The Online Therapist

JANUARY 18, 2025

As an imperfect human, I have had my share of troubles in all aspects of life including relationships, business and on a personal level: Ive made decisions and done things that have hurt other people and I havent always been the best partner, son, brother, friend or father.

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Critical Psychiatry

JANUARY 18, 2025

Jo Moncrieff in her new book Chemically imbalanced (see eg. previous post ) discusses Peter Kramers 1993 book Listening to Prozac (see Wikipedia entry ), which I mentioned in a previous post. As the New York Times said at the time (see article ) Kramers best seller described how Prozac transformed his patients, making them calm, confident, cheerful and somehow better than well.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 18, 2025

Here are recent interviews by Peter Gtzsche on his site Broken Medical Science. including a recent interview with Jim Gottstein. The STAR*D Scandal Why Forced Treatment With Antipsychotics Must Be Stopped Interview With Jim Gottstein on Forced Treatment Why Electroshock Will Likely Be Abandoned The post Peter Gtzsche’s Video Interviews on Psychiatry appeared first on Mad In America.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 18, 2025

I m not a psychiatrist. Im not even a therapist. Im someone whos struggled with mental distress and the systems meant to help. If theres one thing Ive learned, its this: our approach to mental health often misses the forest for the trees. It focuses on individuals as though they exist in a vacuum, ignoring the environments and systems that shape their lives.

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Trauma and the brain Family dynamics Childhood trauma Self-awareness 113