Psychiatrists the world over await with enough symptoms to draw the attention of a prescription pad- toting colleague to find out which of their favourite diagnoses have made it through the final voting stages to get into the new version of their Diagnostic “handbook” … Continue reading →

occupy hope – 2011 (Photo credit: Adam_T4) George Monbiot is a writer – he writes a regulat column at The Guardian [UK]. In this piece he’s addressing thoughts to his baby daughter connecting ideas about parenthood, childhood , denuding and … Continue reading →

Thanks to my friend S who found this one. “Doctors today are liberally writing prescriptions for psychotropic drugs such as Aderall, Ambien, Zoloft, Paxil, Seroquil, Prozac, Wellbutrin and Effexor, to name but a few. Often these drugs are combined in … Continue reading →

Jonathan Benjamin describes his experience falling into mental illness, with depression, hearing voices, thinking he was being visited by an angel then possessed by a devil, of self-harming, diagnosis, diagnoses, feeling numbed by medications; hopelessness; suicide – arrest, being sectioned and psychiatric discharge. He … Continue reading →

Report on Reuters Medical News Service A study at McGill University finds that 11% of medications prescribed by Doctors in one Canadian province are prescribed for uses for which they have not been approved as safe – and that for 80% of those … Continue reading →

Article in NY Daily News about a report (another one) from a study at a Canadian University – McMasters – that says that not only do SSRIs – or as the marketers like us to call them “atypical antidepressants” [lest we confuse … Continue reading →

More research adding to the body of evidence showing the connection between difficult life experiences and “mental illness”. This one focusses on the connection between child abuse and what gets diagnosed as “schizophrenia”. There is now a lot of evidence like this and not … Continue reading →

Short clip [3mins] from a talk by Pat Deegan “As a person begins to find the energy to say: how can I begin to get back in my life again?”‘ …that’s where we need to eliminate social barriers because this … Continue reading →

Dr David Healy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sstoa406Oa0 Related articles More from David Healy (seroxatsecrets.wordpress.com) Publication Bias in Antidepressants for Autism Literature (madinamerica.com)

TVO The Agenda with Steve Paikin has been running a series Mental Health Matters – we’ve been featuring episodes here… The series culminates in a week-long special in May and you can register and be in the studio yourself on Sunday … Continue reading →

April | 2012 | recovery network: Toronto

Monthly Archives: April 2012

occupy APA

Rewilding Our Children : George Monbiot

off label : hot docs

Schizophrenia: A Recovery – Jonathan Benjamin

11% of drugs prescribed for off-label use

Anti-depressants doing more harm than good: Study

Childhood Sexual Abuse May Be Important Cause Of Schizophrenia, UK

Pat Deegan – people are punished for going back to work

Antidepressants exposed

TVO – Mental Health Matters – Studio Audience