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Benzodiazepines – Adverse Effects

November 28, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

On November 25, Mad in America posted a link to an article in the Journal of Neurological Sciences.  The article is by Harnod et al, and is titled An Association between Benzodiazepine Use and Occurrence of Benign Brain Tumors.  The authors studied the records of  62,186 individuals in Taiwan  who had been prescribed a benzodiazepine… Continue Reading

Is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Effective?

November 21, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

ECT, or shock treatment as it’s sometimes called, is a controversial topic.  Adherents describe it as safe and effective; opponents condemn its use as damaging and ineffective.  But it is still widely used in the US and in other countries. The treatment consists essentially of passing sufficient electricity across the brain to cause a seizure. … Continue Reading

The Bitterest Pills, by Joanna Moncrieff: Another Book Worth Reading

November 19, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff is a UK psychiatrist and a founding member of the Critical Psychiatry Network.  In 2009 she wrote The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment. Her latest book, The Bitterest Pills, was published earlier this year, and is about neuroleptic drugs (the so-called anti-psychotics).  You can get an… Continue Reading

Depression Is Not An Illness: A New Website

November 14, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

I’ve recently come across a new website that is challenging the illness approach to depression. It’s depressionwars.com and is written by Char Leander, an industrial sociologist.  Char became interested in this topic when she saw “…the epidemic of emotional disorders in the workplace.”  She also recounts some personal experience with depression. Here are some quotes… 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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