Tag: psychiatry
outside the circle of listeners
In relation to the potential for psychiatric drugs to cause harm, the psychiatric establishment has kept itself outside the circle of listeners. This, my latest short film, is an artistic … Continue reading outside the circle of listeners
Richard Holloway on over-certainty
This is from a Scotsman feature, 11 January 1996. I think that Richard makes a very important point. I should say that I am a friend of and correspondent with … Continue reading Richard Holloway on over-certainty
INNER COMPASS
Earlier this year I was interviewed by Cooper Davis for the Inner Compass Initiative. This interview can be watched here. A few weeks ago, an American who had watched the … Continue reading INNER COMPASS
Déjà vu
The recent publication in JAMA Psychiatry: Incidence and Nature of Antidepressant Discontinuation Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis made me feel that I had been here before. Once again, a … Continue reading Déjà vu
A member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on prescribed harm
This post is from 2022. I have re-shared it as I understand that this sort of unprofessional behaviour has continued. I concluded this old post by saying that we need … Continue reading A member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on prescribed harm
“We urge you to read it”
Full link here. Introduction: This document is the annotated transcript of a “witness seminar” which addressed the theme of psychiatric hospitals in the UK in the 1960s. The seminar was … Continue reading “We urge you to read it”