Petition against DSM-5 is launched in Britain The British Psychological Society | March 20, 2013 A group of British mental health professionals has issued a statement of concern about the Reliability, Validity, and Safety of DSM-5. … See details and … Continue reading →
The Systemic Crushing of Young Nonconformists and Anti-Authoritarians Bruce E. Levine, Huffington Post | March 11, 2013 “To be a hero,” says Philip Zimbardo in his talk The Psychology of Evil (http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html -> https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_the_psychology_of_evil), “you have to learn to be … Continue reading →
Call to screen prisoners for brain injuries (http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/call-to-screen-prisoners-for-brain-injuries-1-2795977) www.scotsman.com | February 17, 2013 Prisoners in Scotland’s jails should undergo tests for signs of brain injury and be prescribed mood-altering drugs to help bring down re-offending rates, according to experts…. Getting … Continue reading →
Mother accused of killing son was depressed, husband says CBC News | February 14, 2013 Read the full prepared statement by her husband Florentino Jajoy. The husband of an Edmonton woman [Nerlin Sarmiento] accused of killing their seven-year-old son says … Continue reading →
Are psychiatric drugs the culprit behind tragic mass shootings? Recovery Network: Toronto | February 12, 2013 Peter Breggin, MD interviewed on the Tom Sullivan Show: Well there’s no doubt that psychiatric drugs can cause violence and the most widely used … Continue reading →
Dr. Andrew Wakefield ~ BREAKING NEWS ~ MMR Vaccine / Autism Link Confirmed YouTube Channel: DianeDi From the Alex Jones Show | January 18, 2013 ‘A very informative, in-studio, interview with Dr. Andrew Wakefield and Mike Adams. He updates listeners … Continue reading →
Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications by Peter Breggin, M.D. and David Cohen, Ph.D. Amazon.com Amazon.ca Also by Peter Breggin: Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock … Continue reading →
Ministry ‘hides test’s real purpose’ www.stuff.co.nz – June 24, 2012 The name of the program is “B4 School Check”. Australia’s plan for a similar program “created controversy as critics warned about the risk of creating an epidemic of problems such … Continue reading →
Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker The source documents for this book are listed at the author’s website. See also: The troubling history of psychiatric medicine: … Continue reading →
Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker This well documented and shocking book gave me a more sobering view of historical and present-day facts about psychiatric treatments, medicines and … Continue reading →