From Psychiatry Today Daniel Carlat has an article on how one need not be a psychiatrist, nor a medical doctor to diagnose because psychiatric diagnosis is not medicine. Nice to have a reputable psychiatrist spell it out so nicely. This is an excerpt from the article: Each DSM diagnosis is primarily a list of behaviors... Continue Reading →
High prolactin levels, bone loss, breast growth in boys and causitive pharma
This is a post from Urocyon's wonderful site. It's an amazing collection of links with studies and comments on the psychopharmaceuticals that cause high prolactin levels. It also includes her personal reflections. I took a keen interest in this as my prolactin was raised for over a decade causing me to cease menstruating. This was caused most notably by the Risperdal. I did not menstruate the entire time. My hormonal balance was decimated. That is enough to make anyone feel sick. They don't tell you that.