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Deep Sleep “Therapy” in Australia in the 1960’s and 70’s. Could Something Like This Happen Today?

August 27, 2020 By Phil Hickey |

Here’s an interesting story from Australia, recently back in the spotlight. From 1962 to 1979, psychiatrist Harry Bailey, MD, serving as chief psychiatrist at Chelmsford Private Hospital in New South Wales, practiced “deep sleep therapy”, which involved keeping people in barbiturate-induced comas for days or even weeks.  Twenty-four of the individuals who received this “treatment”… Continue Reading

Carrie Fisher, Dead at Age 60

January 2, 2017 By Phil Hickey |

Actress Carrie Fisher died on December 27, 2016, at the early age of 60. In a 2001 article on Healthy Place,  she was described as “Perhaps one of manic-depression’s best-known champions…” Here’s another quote from the same article: “I’m fine, but I’m bipolar. I’m on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day…. Continue Reading

Allen Frances on the Benefits of “Antipsychotics”

March 11, 2016 By Phil Hickey |

On February 1, Allen Frances, MD, published an interesting article on the Huffington Post blog.  The article is called Do Antipsychotics Help or Harm Psychotic Symptoms?, and is a response to Robert Whitaker’s post of January 27:  “Me, Allen Frances, and Climbing Out of a Pigeonhole.  This post, in turn, was a response to Dr…. Continue Reading

Allen Frances ‘Replies’

June 24, 2015 By Phil Hickey |

BACKGROUND On June 19, 2015, I published a post titled Allen Frances’ Ties to Johnson & Johnson.  In that post, I set out some very serious allegations against Dr. Frances.  I drew these allegations from a document titled Special Witness Report dated October 15, 2010.  The report was written by David Rothman, PhD, Professor of… Continue Reading

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