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Medication Archive
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“Living with voices in your head” Eleanor Longden at TED conference 2013 California. Recovery is possible with the right support.
Living with voices in your head: Eleanor Longden at TED 2013 Eleanor Longden did well at school, and gleefully entered student life at university... -
Brave New World? Not if DSM V has anything to do with it. Sad or afraid? Sorry but the long-term drugs drugs don’t work.
Brave New World? Not if DSM V has anything to do with it. Sad or afraid? Sorry but the long-term drugs drugs don’t... -
The Trauma Challenge. A new look at treating psychosis and all mental health difficulties. Dr Bob Johnson.
THE TRAUMA CHALLENGE The Trauma Challenge A Neo-Medical Model for Psychiatry. Trauma evokes a cognitive fog in the child’s mind which then perpetuates... -
‘Too much coercion in mental health services’ Professor Richard Bentall, University of Liverpool speaks in the Guardian. Coercion has no place in the Recovery Model.
Too much coercion in mental health services Sometimes, coercion of patients may be hard to avoid, but it’s something to which... -
A must read for anyone with a psychiatric diagnosis, carers or mental health professionals. Lets make Recovery a reality! Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman.
Editors note: I first learned of this seminal book when at a training course (Abuse, Trauma and Dissociation: Understanding and Working towards... -
Antipsychotic drugs and the alternatives. Robert Whitaker author of Anatomy of an Epidemic and Mad in America.
Robert Whitaker speaks about recent findings on antipsychotics and the alternatives Robert Whitaker’s keynote presentation in Brighton, England explores the problems of... -
‘Grief and anxiety are not mental illnesses’ BBC News. Peter Kinderman Liverpool University.
‘Grief and anxiety are not mental illnesses’ By Peter Kinderman Professor of Clinical Psychology Liverpool University Everyday anxieties could become targets for medical... -
It Takes More Than a Pill to Heal From Depression. Insightful personal testimony,
It Takes More Than a Pill to Heal From Depression “To optimize the function of the healing system, you must do... -
Prison officers, not clinicians. A psychiatric nurse’s view of hospital treatment.
Editors note This is written by an American and commenting on the American system. It is exactly like Britain today. In... -
Time for the over-medicalisation of mental health to stop. The Independent. Lets stop medicalising distress!
Time for the over-medicalisation of mental health to stop. Report in The Independent ... -
Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker. A must read for all involved in mental health. Why has psychiatric diagnosis risen to epidemic proportions?
Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America Anatomy of an Epidemic investigates a medical mystery:... -
‘Psychiatry and the dominance of the bio-medical model.’ Brilliant article from a psychiatric nurse’s view. Sums up the disease/bio-medical model approach. International Critical Psychiatry Network.
Psychiatry and the dominance of the bio-medical model Recent years have seen enormous changes in the provision of services and therapies... -
A diagnosis of schizophrenia shouldn’t be a life sentence. But it will be if no talking therapies offered. Guardian
A diagnosis of schizophrenia shouldn’t be a life sentence. But it will be. Patients used to be given only pills. They respond... -
Open Dialogue — Alternative Care for Psychosis In Finland Developed By Jaakko Seikkula. Please watch the video!
Open Dialogue Alternative Care for Psychosis In Finland Developed By Jaakko Seikkula. Over the past two decades, Dr. Jaakko Seikkula’s hospital team in... -
Lonely? Shy? Sad? Well now you’re ‘mentally ill’, too. New DSM V due for publication this year.
Lonely? Shy? Sad? Well now you’re ‘mentally ill’, too. Expanded psychiatric ‘bible’ will see more people needlessly medicated. Mild eccentrics, oddball romantics... -
Recovery The Norm? You Must Be In Western Lapland.
Schizophrenia seems to be disappearing in Western Lapland. Since the early 80′s, there has been a 90% drop in number... -
A White House petition to address the relationship between school shootings and psychiatric drugs. And Dr Peter Breggin’s defining book from 2009: ‘Medication Madness’.
The recent mass killing of 26 small children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown Connecticut was once again... -
Antipsychotic drugs not best option for people at risk of psychosis, study warns on British Medical Journal website. Guardian.
Drugs not best option for people at risk of psychosis, study warns Counselling and therapies effective in treating psychotic experiences that... -
Brain damage by anti-psychotic drugs: how the victims are blamed. The case against genetics and the bio-medical/disease model.
Brain Damage by Anti-Psychotic Drugs How the Victims Are Blamed. Psychoactive drugs are used to control symptoms in people defined by psychiatrists as... -
As the Jimmy Savile allegations come to light, it’s time to speak about the strong connection between child abuse and mental health problems. The Independent.
Today’s child abuse victims will be tomorrow’s psychiatric patients. The recent expose of child abuse allegedly perpetrated by Sir Jimmy Savile was... -
‘A new look at psychosis.’ Ivan Tyrrell and Richard Bentall discuss patient-centred new approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychosis.
Ivan Tyrrell and Richard Bentall discuss patient-centred new approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychotic illness. Tyrrell: You have written a... -
Violence in psychiatric hospitals usually triggered by staff, not patients. International study findings.
Violence in Psychiatric Hospitals Usually Triggered by Staff, Not Patients. Note: Comments of people who have been placed in psychiatric facilities and... -
Another celebrity ‘comes out’ with acknowledgement of depression and mental health difficulties. Brian Conley in jungle stress factor.
Editors note: Brian Conley has spoken out about his depression and his 15 years of taking antidepressants. This may not be such... -
Interview with American journalist and author Robert Whitaker on the the myth of chemical imbalance, pharmaceutical companies and the effects of long term anti-psychotic medication.
Why Psychiatry Embraced Drugs: An Interview with Author Robert Whitaker Kelly Bourdet Tuesday, May 08, 2012 We’ve been told that many psychiatric illnesses are... -
Channel 4 Homeland’s depiction of mental illness has been a step forward for TV. Guardian.
Homeland’s depiction of mental illness has been a step forward for TV It flirts with the ‘mad genius’ stereotype but overall... -
“Antidepressant use in England soars.” The Guardian. Time to offer other solutions instead!
Editors note: I have just read the following article and once again I am shocked to see there seems to be... -
Creativity in modern times is classified as part of a ‘mental illness’ or ‘mental disorder’ by psychiatry. BBC News. Surely its not an ‘illness’ or ‘disorder’ just intelligence and sensitivity?
Editors note: Just picked up this article by BBC and it highlights exactly how ridiculous psychiatry can be. When will psychiatry... -
The truth about schizophrenia and psychosis. Please read for the real causes of psychosis and voice hearing.
I recently came across this short article that really succinctly defines the real causes and effects of psychosis and trauma. What is defined... -
Dr Thomas Szasz. Psychiatrist who fought coercion and denied the existence of mental illness, born 15 April 1920; died 8 September 2012. A great man.
Dr Thomas Szasz obituary Psychiatrist who fought coercion And denied the existence of mental illness. Thomas Szasz saw compulsory psychiatry, no matter how... -
“Do we need a diagnostic manual for mental illness?” Richard Bentall discusses DSM V. Guardian
Do we need a diagnostic manual for mental illness? Richard Bentall discusses the controversial revisions to the US Diagnostic and Statistical... -
Grief is good news for pharmaceutical companies. Another new ‘diagnosis’ included in psychiatrist’s ‘bible’ DSM 5.
Grief is good news for pharmaceutical companies The proposal by the American Psychiatric Association to create a new illness – prolonged... -
Tim Robbins speaks out against psychiatric drugging of children. Also the epidemic of psychiatric evaluation and control.
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Where is the frank discussion of the effects of psychiatric medication?
Where is the Frank Discussion of the Effects of Psychiatric Medication? Questioning psychiatric medication If you believe the public education campaigns, the only... -
Bill Oddie: ‘I wanted to end it all until I found out I was bipolar’
By Rebecca Hardy, Daily Mail Last year doesn’t really exist for Bill Oddie. It was, he says, a ‘ complete wipeout’.... -
Excellent Leaflet from Royal College of Psychiatrists on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy This leaflet is for anyone who wants to know more about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).It discusses how it... -
The Bipolar Explosion. Excellent article by Darian Reader in the Guardian.
The bipolar explosion. Psychiatry is at last asking the right questions about a remarkable shift in mental health diagnosis. ...
