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An influential British mental health professional recently stated this in relation to the potential risk of dependence and withdrawal from psychiatric drugs: “To suggest that taking prescribed medication is somehow … Continue reading “Yet another dog-eared anti-psych trope”
Without digital technology I could not have made this film. I N S Y M P A T I C O : To play this short film please click here … Continue reading I N S Y M P A T I C O
This post is from over 2 years ago. I do hope that this sort of mocking behaviour, by some professionals in the mental health field, has stopped. We need to … Continue reading “Vile on”
The above is an edit of a headline and strapline from the front page of last Sunday’s Observer. I have always erred on speaking up when I come across harm. … Continue reading harm
29 December 2019: Jesse Luke, a writer, researcher and cancer patient, started a social media thread with the following statement: “The ‘chemical balance’ idea was never actually held by psychiatry. … Continue reading “The chemical imbalance idea was never actually held by psychiatry”
There appears to be a new diagnostic category being used by some senior members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I am referring here to the frequent use of the … Continue reading Labelled