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ADHD: A Destructive Psychiatric Hoax

October 27, 2016 By Phil Hickey |

INTRODUCTION Earlier this year, Alan Schwarz, an investigative reporter for the New York Times, published his latest book:  ADHD Nation. The blurb on the jacket states: “More than 1 in 7 American children get diagnosed with ADHD—three times what experts have said is appropriate—meaning that millions of kids are misdiagnosed and taking medications such as… Continue Reading

Allen Frances Saving Psychiatry From Itself?

July 3, 2015 By Phil Hickey |

On October 12, 2014, the eminent psychiatrist Allen Frances, MD, participated in a panel discussion at the Mad In America film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden.  After the festival, he wrote an article – Finding a Middle Ground Between Psychiatry and Anti-Psychiatry – for the Huffington Post Blog, summarizing the positions he had discussed at the… Continue Reading

Allen Frances and the Spurious Medicalization of Everyday Problems

April 21, 2015 By Phil Hickey |

On April 5, Allen Frances MD, published an article on the Huffington Post blog.  The title is Can We Replace Misleading Terms Like ‘Mental Illness,’ ‘Patient,’ and ‘Schizophrenia’  It’s an interesting piece, and it raises some fundamental issues. Here are some quotes from the article, interspersed with my comments. “Those of us who worked on… Continue Reading

The Dehumanizing Aspect of DSM

August 25, 2014 By Phil Hickey |

In January 2014, the journal Research on Social Work Practice published a special issue: A Critical Appraisal of the DSM-5: Social Work Perspectives.  There were many excellent articles in this volume, some of which I have highlighted in earlier posts. One of the very outstanding articles is The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders… Continue Reading

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