“Unfortunately, it is still not possible to cite a single neuroscience or genetic finding that has been of use to the practicing psychiatrist in managing these illnesses despite attempts to… Read More »Neuroscience is failing psychiatry
If any activity in psychiatry conjures up pictures of lunatic psychiatrists running around performing sadistic human experimentation on terrified patients, it is lobotomy.
Psychiatry has spent years trashing its own credibility by polluting its research record to the point it simply cannot be taken at face value.
Slippery slope? In the debates regarding euthanasia, you hear a lot about the “slippery slope”. Simply, this is where small steps are taken, and often… Read More »Euthanasia for the mentally ill – the slippery slope
Is there anything not influenced by money? To answer this question, if there is anything, it isn’t very important. Commercial interests, Big Pharma, and device… Read More »Commercial interests have captured mental health
What is it? You may have heard of “placebo” or the “placebo effect” in relation to drug trials where some of the participants were given… Read More »The placebo effect and why it really does matter
A lobotomy, or leucotomy as it was originally known, was a form of psychosurgery, a neurosurgical treatment of a mental disorder that involves severing connections in the brain’s prefrontal cortex… Read More »The Dark side of Science: The Lobotomy, the worst surgery in history?
If you are certain that amphetamines are good for impulsive/inattentive children DON’T WATCH ADHD is BS. Watch ADHD is BS, have a laugh, and then get serious and do something… Read More »ADHD is BS
Dr. Peter Gøtzsche joins psychologist Nick Fortino on the 13th episode of the Psychology Is Podcast. This conversation focuses on the problems with current practices… Read More »Peter Gøtzsche | Critical Conversation about Psychiatry
Dr. Niall McLaren, an Australian practicing psychiatrist for 22 years, explains what is wrong with the psychiatric profession: There is no science to psychiatric diagnoses,… Read More »What’s Wrong with Psychiatry? A Psychiatrist Explains…
Roger Whitaker, Journalist For more information, including links to the scientific evidence base for the statements in this video, as well as further resources: http://medicatingnormal.com/… Read More »How Much Might Big Pharma Pay An Academic Psychiatrist to Lie?
Psychiatrist and social critic Thomas Szasz unsettled the psychiatric establishment in the 1960’s, challenging its foundational notions around normalcy, mental illness and treatment. In this… Read More »Thomas Szasz on The Myth of Mental Illness