A visit to Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America Hat tip to Jayme at Rayne's world ***For another video out at Harvard Book Store where one can view Robert Whitaker presenting a lecture on his new book click here.
Friday news and blogs
Reading for today: Creativity linked to mental health -- By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia. Seems to me this is indicative of the likely fact that... Continue Reading →
Inspired
The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in... Continue Reading →
Thursday news and blogs – (updated)
Today's psych related news: Update on the STAR*D Report Robert Whitaker, Psychology Today -- A few days ago, Allan Leventhal sent me a 2009 article he coauthored with David Antonuccio, and in it, they successfully identified this number (finding it in a confusing graphic I hadn't been able to decipher.) In their computations, they relied... Continue Reading →
A Schizophrenia Mystery Solved? by Robert Whitaker
One of the enduring mysteries in schizophrenia research circles has been the disparity in outcomes between schizophrenia patients in "developing countries" and those in "developed" countries. The mystery arose in 1979 when World Health Organization investigators announced that, in a five-year study, patients in developing countries had fared better than those in the United States... Continue Reading →
News and blogs on Wednesday
Reading for today: The Depression Epidemic: Old News, Mysteries, and Bold Claims | Psychology Today Changing Our Minds - depression & dysthymia: current knowledge, truth about drugs, healthy minds -- Living Life Films presents "Changing Our Minds." A documentary film containing cutting edge information concerning depression & dysthymia, antidepressant medication, cognitive behavioral talk therapy, and... Continue Reading →
News and blogs
Reading for today: Psychiatrist Calls Many Docs 'Pill Pushers' - Health News Story - WCVB Boston -- In a new book, a local psychiatrist calls doctors in his own field "pill pushers" and says not enough is being done to treat patients with more than a prescription. "The meds don't go far enough and people need more... Continue Reading →
Speech Psych Drug Withdrawal Symptoms (Dysarthria) – brief personal progress update too
The below was written by one of the members on the benzo board I frequent. I found it useful and thought I would share it here too as these are symptoms not often talked about. The fact is this thread got lots of attention. These are relatively common withdrawal problems but you won't find mention... Continue Reading →
In remembrance of Esmin Green
The Opal Project has asked that you share this with your networks. On June 19, 2010 it will be two years since Esmin Green was murdered-by-neglect at Kings County Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room. 2 YEARS AFTER ESMIN GREEN’S MURDER, WHAT HAS CHANGED? NEWS REPORTS: ABUSE CONTINUES. STILL OUTRAGED? JOIN US! JUNE 18, 2010 5... Continue Reading →
News and blogs on Monday
Monday reading: Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: Like diabetics need insulin -- I must confess that reading Robert Whitaker's book Anatomy of an Epidemic is getting me down. He has nailed the human carnage that usually begins with the psychiatrist saying to the patient, "you have an incurable disease and you are going to need meds... Continue Reading →
Will Hall’s Essay in the Book “A Way Out Of Madness”
This is my chapter in Daniel Mackler and Matthew Morrissey's new book, A Way Out of Madness: Dealing with Your Family After You’ve Been Diagnosed with a Psychiatric Disorder. Buy the book here. Here for a PDF of the chapter Life After Family "...what is usually called hypnosis is an experimental model of a naturally... Continue Reading →
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