With considerable misgivings, I have decided that, due to advancing age and ongoing deterioration in my health, I am no longer able to write posts or respond to comments. From my personal perspective, I deeply regret having to make this decision.  I’ve been writing posts for the last 13 years, and during that time I’ve… Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION On March 21, 2022, Daniel Morehead, MD, psychiatrist, published an essay on Psychiatric Times titled: The DSM: Diagnostic Manual or Diabolical Manipulation? Subtitle:  “Nobody likes the DSM”.  This is Episode 2 of his defense of psychiatry. Here’s the first paragraph: “It is hard to overstate the torrents of criticism that have rained down upon… Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION On March 17, 2022, the very eminent and illustrious psychiatrist Ronald Pies, MD, published a piece on return.life.  The article is titled The Myth of the Chemical Imbalance.  Subtitle: What psychiatrists really believe about mood disorders. The gist of the article is that psychiatry, as a profession, never endorsed the chemical imbalance theory of… Continue Reading

On February 15, 2022, Daniel Morehead, MD, a psychiatrist and director of training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, published an article in Psychiatric Times.  The title is Just Because We Do Not Know Everything Does Not Mean We Do Not Know Anything.  The article is designated Episode 1 of a new series, and the… Continue Reading