When we think we know something, we cease to explore. We cease to be curious. And we find abundant “evidence” to support our preconceived notions. If I believe, for instance, that all Irishmen are heavy drinkers, I can find “evidence” for this in any bar in Dublin, neglecting the obvious fact that non-heavy-drinking Irishmen are… Continue Reading
Mental Health and the Law
The central theme of this website is that there are no mental illnesses, and that the widespread medicalization of ordinary human problems is spurious and destructive. These concepts have been around for decades, but in the last four or five years have “taken off,” and are finding a good deal of acceptance among practitioners, academics,… Continue Reading
Lancet Gene Study
Yesterday (February 28) the Lancet published a study called “Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis.” The study was conducted by the Cross-Disorder Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) was formed in 2007. Its purpose is “…to undertake meta-analyses of genome-wide association… Continue Reading
More on Involuntary Commitment
In recent times a good deal of criticism has been directed towards the practice of involuntarily committing individuals to state and private mental hospitals. Most of this criticism focuses on the lack of effective due process; conflicts of interest in the case of private facilities; and failure to adequately explore alternatives. In my view, all… Continue Reading
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