Info Document Actions Print this The editor of a prestigious mental health industry publication – the British Journal of Psychiatry – claims it is time to “call for an end” to the psychiatric drug “revolution” that he said began in 1952. He mentions problems with the neuroleptic drugs (also called ‘antipsychotics’) but note he leaves…
Info Document Actions Print this The well-respected Los Angeles Times ran an article about a scientific study indicating that taking neuroleptic psychiatric drugs – also known as ‘antipychotics’ – may shrink the brain. Brain shrinkage seen in those taking antipsychotic medications Date Published: Feb 07, 2011 12:00 AM Author: Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Source:…
Info Long-time activist Don Weitz has composed this list of his favorite books critical of psychiatric drugs. CRITICAL AND RECOMMENDED READINGS ONPSYCHIATRIC DRUGS compiled by Don Weitz Peter Breggin. Talking Back toRitalin: What doctors aren’t telling you about stimulants forchildren. (Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1998) Peter Breggin & David Cohen. YourDrug May Be Your…
Info Document Actions Print this MindFreedom member Brian Merrick, speaking for himself and acting on his own, writes about his success in quitting all his many psychiatric drugs, and what the experience was like. The daily newspaper of MindFreedom’s home town — The Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon — published Brian’s essay as a “Guest Column”…
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Info Document Actions Print this A two-part review in the prestigious New York Review of Books is making waves in the mental health industry. Three recent books successfully challenge many of the myths about the psychiatric drug industry these past two decades, and are profiled in a significant piece in influential New York Review of…
Info Document Actions Print this Second of a two-part review in the prestigious New York Review of Books that is making waves in the mental health industry. Three recent books that successfully challenge many of the myths about the psychiatric drug industry these past two decades are profiled. Here is Part One, with a link…
Info Document Actions Print this Time Magazine looks at the use of neuroleptic psychiatric drugs, more commonly called “antipsychotics,” on children and seniors. Drugging the Vulnerable: Atypical Antipsychotics in Children and the Elderly Date Published: May 26, 2011 12:00 AM Author: Maia Szalavitz Source: Time Magazine For the original and complete Time article, click…
Info Over-prescription of ‘antipsychotic’ psychiatric drugs to seniors Senior citizens are among the many groups targeted for an extra-high level of over-drugging by the neuroleptic psychiatric drugs, which are also known as antipsychotics. Study finds “Unnecessary” drugs in nursing homes CBS-TV news covered a US government report about how many senior citizens are being massively…
Info An article in the February 2011 Archives of General Psychiatry, “Long-term Antipsychotic Treatment and Brain Volumes” by Ho, Andreasen, et al. describes a study that points to antipsychotic drugs as a major cause of brain shrinkage. The study found that over 7 to 14 years, “More antipsychotic drug treatment, including duration and intensity, was…