To Vote or Not to Vote? Transcending the Wedge Issue That Divides Democracy Activists
Many nonvoting democracy activists argue that participating in U.S. national elections only maintains the illusion of democracy, and so voting can become a wedge issue that undermines solidarity among voting and nonvoting activists on democracy battlefields beyond electoral politics.
New Guide: A Sane Approach to Psychiatric Drugs
Millions of people believe that psychiatric medications have saved their lives, while millions of others report that their psychiatric medications were unhelpful or made things worse. All this can result in mutual disrespect for different choices. I can think of no better antidote for this polarization than the recently revised, second edition Harm Reduction Guide […]
“Psychiatry: Reform or Abolitionism?” National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA) Annual Conference
The Revised Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs: A Sane Approach to Psychiatric Drugs
Millions of people believe that psychiatric medications have saved their lives, while millions of others report that their psychiatric medications were unhelpful or made things worse. All this can result in mutual disrespect for different choices. I can think of no better antidote for this polarization than the recently revised, second edition Harm Reduction Guide […]
Antidepressants or Antiaphrodisiacs? 6 Reasons Why So-Called Antidepressants Should Be Relabeled
Should a drug that produces sexual dysfunction for the majority of users and which doubles the risk of a suicide attempt be labeled as an antidepressant? No, argues a recent Scientifica article “Relabeling the Medications We Call Antidepressants.” The article’s authors, David Antonuccio, psychologist at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Nevada […]
Take a Pill, Kill Your Sex Drive? 6 Reasons Antidepressants Are Misnamed
Should a drug that produces sexual dysfunction for the majority of users and which doubles the risk of a suicide attempt be labeled as an antidepressant? No, argues a recent Scientifica article “Relabeling the Medications We Call Antidepressants.” The article’s authors, David Antonuccio, psychologist at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Nevada […]
Killed by the Huffington Post, Article Now on the Newsstands in Skeptic
Now in the current issue of Skeptic, I have an article called “Depression Treatment: What Works and How We Know” (article rights owned by Skeptic but which I am allowed to republish on my web site). I thought that some of you would be interested in what happened to this article at the Huffington Post. […]
Depression Treatment: What Works and How We Know
There are five controversial beliefs about depression treatment that I discuss in greater depth in my book Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic.
Anti-Authoritarians and Schizophrenia: Do Rebels Who Defy Treatment Do Better?
Preface: Failing in my efforts to get this article published for the general public, apparently only here can I talk about a “cool subculture of anti-authoritarians” and how the Harrow study shows medication resisters have greater recovery. While many Americans are troubled by psychiatry’s over medicating of children, and they doubt the legitimacy of some […]