CPN @CPsyNetwork
The Critical Psychiatry Network. UK psychiatrists concerned about coercion and the role of pharmaceutical companies in psychiatry. criticalpsychiatry.co.uk UK Joined April 2012-
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"The 'tunnel vision' of modern psychiatry, with its fixation on wiring and fixed diagnoses, cannot adequately address what has yet to be understood about the human psyche...it has more or less become shorthand for an industry of medication management". nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opi…
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Don’t believe in #bigpharma driven #overmedicalisation? This early advert implied: “Don’t like housework, we’ve got a pill for that!”
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The main NHS website for antidepressants mentions almost nothing about withdrawal (no warning about duration, severity or incidence) it only cautions about stopping suddenly. The next site update is in 2021. Till then, it will mislead & misinform. nhs.uk/conditions/ant…
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Lots of intakes of breath in the room when @ClinpsychLucy talks about people being restrained and forcibly medicated. I have wildly underestimated the effects of this in my treatment of patients. #adisorder4everyone
Timely and thoughtful @guardian piece on over-medicalisation. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Study deems the psychiatry Bible (#DSM) “useless”. It’s time to convert to a more thoughtful religion. Maybe @ClinpsychLucy’s #PTMFramework? dailymail.co.uk/health/article…
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Lack of Clear Guidelines Prevent Clinicians from Reducing Antipsychotics Despite severe side effects and questionable efficacy, clinicians often balk at reducing or eliminating antipsychotic medication. madinamerica.com/2019/07/lack-g…
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Interesting simulation study addressing the question why increased antidepressant prescriptions have not improved mental health on a population level, given that effective treatments that benefit a majority of users should lower prevalence and burden journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
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System Change Toward a Green Movement in Mental Health by Robert Nikkel, MSW madinamerica.com/2019/07/system…
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Drug makers’ payments to doctors have helped to drive the growing use of gabapentinoids, says a research letter in @JAMAInternalMed ow.ly/W2FY50uZwBb
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#MadtobeNormal film about RD Laing and Kinglsey Hall. Great message about finding meaning in madness, and great shirts too!
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Review of #MadtobeNormal by Peter Bradshaw theguardian.com/culture/2017/a…
and discussed re-imagining services as linked to housing and employment opportunities
Critical Psychiatry Nertwork conference 2017: debated individual vs social solutions for mental health problems criticalpsychiatry.co.uk
Critical Psychiatry Network conference 2017: excellent speakers and debate about social vs individual approach criticalpsychiatry.co.uk
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Loneliness is associated with poor health and #wellbeing reports @dmcdaid
Moving account of post-natal breakdown, importance of empathic support and not labelling from @NickyHay4Blog cfar.org.uk/pdf/cfar%20con…
Excercise has substantial benefits for depression- new meta-analysis
Effects of #Exercise on #Depression Underestimated, Review Finds #Psychiatry #psychology @cochranecollab madinamerica.com/?p=78509
Why hysteria remains so crucial to psychoanalysis: conference July 9th, London cfar.org.uk/pdf/cfar%20con…
Rat experiment suggests psychotropic drugs may blunt empathy theverge.com/2016/6/27/1204… via @Mad_In_America
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