STAR*D: The Harms of Orchestrated Psychiatric Fraud by Allan Leventhal "STAR*D’s results are too bitter a pill for psychiatric leaders to swallow, so they have chosen to become a rogue medical specialty." madinamerica.com/2024/09/stard-…

Confronting modes of psychological oppression and the power of a few to interpret and define difference for so many, the Mad Studies Reader asks the critical question of how these approaches may be reconsidered, resisted, and reclaimed. routledge.com/Mad-Studies-Re…

"Matthew Perry relied on doctors to fuel his addiction.. That's just the tip of the iceberg.. Kelly was able to score Vicodin & Oxy from..doctors.. she was 13 at the time and the doctors never told her mom and dad what they were prescribing their daughter" tmz.com/2024/09/17/mat…

TODAY! "Stopping Long-term Antipsychotics: Reflections on the Results of the RADAR Trial" with Dr Joanna Moncrieff 1:30pm Eastern/ 6:30pm GMT. A recording will be sent to all registrants. ⁠ispsus.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neon…⁠ ⁠ #psychosis #antipsychotics #psychiatry #criticalpsychiatry

We’re delighted to hear, after Lucy Johnstone’s return visit to Stockholm, that the #PTMFramework is being introduced into therapy training and seminars on the #PTMF are very popular. The Swedish translation is circulating widely in the country.

If you don’t know please read the ECT research. A placebo group involves administering the general anaesthetic but withholding the electricity and, therefore, the convulsion. No ECT vs placebo studies since 1985 for depression! 3 for ‘schizophrenia’, all found no difference.

#PrescribedHarm: My psychiatrist had no clue about the meds they prescribed or how to taper them safely. I saw many. All were clueless. They disabled me. Only online peer support knew anything. Psychiatrists on Twitter: We're well-trained! We're experts! Their actual training:

somewhere between 1·2 million (15%) and 4·7 million (56%) of the 8·5 million people prescribed antidepressants in England alone last year will experience withdrawal effects when they try to reduce or stop taking antidepressants. thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Ever been told you’re "treatment-resistant"? Maybe it’s not you that’s resistant. Maybe the system is resistant to understanding what you really need.

“Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia” is a term used by psychiatrists for when their drugs don’t work but they want to pretend the problem lies located in the patient not the drug.