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Does Antidepressant Use Increase the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes?

October 4, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

On September 25, PsychCentral ran an article on this topic.  The article was a commentary on a 2013 meta-analysis conducted by Katharine Barnard, PhD, et al of the University of Southamptom, UK. The meta-analysis examined three systemic reviews and 22 studies. RESULTS “There was evidence that antidepressant use is associated with type 2 diabetes. Causality… Continue Reading

Psychiatry’s Spin on the Navy Yard Murders

October 3, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, President of the APA, has written a guest post, In the Wake of the Navy Yard Shooting: A Way Forward, on EverydayHealth.  Everyday Health Inc. is a media company which operates for-profit websites on health and related matters. It’s been confirmed that the Navy Yard shooter had been taking trazadone, an antidepressant… Continue Reading

Drugs Out: Brain Stimulators In: Psychiatry’s Next Assault On Our Humanity?

October 2, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

On September 21, the Guardian/Observer (UK) ran an online article by Vaughan Bell titled Changing brains: why neuroscience is ending the Prozac era.  Thanks to Paul Mace on Twitter for the link. The gist of the article is that although the use of psycho-pharmaceutical products is at an all-time high and is still rising in… Continue Reading

The Concept of Mental Illness: Spurious or Valid?

October 1, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

On January 17, 2013, Peter Kinderman, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, wrote an article titled Grief and Anxiety are not mental illnesses. On February 4, 2013, Steven Novella, MD, wrote a critique of Dr. Kinderman’s article. On February 20, I wrote a critique of Dr. Novella’s article. And finally, on… 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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