foster, DO
-
December 31, 2011
3
100
A Three Pronged Approach to Mental Health System Change
Jim Gottstein, JD
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December 30, 2011
12
2042
Answering the Critics: William Glazer, in Behavioral Healthcare Magazine
Robert Whitaker
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December 13, 2011
0
694
Cognitive Therapy Found Effective in Unmedicated Psychotic Patients . . . And Other News
Robert Whitaker
-
December 10, 2011
2
268
Chapter Twenty: Russian Roulette
Laura Delano
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December 9, 2011
0
230
Answering the Critics: Massachusetts General Hospital Grand Rounds
Robert Whitaker
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December 2, 2011
5
2519
Chapter Nineteen: Playing the Part
Laura Delano
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December 1, 2011
0
198
Answering the Critics: Let’s Roll the Tape (Again)
Robert Whitaker
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November 30, 2011
0
313
Answering the Critics: The Carlat Psychiatry Blog
Robert Whitaker
-
November 22, 2011
0
1277
Chapter Eighteen: Sentenced to Life
Laura Delano
-
November 11, 2011
1
437
Healing the Body and Mind
Mark Foster, DO
-
November 6, 2011
0
174
A Rorschach Test for Psych Drugs
Robert Whitaker
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November 2, 2011
0
119
Anatomy of an Epidemic Down Under: Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Disabling...
Robert Whitaker
-
September 16, 2011
2
389
September 15, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
September 15, 2011
0
98
Chapter Seventeen: Commencing to Self-Destruct
Laura Delano
-
September 5, 2011
0
223
Chapter Sixteen: Inside a House of Cards
Laura Delano
-
August 11, 2011
0
198
August 4, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
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August 4, 2011
0
74
In Defense of Psychiatric Medications, Part Two
Robert Whitaker
-
August 2, 2011
2
208
Chapter Fifteen: A Haven from Self
Laura Delano
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July 20, 2011
0
206
July 12, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
July 12, 2011
1
890
The New York Times’ Defense of Antidepressants
Robert Whitaker
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July 10, 2011
0
569
Chapter Fourteen: Crossing the Threshold
Laura Delano
-
June 30, 2011
1
236
Now Antidepressant-Induced Chronic Depression Has a Name: Tardive Dysphoria
Robert Whitaker
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June 30, 2011
6
2746
June 27, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
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June 27, 2011
0
97
Drug Companies ‘Just Say No’ to Psych Drugs
Robert Whitaker
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June 27, 2011
2
401
June 17, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
June 17, 2011
0
112
Chapter Thirteen: In the Muck and The Mire
Laura Delano
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June 5, 2011
1
216
Summing Up the NIMH Trials: Evidence of an Effective Paradigm of Care?
Robert Whitaker
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May 28, 2011
0
115
Chapter Twelve: A Gift of Desperation
Laura Delano
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May 26, 2011
0
211
After 25 Posts on this Website, Dr. Mark Foster is Terminated by his Employer
Robert Whitaker
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May 25, 2011
0
1330
Chapter Eleven: Teetering on the Edge
Laura Delano
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May 10, 2011
0
219
Should the Medical Literature Be Cleansed of All STAR*D Articles?
Robert Whitaker
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May 5, 2011
0
172
April 30, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
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April 30, 2011
0
87
Anatomy of an Epidemic wins investigative journalism award
Robert Whitaker
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April 26, 2011
0
216
Chapter Ten: A ‘Victim of Circumstance’
Laura Delano
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April 20, 2011
0
224
April 11, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
April 11, 2011
0
82
Chapter Nine: Is It Me Or My Meds?
Laura Delano
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April 10, 2011
0
379
STAR*D: Adding Fiction to Fiction
Ed Pigott, PhD
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April 10, 2011
1
898
Rethinking Mental Health Care: The Story of the Oregon Symposium and the Foundation that...
Robert Whitaker
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March 30, 2011
0
208
March 29, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
March 29, 2011
0
125
An Introduction: The Story of Bias in the STAR*D Trial and More
Ed Pigott, PhD
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March 23, 2011
0
1675
March 15, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
March 15, 2011
0
107
Letters from the Front Lines
Mark Foster, DO
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March 15, 2011
0
135
Chapter Eight: “Forget Happiness . . . I’ve Got Control”
Laura Delano
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March 10, 2011
1
222
March 4, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
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March 4, 2011
0
91
Chapter Seven: Becoming Bipolar, Becoming Empowered
Laura Delano
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February 20, 2011
0
317
February 14, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
February 14, 2011
0
91
Andreasen Drops a Bombshell: Antipsychotics Shrink the Brain
Robert Whitaker
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February 14, 2011
4
565
Chapter Six: A Disease of Dis-Ease, and New Hope for a Cure
Laura Delano
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February 10, 2011
0
219
January 31, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
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January 31, 2011
0
102
Speaking at MGH Grand Rounds, and More
Robert Whitaker
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January 21, 2011
1
475
January 17, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
January 17, 2011
0
103
January 7, 2011
Mark Foster, DO
-
January 7, 2011
0
76
Antipsychotics and the Scientific Method
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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January 7, 2011
0
162
Psychiatric Drugs and Violence: A Review of FDA Data Finds A Link
Robert Whitaker
-
January 5, 2011
2
499
December 22, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
December 22, 2010
0
98
December 15, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
December 15, 2010
0
73
Chapter Five: Filling the Void
Laura Delano
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December 10, 2010
0
266
December 6, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
December 6, 2010
0
63
Updates on the Epidemic
Robert Whitaker
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December 5, 2010
0
146
Do Psychiatric Drugs Impair Normal Brain Development?
Robert Whitaker
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December 4, 2010
0
157
The GlaxoSmithKline Ghostwriting Documents, Part Two
Robert Whitaker
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December 1, 2010
0
142
Chapter Four: Eye of the Storm
Laura Delano
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December 1, 2010
0
260
A Ghostwritten Psychiatric Textbook Hints at a Much Larger Problem
Robert Whitaker
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November 30, 2010
0
355
November 26, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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November 26, 2010
0
83
Volunteers for Psychotherapy Is A Finalist for International Award
Robert Whitaker
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November 26, 2010
0
90
Chapter Three: At War With A Diagnosis
Laura Delano
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November 20, 2010
2
305
November 11, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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November 11, 2010
0
80
November 1, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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November 10, 2010
0
115
November 9, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
November 9, 2010
0
74
Coffee Mugs or the Medical Literature: Why Do Doctors Make the Decisions They Do?
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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November 9, 2010
0
101
November 4, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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November 4, 2010
0
83
The Successful Creation of a Societal Delusion . . . and the Increase in...
Robert Whitaker
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November 4, 2010
3
278
Tardive Dyskinesia in the Atypicals Era: Is The Risk Any Less Today Than Before?
Robert Whitaker
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November 2, 2010
0
348
New Rat Study: SSRIs Markedly Deplete Brain Serotonin
Robert Whitaker
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November 1, 2010
0
358
October 28, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
October 28, 2010
0
83
October 25, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
October 25, 2010
0
96
Do Antidepressants Worsen the Long-term Course of Depression? Giovanni Fava Pushes the Debate Forward.
Robert Whitaker
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October 25, 2010
0
283
October 21, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
October 21, 2010
2
99
October 17, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
October 17, 2010
0
84
October 14, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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October 14, 2010
0
109
Chapter Two: Opening Pandora’s Box
Laura Delano
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October 10, 2010
4
397
October 10, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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October 10, 2010
0
98
SAMHSA, Alternatives, and A Psychiatrist’s Despair over the State of American Science
Robert Whitaker
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October 10, 2010
1
242
SAMHSA, Alternatives, and the Story of an Opportunity Lost
Robert Whitaker
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October 8, 2010
2
286
October 6, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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October 6, 2010
0
183
Keeping Tabs on the Serotonin Theory of Depression
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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October 6, 2010
0
222
Chapter One: Journeying Back to Self
Laura Delano
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October 1, 2010
12
1639
September 25, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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September 25, 2010
0
115
September 21, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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September 21, 2010
3
132
September 18, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
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September 18, 2010
0
122
Introducing Our Blog
Jonathan Leo, PhD / Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD
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September 18, 2010
0
144
September 27, 2010
Mark Foster, DO
-
September 10, 2010
0
108
And Now For the Rest of the Story
Robert Whitaker
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August 31, 2010
0
128
The STAR*D Scandal: A New Paper Sums It All Up
Robert Whitaker
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August 27, 2010
0
1071
Charlie Rose and the Mentally Ill Brain
Robert Whitaker
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August 12, 2010
2
326
News Roundup From June
Robert Whitaker
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July 5, 2010
0
126
”Broken Brains” and “Beautiful Minds”
Robert Whitaker
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July 2, 2010
0
213
Medicating Children: A “Whistleblower’s Lawsuit” Raises a Novel Legal Question
Robert Whitaker
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June 2, 2010
0
131
Yet Another Disappointment: First Catie, and Now the 12-Month Results from TEOSS
Robert Whitaker
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May 25, 2010
0
509
Update on the Star*D Report
Robert Whitaker
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May 19, 2010
0
241
A Schizophrenia Mystery Solved?
Robert Whitaker
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May 8, 2010
1
1668
Time Magazine and Anatomy of an Epidemic
Robert Whitaker
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April 24, 2010
0
218
Hypotheses, Scientific Evidence, and On Being Compared to an AIDS Denier
Robert Whitaker
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April 14, 2010
1
163
Story-Telling in the Age of Corporate Medicine (or more on being called an AIDS...
Robert Whitaker
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April 13, 2010
0
207
Fact Checking the New Yorker, Part Two
Robert Whitaker
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March 15, 2010
0
152
Fact Checking the New Yorker
Robert Whitaker
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March 15, 2010
0
483