Machine learning failed to find biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorder
A January 2024 study using machine learning analysis of neuroscience findings failed to find any biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorder.
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Astonishing, poor psychiatric treatment of Australian veterans
Australian veterans subjected to potentially debilitating psych and other drug cocktails. It is not known what the complete combined side effects of these are.
Multiple, concurrent psychotropics prescribed for children increasing in the USA
A recent study of almost 127,000 youths who were subject to Medicaid from a single US state found from 2015 to 2020 the rate of psychotropic polypharmacy had increased to 4.6% – affecting more than 5,800 individuals.
Rape and sexual assault in UK mental health
More than 26,000 sexual abuse incidents over 5 years found in UK mental health facilities. 2,500 alleged incidents of sexual violence and misconduct AGAINST PATIENTS
Electroconvulsive therapy side effects
Psychiatry has been hesitant to provide a full account of possible side effects from electroconvulsive therapy and so they are given here.
More and more off-label, criminal use of antipsychotics
Antipsychotic use is dramatically increasing and beyond psychosis symptoms The use of antipsychotics is rapidly increasing and most of it is ‘off-label’, non-approved use.
Warning on paroxetine withdrawal.
Where it had been promoted that withdrawal from paroxetene was safe and easy, in fact up to 7% of patients could experience withdrawal symptoms with some of these severe and prolonged.
Canada delays implementing assisted suicide for the mentally ill
Canadian government backing down on assisted suicide for the mentally ill apparently due to public outcry on the subject.
Psychiatry defends 30 years of lies about depression
For more than 30 years, psychiatry has been complicit with pharmaceutical company marketing in forwarding the largest fraud in the history of medicine: the lie of the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of depression.
More on misuse of antipsychotics
The Washington Post report found that government attempts to ban to indiscriminate use of antipsychotics for elderly dementia patients had resulted in their use being replaced by anticonvulsant medications that could be used for the treatment of epilepsy.
Another ECT myth debunked, again
A 2022 study finds no protection against suicide 30 days after ECT treatment and worse, a 30% increased risk of suicide in the following year.
ECT psychs aren’t telling patients the truth
ECT psychiatrists and device manufacturers aren’t telling patients the truth about ECT side effects and this is now resulting in legal consequences Still pushing marketing over science
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