Psychiatric Drugs “A Crude Form of Chemical Restraint” - Mad In America
Mental health nursing has a key role to play in helping people discontinue the drugs, writes Timothy Wand.| Mad In America
Mental health nursing has a key role to play in helping people discontinue the drugs, writes Timothy Wand.| Mad In America
Given the lack of objective signs, surface psychology can only ever be the treatment of subjectively distressing symptoms.| Mad In America
I had internalized that I would be socially rewarded for starving myself and I could only earn care by proving I was sick enough.| Mad In America
My madness forged me. Madness led me to deeper truths. Madness discarded beliefs which no longer served me.| Mad In America
Giovanni Fava joins us to discuss the uncertain future of the journal 'Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics' which he edited for thirty years and which has been essential to our understanding of the impact of psychiatric treatments.| Mad In America
Those with mental health difficulties continue to face systemic barriers to holistic, person-centred care.| Mad In America
Researchers: Fetal exposure to vilazodone hampers neurodevelopment and leads to "long-lasting neurodevelopmental impairments."| Mad In America
Karger’s decision to replace the editorial leadership without consultation is extraordinary, ending decades of success and expertise.| Mad In America
For the mainstream media, reviewing Laura Delano's memoir "Unshrunk" is an exercise in cognitive dissonance.| Mad In America
Psychiatry is a moral ideology, making and enforcing judgments about the appropriateness of people's experiences.| Mad In America
Tim Beck interviews Jeff Sugarman on the psychology of personhood, the influence of neoliberalism on mental health, and the need for a more philosophically informed psychology.| Mad In America
Tapering is stepping into each individual’s complex world of biology, history, psyche, circumstance, and tolerance for discomfort.| Mad In America
A large-scale study reveals that antidepressant use is linked to faster cognitive decline in dementia patients, raising concerns about their widespread prescription.| Mad In America
Psychiatry has offered many biological theories, but the ones that stick are the effective marketing devices for money-making drugs.| Mad In America
The police think my non-existent "schizophrenia" makes me a danger to the community. If I don't show up for my injections I'm subject to police arrest and kidnapping from my home.| Mad In America
If we want to advocate for a better mental health system, we have to integrate our own shame. And that is what happened to me at Mad Camp.| Mad In America
Can we resist turning to private practices masked in social justice rhetoric as a substitute for genuine movement building and advocacy?| Mad In America
From The Independent. "Patients who were prescribed drugs for restless legs syndrome (RLS) have said doctors did not warn them about significant side| Mad In America
The Vermont Longitudinal Study, led by Courtenay Harding, belied conventional beliefs about schizophrenia by showing remarkably good outcomes.| Mad In America
Between 1883-1955, little attention was given to the value and contributions of those who were “patients” at the Oregon State Insane Asylum.| Mad In America
In appointments that last five to seven minutes, all doctors do is push drugs—psychiatric drugs, ADHD meds, everything.| Mad In America
Using genetic analysis, a new study finds that antidepressants—not depression—are responsible for a significant rise in type 2 diabetes risk.| Mad In America
