The myth of the ‘chemical imbalance’ was discussed in a recent exchange with experts from the Royal College of Psychiatrists and it was quite revealing. The question that was put to the experts concerned the use of antidepressants to resolve the mythical ‘chemical imbalance’ in the brain. For years, people have been prescribed antidepressants with […]
The cause of violent behaviour was put under the spotlight again following a BBC Panorama documentary broadcast in July 2017. The documentary centred on the killer James Holmes and the ‘treatment’ he received prior to the killings at a theatre in Aurora, Colorado in 2012. While there is never one simple explanation for what drives […]
Various attempts have been made and continue to be made, to try and put mental health on an even footing with physical health. The current election campaign is no exception. The idea of equal priorty for mental and physical health has been given the fancy-sounding description, ‘parity of esteem’ and has become a regular sound […]
Since 2000, the cost to the National Health Service (NHS) for antidepressants prescribed in England alone, has just gone over £5 billion. That’s right. Despite a continual stream of media coverage concerning the dangers of the drugs, over £5 billion has been paid for antidepressants which have been shrouded in controversy for decades and have […]
It’s testimony to the impressive psychiatric propaganda machines that an hour of prime time television was devoted to so-called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for adults. The money-spinning label that has resulted in children and adolescents taking mind-altering stimulant drugs in school is purported to be present in adults, even though there’s no medical or […]
Well-meaning parents and teachers alike are being duped by the psychiatric industry into thinking children have various kinds of mental problems that potentially require psychiatric intervention and ‘treatments’. At a recent teacher’s union annual conference, it was suggested young children were suffering from panic attacks, anxiety and depression. This idea came about following a survey […]
When things go wrong in the psychiatric system and someone dies prematurely, often in tragic circumstances, there’s a mental health mantra which goes something like ‘lessons need to be learned’. But based on the fact failures and tragic deaths keep on occurring, it seems as though no one’s learning the lessons. The mental health system […]
Whenever a young person dies by suicide, the first thing that anyone should check is whether he or she had been prescribed psychiatric drugs. The latest tragic and unnecessary death concerns 15-year-old Ceri Sheehan. An inquest in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, heard how Ceri’s electronic devices had been confiscated the night before his death. The focus was […]
When suicides occur in a given area or environment, in this instance in universities, attention goes on to meeting the needs of students who may be suffering with mental troubles that are sometimes very serious. Giving them the attention and help they need is vital, if only from a purely humanitarian perspective. The problem that […]
Question: how many times do you have to repeat something before the message gets across? Answer: There’s no limit to the number of times. Which leads onto the subject of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). There’s no limit to the number of times members of the public should be reminded there’s no science to support […]