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The WHO and the United Nations: Let Freedom Ring for the Mad

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Psychiatry asserts that it has the medical authority to deem certain people “mentally ill,” and that such people can be forcibly treated because they suffer from “anosognosia” and thus lack awareness that they are ill and in need of treatment. The 2021 WHO report echoed that sentiment.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

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An investigation, published in 2021 in the Journal of Affective Disorders , of 5,872 cases and 43,862 controls that examined 22,028 genes, reported that the study “fails to identify genes influencing the probability of developing a mood disorder” and “no gene or gene set produced a statistically significant result.” Genes and depression?

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

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Patients often find such a level of self-disclosure about the therapist’s problems burdensome and distracting, and I immediately felt less confidence in her ability to help. And too often he retreated to superficial, self-help maxims—“there is no such thing as perfect”—a “look on the bright side” attitude that trivialized my concerns.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

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We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. Some of them self-identify as disabled, a category which—like neurodivergence itself—is extremely heterogenous. The consequences of ‘diagnosis as identity.’ Both outcomes are problematic.

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Over-stressing Stress: American Psychological Association Report Omits Oppression

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However, once again in this report its destructive impact is neglected and actively obscured by psychology in the service of neoliberal ideology that advocates extreme self-interest, competition, over-consumption, and greed. The widespread destructive nature of neoliberalism on human welfare has been observed by numerous others.

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Grant, Interrupted: An Introduction and Report Back from Oregon

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I n 2021, the Oregon legislature designated six million dollars to establish and operate four peer respites across the state. In late 2021 we formed a local mad group that would meet outside as a support group, and to do activities together like swimming at our local rivers in the summertime.