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Is Anti-Psychiatry Harmful?

January 13, 2021 By Phil Hickey |

INTRODUCTION On September 9, 2020, Jonathan Stea, PhD, Tyler Black, MD, and Joseph Pierre, MD, published a piece on MedPage Today.  The article is titled Why Anti-Psychiatry Now Fails and Harms. Dr. Stea is a clinical psychologist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Dr. Black is the psychiatric medical director of British… Continue Reading

Drs. Pies and Ruffalo Still Rattling Their Wooden Swords

July 28, 2020 By Phil Hickey |

Ronald Pies, MD, and Mark Ruffalo, D Psa, were busy in June.  They published two papers in defense of psychiatry:  What Is Meant by a Psychiatric Diagnosis? (“Psychiatric diagnoses are not merely descriptive; they reflect genuine illness”); and Psychiatric Diagnosis 2.0: The Myth of the Symptom Checklist (“More on the meaning of psychiatric diagnosis”).  Both… Continue Reading

Allen Frances: Still Spinning the Story

April 24, 2020 By Phil Hickey |

On March 4, 2020, the very eminent Allen Frances, MD, published an article in Aeon, which according to its About page is “a digital magazine, publishing some of the most profound and provocative thinking on the web. We ask the big questions and find the freshest, most original answers, provided by leading thinkers on science,… 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

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