Reading from the last few days: Depression medication: Patients report 20 times more side effects than recorded in charts, study finds Science Daily -- This won't be surprising to the readers of this blog. We know doctors don't pay attention to our complaints already. America's medicated adults -- Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia -- I've had... Continue Reading →
Quote of the day — security
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller
Psychiatric drugging of children — part 1 and 2
Psychiatric Drugging of Infants and Toddlers in the US - Part I by Evelyn Pringle-- The United States has become the psychiatric drugging capital of the world for kids with children being medicated at a younger and younger age. Medicaid records in some states show infants less than a year old on drugs for mental... Continue Reading →
A creative review of Anatomy of an Epidemic
An interesting and telling brief review of Robert Whitaker's book on a blog called The Page 99 Test: "Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford Much to my delight, I turned to page 99 of Anatomy of an Epidemic and... Continue Reading →
Moving Beyond Clinical Recovery and Personal Recovery: Reclaiming the Possibility of Full Recovery
By Ron Unger: this article was first posted on his website. I recently read a very interesting and mostly helpful document by the UK charity Rethink, 100 ways to support recovery. However, I had some reactions to their approach to defining recovery, and I thought I would share them here. According to Rethink “Clinical recovery is... Continue Reading →
Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids
I put a link and small excerpt about this program a day or two ago. It's on youtube now and thanks to Bob Fiddaman at Seroxat Sufferers for calling attention to it. Sorry, the BBC claimed copyright infringement and this is no longer up. (read Ron Unger's thoughtful post on the idea and the word... Continue Reading →
Quick links…
So many links yesterday, I'm posting overflow now. Just the links this time. Cognition Improved By Mindfulness Meditation -- Medical News Today Off-label drug marketing threatens patients. It could soon be legal. - STLtoday.com Digital gains changing our brains, especially young ones | Seattle Times Newspaper Evolution of Fairness Driven by Culture, Not Genes |... Continue Reading →
Riches delivered by word
"We're all just walking each other home."~ Ram Dass "If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." ~Vincent van Gogh "The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and... Continue Reading →
Weekend reading…media madness
Collected articles of interest from the last few days: BBC News - Louis Theroux looks at America's prescription culture -- In the US, an increasing number of parents are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope with the challenging behaviour of their children. So is this an understandable path to take, or a worrying... Continue Reading →
Story-telling in the Age of Corporate Medicine – by Robert Whitaker
Story-telling in the Age of Corporate Medicine (or more on being called an AIDS denier) As a journalist, I long have been fascinated by reporting on the storytelling forces within American medicine that create societal understanding of the merits of its treatments. I write about this in my new book, Anatomy of an Epidemic, and... Continue Reading →
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