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Is Anti-Psychiatry Harmful?
Philip Hickey, PhD
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January 13, 2021
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The notion that one can help a despondent person by giving him or her mood-altering drugs, while systematically ignoring the reason for his/her despondency is a travesty of a helping profession.
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