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Psychiatry Is Not Based On Science

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On May 27, David Brooks, a New York Times columnist, wrote a piece on psychiatry called Heroes of Uncertainty. It’s an interesting and somewhat contradictory article.  Here are some quotes: “As the handbook’s [DSM-5] many critics have noted, psychiatrists use terms like ‘mental disorder’ and ‘normal behavior,’ but there is no agreement on what these… Continue Reading

The Wellbeing Foundation

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Thanks to Tommy Morrela on Twitter, I’ve become aware of The Wellbeing Foundation.  They are located in Ireland.  Here are some quotes from their About Us page. “To call human suffering a disease, something pathological, is deluded. The biological model of psychological distress has no basis in science; it takes away from the equation between… Continue Reading

The Caretaker Personality Disorder: Another Fiction

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There’s an article in the current (May/June) issue of The National Psychologist called Compulsive pleasing is deceptive and dangerous.  It’s written by Les Barbanell, EdD.  (The National Psychologist is a newspaper-type publication for psychologists.  It’s published in Ohio, in the US.  Some of their material is posted online, but this article is not.) The article… Continue Reading

A Victim of Psychiatry Speaks Out

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I’ve recently come across an October 2012 article by Ted Chabasinski.  It’s on Mad in America and it’s called:  Our Task Is to Take Away the Power of Psychiatry. Ted tells us that he was was subjected to electric shock “treatment” when he was six years old.  You can see a brief bio here. Here… Continue Reading