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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

Mad in America

In the protocol for my study, I noted that the textbooks should mention that the causes of psychiatric disorders are mainly environmental, and not genetic or related to a visible brain abnormality. In 2012, the US Centers for Disease Control reported that 25% of Americans have a mental illness. 695 This is sickening. 10:63 This is b t.

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Branding Diseases—How Drug Companies Market Psychiatric Conditions: An Interview with Ray Moynihan

Mad in America

R ay Moynihan is an accomplished health journalist and author who has won several awards for his work. This applies in the mental illness world and everywhere in medicine. It’s about framing human misery as the signs of mental illness, framing aging as a condition of disease. I started writing books. What was that about?

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

Mad in America

Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. This alienation is of course quite stressful and a source of ill-health. The natural course of depression without any medication?

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A Guide to Opioid Detox

Clear Behavioral Health

Genetic predisposition, a history of trauma, mental health disorders, and even the accessibility of opioids all contribute to an individuals vulnerability to addiction. Fentanyl : Although sometimes used in hospital settings, illicit fentanyl is also manufactured and distributed on the street. What is Opioid Detox Like?