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In Defense of Anti-psychiatry

April 25, 2019 By Phil Hickey |

On August 19, 2018, an article titled The Reality of Mental Illness was published on Psychology Today.  The authors were Ronald Pies, MD, and Mark Ruffalo, LCSW.  Dr. Pies is a professor of psychiatry at Tufts and at SUNY.  Professor Ruffalo has a private psychotherapy practice in Tampa, Florida.  He is also an instructor of… Continue Reading

Allen Frances and the Increasing Use of Antidepressants

October 30, 2018 By Phil Hickey |

On May 16, 2018, the prestigious and venerable psychiatrist Allen Frances, MD, gave an interview to Christiane Amanpour on CNN.  You can see the video here.  It’s titled How Antidepressant Withdrawal “Can Trap People”. Here’s how the interview opened: CA:  “So you know, I just wanted to start by saying that who knew that antidepressants… Continue Reading

The “Essential Principles” of Psychiatric Practice: More Psychiatric Cheerleading

June 20, 2018 By Phil Hickey |

In the May 2018 issue of Current Psychiatry, there’s an editorial by Henry Nasrallah, MD.  Dr. Nasrallah is a highly renowned psychiatrist, and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal.  He is also chair of the St. Louis University Department of Psychiatry. Here’s the opening paragraph of the article. “As the end of the academic year approaches,… Continue Reading

“The Power Threat Meaning Framework”: A New Perspective on Mental Distress

May 1, 2018 By Phil Hickey |

In January, 2018, the clinical psychology division of the British Psychology Society published a very important paper.  The document is titled The Power Threat Meaning Framework and is subtitled: “Towards the identification of patterns in emotional distress, unusual experiences and troubled or troubling behaviour, as an alternative to functional psychiatric diagnosis”. The term functional psychiatric diagnosis… Continue Reading

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