Category Archives: anatomy of an epidemic

The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? Part 2

Posted on July 13, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The Illusions of Psychiatry Article by  Marcia Angell in New York Review of Books Second part of an article on three books examining modern psychiaty’s reliance on unproven science, unscientific diagnoses and unproven medications to  treat the  increasingly large portion of  the human condition that it … Continue reading →

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Where is its mind? What the battle over it’s ‘bible’ says about psychiatry

Posted on July 11, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Is the time up for the notion that mental “illness” can be categorised and fixed with drugs? A wry reflective artivle about Elliot Spritzer, whose brainchild it was to collate a handy guide to diagnosis- to make it easier, more … Continue reading →

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The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? Part 1

Posted on June 13, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

If you thought Americans were crazy then the US Government’s own data provides powerful evidence that they are getting there. But they are not the only ones – the story is increasingly similar in many western nations that have adopted … Continue reading →

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