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anti-depressants 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... -
‘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... -
‘People don’t suddenly become psychotic or depressed out of the blue, there’s always a disaster that they suffer.’ Dorothy Rowe: A life in psychology.
‘People don’t suddenly become psychotic or depressed out of the blue. There’s always a disaster that they suffer’ “If you make happiness... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
‘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... -
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... -
How music acts as medicine for the soul. Not all the best remedies come from medication!
How music acts as medicine for the soul. Nordoff Robbins proves that not all the best remedies come from medication. One of... -
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... -
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... -
“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... -
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... -
A Survivor’s Inspiring Experience of Recovery using Wellness Recovery Action Planning. Scottish Recovery Network.
MY EXPERIENCE OF RECOVERY – AMANDA SCOTT Amanda Scott, peer support worker and WRAP facilitator, shares her recovery journey and experiences... -
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... -
‘Shocking discrimination’ in mental health services’. BBC News
‘Shocking discrimination’ in mental health services’ Care Services Minister Paul Burstow: Matters of body as important as matters of mind NHS managers... -
Men & Depression. Informative RCPsych article.
This article is for: any man who feels depressed anyone whose husband, partner, brother, father and male friend seems depressed. Men seem to suffer from... -
Depressed? Don’t blame your genes. Report from the Times Newspaper.
Britain is depressed. Especially its women. Oliver James. Times Newspaper Recently the Irish author Marian Keyes announced on her website that she... -
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. ... -
‘I don’t believe in mental illness’ from Michael Cornwell Ph.D
I Don’t Believe in Mental Illness, Do You? In November 2000, I anxiously stood before the gathered four hundred and fifty... -
A survivors account of their personal experiences of mental health services in Wirral.
I received an email, via the website, from a service user who was in receipt of mental health services on... -
Wirral OCD Group – Everyone Welcome from All Areas.
Wirral OCD Group was set up over 10 years ago. It is now based in Hoylake and is open to... -
Lets drop the labels! Stop patholigising normality. Professor Peter Kinderman – University of Liverpool – states ‘Ditch the language of disorder’
Professor Peter Kinderman states: ‘Ditch the lanuguage of disorder’ Professor Peter Kinderman (University of Liverpool), presented to the SPRiG group on the... -
’7 Reasons America’s Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity’ by Bruce E. Levine.
7 Reasons America’s Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity Drug industry corruption, scientifically unreliable diagnoses and pseudoscientific research... -
Why one in four women is on psych meds. Can so many US women really be mentally ill? Guardian Comment.
Why one in four women is on psych meds Can so many US women really be mentally ill? Perhaps some are wrongly... -
Antidepressants – Big Money, Bad Science?
The idea that depression is caused by nothing other than a chemical imbalance is a comforting one for people who... -
Postnatal depression: NHS is failing new mothers, say researchers. Doctors are prescribing antidepressants rather than providing counselling and other treatments. Guardian Report.
Mothers with postnatal depression are being failed by the National Health Service, which is ignoring international guidelines on the condition. Researchers from the... -
Antidepressants are a lifeline for women like me – We’d rather not be on antidepressants, but millions of women would struggle to function without them
Antidepressants are a lifeline for women like me We’d rather not be on antidepressants, but millions of women would struggle to... -
Royal College of Psychiatrists needs your help! Short survey regarding coming off anti-depressants.
Message from RCPsych. At the Royal College of Psychiatrists, we are trying to understand how, why and when people stop... -
Measure Your Mood With Moodscope
Jon Cousins hid his mental health problem from everyone for years. It took him a long time to realize that... -
NHS now offering ancient Buddhist principles of ‘Mindfulness’. Guardian
Star’s meditation technique gains mental health experts’ approval NHS departments are now offering the Buddhism-inspired method of ‘mindfulness meditation’ which is favoured... -
Progressive Approaches To Depression – Re-interpreting Unhappiness.
Last Wednesday (the 23rd of March), I attended a training event run by Mike Smith, who works for the training... -
Brain Implants To Beat Depression.
A 62 year old grandmother has become the first person in the world to undergo a pioneering procedure to combat...
