Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry

CEP exists to communicate the evidence of the damaging effects of psychiatric drugs and treatments in the UK to the people and institutions that can make a difference. This evidence shows that psychiatric drugs, portrayed as useful and effective by many areas of the medical profession, can cause considerable harm to many patients, particularly when

National Paranoia Network

The Reality and Impact of Paranoia: The Ten Year Anniversary Modern living and lifestyles in the 21 st century have ensured that paranoia has become established as a common phenomenon. It has become far more common than medical explanations alone can explain especially when CCTV cameras, media coverage and perceived threats can contribute towards fears

From Diagnosis to Dialogue ISPS conference

17 & 18 September 2014 Leicester This residential conference will allow delegates to explore the tensions and the gap between the latest developments in psychosis research with the realities of implementation in our contemporary system. It will provide delegates with an opportunity to pause and reflect; explore and debate developments in our knowledge and understanding

Mental Health Europe’s “Bucharest Manifesto” sets out program for change

Mental Health Europe, the leading independent, pan-European mental health NGO, has for two years been calling for wider recognition of the crisis of confidence in the increasingly biological/neurological approach taken by western psychiatry and for action to change the culture and practice of mental health services to take more account of the views, rights and

National Paranoia Network 10th Anniversary Conference

Saturday 7th June Manchester. The Reality and Impact of Paranoia: The Ten Year Anniversary Modern living and lifestyles in the 21 st century have ensured that paranoia has become established as a common phenomenon. It has become far more common than medical explanations alone can explain especially when CCTV cameras, media coverage and perceived threats

RCPsych rejection of symposium on antipsychotics

The Conference Committee of the RCPsych rejected a proposal for a symposium on antipsychotic medication. The symposium was suggested to discuss recent research findings which suggest that long-term antipsychotic treatment is associated with some important physical and functional disadvantages. Members of the Critical Psychiatry Network wrote to the Conference Committee to seek clarification as it