Psychiatry advertises its failures to get funding
If psychiatry ever cured someone of their mental difficulties, it would go out of business.
ADHD prescriptions break from their moorings
In April, a post showed how the unscientific ADHD diagnosis was creating increased drug sales. In that post when reviewing the England-wide NHS prescription data for the full year of 2022, the following was noted: Antidepressants marked their usual steady rise at 3.3%, which is not much different than the last 15…
The link between psychiatry, psychology and racism
Two largely unsuspected groups are actively and deceptively fostering racism throughout the world. These groups are psychiatry and psychology. It is therefore ironic when a leading psychiatrist like Adrian James warns that racism is "a strain on the NHS." He states the NHS has a moral, ethical and legal duty to boost…
Safety of antidepressants under scrutiny again
The Daily Mail recently published an article which should have made headline news across the nationals. Its central claim was so staggering that, if nothing else, it should have sparked a national debate on the safety and effectiveness of SSRI antidepressants. The evidence presented should – and hopefully will – represent a…
Unscientific ADHD diagnosis creating increased drug sales
The England-wide NHS prescription data for the full year 2022 has been released. So, what were the results for 2022? Antidepressants marked their usual steady rise at 3.3%, which is not much different than the last 15 years. Drugs used in psychoses remained relatively flat. Drugs for hypnotics and anxiolytics even showed…
CCHR UK Supports MPs Call for Electroshock Treatment Ban
UK mental health law violates United Nations treaties, putting women and teenagers at serious risk of torture and brain damage In March 2023, the Independent newspaper announced that Members of Parliament (MPs) across the political parties were calling for a ban on the use of electroconvulsive therapy, also known as electroshock treatment…
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Be fully informed about the effects of antidepressants
Various media outlets have been warning of potential shortages of, among other pharmaceutical products, antidepressant drugs. One article in a national newspaper presented a dire warning, noting: “according to Mark Samuels, who heads industry body the British Generic Manufacturers Association, the situation is ‘worse than at any time I’ve experienced during my…
Subjected to brutal psychiatric treatment but he survived
Derek was admitted to High Royds Hospital near Leeds, in September 1973. He describes how he was depressed, as if fireworks were going off in his head, and he couldn’t think properly.
Psychiatrists editing childhood out of existence
It’s ironic that in Children's Mental Health Week, psychiatrists focus on mental illness, not mental health. In fact, they rarely focus on mental health. There's no profit in mental wellness. Psychiatrists are in the habit of labelling children with various so-called psychiatric conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Conduct…
The Christmas excitement is not a mental ‘disorder’
It’s the time of year when children might demonstrate behaviour characteristics that cause psychiatrists to reach for their prescription pads. Some children might have difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities; they might lose things necessary for tasks or activities, they might get easily distracted, have difficulty playing or engaging in…
ADHD – medicalising normal is an impressive business model
The new England-wide NHS prescription data* covering the month of September 2022 came out recently, presenting three full quarters of data. So it is time, once again, to scrutinise the data and see if, maybe, just once – fingers crossed – prescriptions will show a declining trend. Based on previous prescribing trends,…
The psychiatric recruitment problem that doesn’t go away
The problem of psychiatric vacancies has been a longstanding situation resulting in regular recruitment campaigns run by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). Recruitment to the profession has been and continues to be hampered by the poor public perception surrounding it. Mainstream media went undercover to film abuse of vulnerable people detained…
ADHD, the modern-day Emperor’s New Clothes
For decades, ADHD has been a money-spinning psychiatric label that resulted in children and adolescents taking mind-altering stimulant drugs in school. More recent media articles have been pushing the adult diagnosis of the label. While many believe in it, ADHD is an example of how the psychiatric industry has redefined, rebranded and…
The ‘chemical imbalance’ bubble has burst. What’s next?
In the last few weeks, the mainstream media has come out in a full court press to debunk, or at the very least cast doubt on, the serotonin theory of depression. The notion of a 'chemical imbalance in the brain' has been given a wide berth by those who previously used it…
The ‘chemical imbalance’ was a psychiatric marketing tool
For decades, people have been prescribed antidepressants based on the belief that the psychiatric drugs could do something to resolve a so-called 'chemical imbalance in the brain'. Psychiatrists, pharmaceutical companies and their spin doctors used the idea to convince people there might be something useful in taking them, while at the same…
Protest targets Congress calling for ban of barbaric ECT
The psychiatric treatment electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was the focus of protesters who gathered in Central London on Tuesday. The protest coincided with the start of an international congress put on by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) at Central Hall in Westminster. ECT or electroshock, which involves the application of high-voltage…