There’s an interesting February 11, 2014, article on Peter Breggin’s website: $1.5 Million Award in Child Tardive Dyskinesia Malpractice. Thanks to Mad in America for the link. Here’s the opening paragraph: “On February 11, 2014 a Chicago jury awarded $1.5 million to an autistic child who developed a severe case of tardive dyskinesia and tardive… Continue Reading
Archives for February 2014
Psychiatry Still Trying to Reinvent Itself
There’s a truly delightful little piece in February’s Current Psychiatry. It’s written by Henry Nasrallah, MD, and is titled Psychiatry’s future shock. Dr. Nasrallah is Editor-in-Chief of Current Psychiatry. The gist of the article is that “transformative” changes are occurring in the psychiatric field, and psychiatrists had better get on board, or they will be… Continue Reading
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
TMS is a psychiatric treatment that uses a rapidly alternating magnetic field to induce electric currents in the brain. These currents stimulate neurons, causing them to “fire.” When used repetitively, TMS is said to alter the excitability of the brain area that has been stimulated. In the psychiatric field, TMS is being used increasingly as… Continue Reading
Real Illness vs. Psychiatric ‘Illness’ – A Case In Point
On Monday, February 17, cannotsay, a regular commenter on this website, left a link to a White House petition on a recent post. The petition calls for an investigation into possible civil rights violations in the case of Justina Pelletier, 15, who is being held by court order in a residential unit in Framingham, Massachusetts. … Continue Reading