Bruce Levine
How Psychologists Subvert Democratic Movements: A Talk at the 2012 Psychologists for Social Responsibility Conference
By the 1980s, as a clinical psychology graduate student, it had become apparent to me that the psychology profession was increasingly about meeting the needs of the “power structure” to maintain the status quo so as to gain social position, prestige, and other rewards for psychologists. The academic psychology that I entered as a psychology […]
How Psychologists Subvert Democratic Movements: A Talk at the 2012 Psychologists for Social Responsibility Conference
By the 1980s, as a clinical psychology graduate student, it had become apparent to me that the psychology profession was increasingly about meeting the needs of the “power structure” to maintain the status quo so as to gain social position, prestige, and other rewards for psychologists. The Backward March of Psychologists The academic psychology that […]
Voting—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.
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 […]
