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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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Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: Harm Reduction, Not Judgment

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Telling people theyre destined for the worst possible outcome can create a self-fulfilling “nocebo” effect, reinforcing the very dependence they seek to escape. Even interpreted critically, studies (such as Lewis, et al, 2021; Kendrick, et al., We need to acknowledge that the results are unpredictable. link] Lewis, G.,

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Psychedelics Doctor Admits Relationship With Former Patient Who’s Now Dead

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Back in 2021, he was behind the UK’s first psychotherapy clinic using ketamine to treat patients – here in Bristol. Documents from the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service state that Patient A – who has since died – was vulnerable due to a variety of mental health conditions Dr Sessa was aware of.

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These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.

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They were also less emotionally regulated and had less awareness of their emotions, and they reported a lower quality of life, compared with the control group. The self-esteem-boosting craze of the ’80s also didn’t amount to much —and later research questioned whether having high self-esteem is even beneficial.

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How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality

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Insel is a prime example of a top psychiatrist with exuberance about psychiatry regardless of his awareness of the reality of its repeated failures. “I Authored by psychiatrist Marshall Garrick, this article provides a window to the cultural values of psychiatry, and how self-serving rationalizations are considered artful diplomacy.

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Is There Transformative Meaning in Madness?

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No-way-out by J “Mental distress is a portal to self-actualisation, providing a gateway into inner-consciousness…[it] is only labelled as an ‘illness’ because of how we have been conditioned to understand it within western culture.” Footnote This research was completed with the Alef Trust in 2024.

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How the Psychosocial Approach Provides an Alternative to the Biomedical Model

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Simultaneously, in the 2021 Mental Health Atlas of the WHO it was found that only 49 countries, which is equivalent to 31% of responding countries or 25% of WHO Member States, reported the integration of mental health into primary care including the provision of psychosocial interventions.