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Time for a Paradigm Change: Crucial Points

September 9, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

There’s a new post on Peter Kinderman’s blog.  It’s called Time for a paradigm change, and it’s dated September 2.  The article is based on a speech that Dr. Kinderman gave to North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, Annual Stakeholders’ Meeting on the same date. Here are some quotes: “But mental well-being is fundamentally a psychological… Continue Reading

The Link Between Psychiatric Drugs and Violence

September 7, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Thanks to a tweet from Ginger Breggin for the link to a new article on AbleChild.org.  The article is called CT AAG Nervous About Releasing Adam Lanza’s Medical Records:  Disclosure “Can Cause A Lot of People to Stop Taking Their Medications.“  The AbleChild contact person is Sheila Matthews. AbleChild is a national parent rights organization… Continue Reading

ECT: Hypotheses About Mechanisms of Action

September 6, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

There’s a new article on Frontiers in Psychiatry.  It’s titled Electroconvulsive treatment:  hypotheses about mechanisms of action.  The authors are Roar Fosse, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Vestro Viken State Hospital Trust, Lier, Norway, and John Read, Institute of Psychology, Health, and Society, University of Liverpool, UK.  Thanks to Mick Bramham on Twitter for… Continue Reading

Are Psychiatric ‘Diagnoses’ Defamatory Statements?

September 5, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

There’s an interesting article by Sonja Grover, PhD, CPsych, of Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.  It’s titled:  Reification of psychiatric diagnoses as defamatory: Implications for ethical clinical practice.  Thanks to Becky on Twitter for the link. It’s an old article (2005), but definitely deserves another look.  It was published in the journal Ethical Human Psychology and… Continue Reading

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