The ‘psychiatry is scientific’ myth
Most of what you see in ‘modern’ biological psychiatry is called the ‘neo-Kraepelin revolution’ and is based on the opinions of psychiatrist and eugenicist, Emil… Read More »The ‘psychiatry is scientific’ myth
False Science
Letter of Resignation from the American Psychiatric Association – Loren Mosher
…the most important part of a resident’s curriculum is the art and quasi-science of dealing drugs, i.e., prescription writing.
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.
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… Read More »Multiple, concurrent psychotropics prescribed for children increasing in the USA
Rethinking Antidepressant Medications for Children and Adolescents: Safety and Efficacy
Clinical psychologist Dr. Roger McFillin dismantles the claim that SSRI antidepressants are safe or effective for children and adolescents.
5. No psychiatry, you can’t take over the world
All through psychiatry’s history there have been attempts to manipulate and control aspects of society way beyond any clinical address and based solely on the opinions of psychiatrists and others… Read More »5. No psychiatry, you can’t take over the world
Saving normal with Allen Frances, MD – Psychiatric diagnostic overreach.
Psychiatrist Allen Frances, from the DSM-IV task force and later wrote Saving Normal, discusses psychiatry’s slide into diagnostic overreach.
0. The really simple story of psychiatry
The real story of psychiatry No causes, no cures This is an examination of a subject that began around 150 years ago and promoted itself… Read More »0. The really simple story of psychiatry
The Myth of Low-Serotonin & Antidepressants
Psychiatrist and researcher Mark Horowitz dismantles one of psychiatry’s most profitable myths: that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” of low serotonin.
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.
Bruce Levine on Psychiatry’s Cultural Deception and the Pathologizing of Normal Behavior
In this revealing interview, psychologist and critic Bruce Levine pulls back the curtain on psychiatry’s unholy alliance with pharmaceutical interests. He describes how Big Pharma’s… Read More »Bruce Levine on Psychiatry’s Cultural Deception and the Pathologizing of Normal Behavior
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.