Is mental illness still “in brackets”?
Reflections on recent bills for discussion in the Italian Parliament, on the current psychiatrisation of society and on possible remedies By Pino Pini, 11 August 2024. In the current 2024
GP Monitoring of Those on Antidepressants
By DUNCAN DOUBLE Tony Kendrick, who I have mentioned before (see eg. previous post) is the first author of a paper about antidepressant withdrawal in general practice. It found that
Mainstream Psychiatry Continues to Minimise Significance of Antidepressant Withdrawal
By DUNCAN DOUBLE Mainstream psychiatry has minimised the significance of antidepressant withdrawal, as I first pointed out in a BMJ letter in 1997. My complaint then was that the Defeat
CPN Symposium 2024: Psychosocial approaches to distress
UK Critical Psychiatry Network Symposium 2024 UK Critical Psychiatry Network Symposium Thursday 11th April 2024 Venue: University College London Chadwick Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Room: G08 Programme 09:00
On the Neuroplasticity Hypothesis of Antidepressant Action
By MARK HOROWITZ On the neuroplasticity hypothesis of antidepressant action – I worked in a neurogenesis laboratory for 4 years and completed my PhD partly on this topic (For SSRIs).
Busting Myths about Psychosis & Antipsychotics with Prof Joanna Moncrieff
In this talk, Prof Joanna Moncrieff (University College London) looks at the evidence behind some common myths relating to psychosis and ‘antipsychotic’ drugs: the idea that psychosis or ‘schizophrenia’ are
Adapting to Individual Differences
// By Duncan Double // Rach Idahu has a blog ‘Adulting with ADHD’. BBC News reports that she told BBC Podcast ‘Access All’ that she lost £200 when she late
CPN Symposium 2023: Debunking some psychiatric myths
UK Critical Psychiatry Network Symposium 2023 UK Critical Psychiatry Network Symposium Thursday 20th April 2023 Venue: Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Room W3.01 (entrance level) Programme