Alternative perspective on psychiatry's so-called mental disorders | PHILIP HICKEY, PH.D.
INTRODUCTION On June 22, 2021, Vivian Pender, MD, then the newly elected President of the APA, published an article on Psychiatric News titled Addressing Social Determinants of Mental Health. Psychiatric News is the APA’s own online journal. Here are the first two paragraphs: “According to the World Health Organization, ‘A person’s mental health and many… Continue Reading
INTRODUCTION I have recently read an interesting paper titled: Liberating People From Psychiatric Diagnoses: Exploring Severe Mental, Behavioral, and Emotional Disturbances Through Biographic Documentaries. The author is Stephen Wong, PhD, Emeritus Associate Professor, Florida International University. The piece was published in Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 23, Number 2, 2021. Here are some quotes… Continue Reading
INTRODUCTION I have recently read: ‘The Explanation You Have Been Looking For’: Neurobiology as Promise and Hermeneutic Closure The piece was written by Joseph E. Davis, PhD, Research Professor of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia. It was published online by Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry on the 5th of August, 2021…. Continue Reading
INTRODUCTION Since about the mid 1960’s, the great majority of psychiatrists have abandoned any form of psychosocial perspective, and have insisted that the various items listed in successive revisions of the DSM are “real illnesses”. The usual justification for this is based on the assertion that the “symptoms” of these items are caused by neurological… Continue Reading