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About Phil Hickey Ph.D

I am a licensed psychologist, presently retired. I have worked in clinical and managerial positions in the mental health, corrections, and addictions fields in the United States and England. My wife Nancy and I have been married since 1970 and have four grown children.

Psychiatric “Diagnoses” vs Real Diagnoses

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Robert Whitaker’s website, Mad in America, is abuzz lately with articles challenging the medical model that underlies DSM and psychiatric “treatment” in general. Recently there was an article by Alice Keys, MD, called “Do Diagnoses Injure People?”  Of course I believe emphatically that they do, and I read the article. Much of the content is… Continue Reading

Schizophrenia Label – Damaging and Dangerous

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There’s an interesting article Inquiry into the Schizophrenia Label (ISL) on Robert Whitaker’s website Mad in America. Apparently Philip Thomas, M.D. and other researchers have been asking mental health clients how they perceived the schizophrenia label.  They received nearly 500 responses, and found that more than 80% of responders described the label as damaging and… Continue Reading

DSM-5: More of the Same – Turf Expansion

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Until now, I’ve pretty much steered clear of DSM-5.  My reason for this is that the upcoming revision represents, to my mind, a distraction from the central issue, i.e., that the whole notion of mental illness is spurious, destructive nonsense. My position is that the purpose of DSM is to expand psychiatric turf and to legitimize… Continue Reading