BACKGROUND On May 15, Peter Kinderman, PhD, of the University of Liverpool, posted an article on DxSummit.org. It was called So…What Happens Next? The gist of the article was that psychiatric “diagnoses” are conceptually spurious, unhelpful, and even hindersome in practice, and discourage practitioners from pursuing genuine explanations for the problems clients bring to their… Continue Reading
Can Abuse in Childhood Make You Crazy?
A NEW PARADIGM I’ve recently read an interesting article by Jacqui Dillon, Lucy Johnstone and Eleanor Longden. It’s titled Trauma, Dissociation, Attachment &Neuroscience: A new paradigm for understanding severe mental distress. The article was published in the Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy (Vol 12, No 3, September 2012) Here are some quotes: “A… Continue Reading
George Albee, PhD (1921-2006)
The late George Albee, psychologist, never accepted the medical model of behavioral/emotional problems. He fought tirelessly for years to insulate psychology from the encroaching medicalization of its subject matter, and he died in 2006 believing that his efforts had failed. He authored more than 200 articles. As early as the 50’s and 60’s, he argued… Continue Reading
Opposition to Psychiatric Drugs is Fuelled by Puritanism!
I’ve recently come across an article by Ronald Pies MD on PsychCentral. It’s titled: Are the Puritans Behind the War on Antidepressants? Here’s the opening paragraph: “These are not good times for Prozac and its progeny. In the popular media, the use of antidepressants has been likened to swallowing ‘expensive Tic-Tacs’, while in professional journals,… Continue Reading
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