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Schizoid Personality Disorder

December 16, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

There’s a new entry on the Tell Your Story section of my website. The author, who wishes to remain anonymous, tells how during his teenage years, his social skills were poor, and he met the criteria for schizoid personality disorder, the essential features of which are social isolation and emotional detachment. Here are two quotes:… Continue Reading

New Money For Mental Health

December 13, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

On December 10, Vice President Joe Biden announced that $100 million of new Federal money is to be injected into the US mental health system  “…to expand community-based services and treatment centers.”  There’s a short article about this in the Washington Post.  It’s written by Scott Wilson, the Post’s chief White House correspondent. The article… Continue Reading

Training the Psychiatrists of the Future (According to Dr. Lieberman): More Cheerleading

December 11, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, President of the APA and Chair of Psychiatry at Columbia University, published a post on November 26 on Psychiatric News.  The article is called Training the Psychiatrists of the Future, and is co-authored by Richard Summers, MD.  Dr. Summers is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Drs. Lieberman and… Continue Reading

Mental Illness: A Man-made Monster

December 9, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

  I found the above image online yesterday, at the site The Things We Say. Mental illness is also man-made.  It is the invention of psychiatry – their spurious medicalization of all significant problems of thinking, feeling, and/or behaving.  Its purpose is to legitimize the prescription of dangerous psychotropic drugs to as many people as… Continue Reading

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The phrase "mental health" as used in the name of this website is simply a term of convenience. It specifically does not imply that the human problems embraced by this term are illnesses, or that their absence constitutes health. Indeed, the fundamental tenet of this site is that there are no mental illnesses, and that conceptualizing human problems in this way is spurious, destructive, disempowering, and stigmatizing.

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The purpose of this website is to provide a forum where current practices and ideas in the mental health field can be critically examined and discussed. It is not possible in this kind of context to provide psychological help or advice to individuals who may read this site, and nothing written here should be construed in this manner. Readers seeking psychological help should consult a qualified practitioner in their own local area. They should explain their concerns to this person and develop a trusting working relationship. It is only in a one-to-one relationship of this kind that specific advice should be given or taken.

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