In September 2023 James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq.; Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD; David Cohen, PhD; Chuck Ruby, PhD; and Faith Myers issued a Report on Improving Mental Health Outcomes as an advocacy resource for use with policy-makers and funders.
It is substantiated by a 13-page-long bibliography and consists of the following sections:
The Current Mental Health System is Extremely Counterproductive and Harmful
- The Overuse of Psychiatric Drugs
- The Clinical Trial Literature on Psychiatric Drugs is Unreliable
- Inpatient Hospitalizations Associated with Astronomically Higher Suicide Rates
- Treatment Should Be Voluntary
- Unwanted Psychiatric Interventions Violate International Law and Can Constitute Torture
- Patients’ Rights Are Uniformly Violated
- Children and Youth Should Not be Given Psychiatric Drugs
Voluntary, Effective, Safe and Humane Approaches
- The Power of Peer Support
- World Health Organization Recommendations
- Peer Respites
- Housing First
- Employment
- Soteria Houses
- Drug-Free Hospitals
- Open Dialogue
- Hearing Voices Network
- Warmlines
- Emotional CPR (eCPR)
- Non-Police Community Response Teams
- Psychotherapy
- Other Person-Centered and Rights-Based Approaches