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VICE, MIA and The Movement Against Psychiatry

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The Vice article was presented as an exploration of the ā€œmovement against psychiatry,ā€ and yet you can see, once it is deconstructed, how it told a story that surely pleased the promoters of the conventional narrative, and put the ā€œcriticsā€ on the defensive at almost every turn.

New York Times Issues Correction on RAISE Study Report

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Last Tuesday, The New York Times and several other outlets (including Mad In America) reported on the highly-touted results of a study on psychosocial treatment for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now, claims made about the study, which the ā€˜Times called ā€œthe most rigorous trial to date,ā€ are coming under increased scrutiny.