The Problems with the DSM Mask a Dark Reality We're All Complicit In. The reductive, materialist approach to ‘mental disorder’ is running on fumes.
The idea that disorders are simple, empirical things, comprised of smaller empirical things (thoughts, beliefs, desires etc.) that can be differentiated and isolated, reduced and explained by physical causes is a tale that is losing credibility by the day. Finland Open Dialogue — MFIPortal. "I Want No Part of It..." For a printer-friendly version (pdf) of this document, click here.
VOLUME 32, NO. 5 September/October 1999. Blue Again: Perturbational Effects of Antidepressants Suggest Monoaminergic Homeostasis in Major Depression. Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature. Citation: Lacasse JR, Leo J (2005) Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature.
PLoS Med 2(12): e392. Published: November 8, 2005 Copyright: © 2005 Lacasse and Leo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Competing interests: The authors declare that no competing interests exist and that they received no funding for this work. Abbreviations: DTCA, direct-to-consumer advertising; FDA, Food and Drug Administration; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor In the United States, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants are advertised directly to consumers [1].
The Serotonin Hypothesis. Do Antidepressants Cure or Create Abnormal Brain States? Citation: Moncrieff J, Cohen D (2006) Do Antidepressants Cure or Create Abnormal Brain States?
PLoS Med 3(7): e240. Published: June 6, 2006 Copyright: © 2006 Moncrieff and Cohen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: The authors received no funding to write this article. How Inflammation & Depression Gave Birth to New Medicine. A biological pathway linking inflammation and depression: activation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Game Changer: Brain Immunity - Kelly Brogan MD. The Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression: still promoted but still unfounded. A long overdue debate is raging about the chemical imbalance theory of depression.
Having been deluged with this idea for two decades now, the general public has come to believe that it is a scientifically proven fact. Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials and Its Influence on Apparent Efficacy. Data from FDA Reviews We identified the phase 2 and 3 clinical-trial programs for 12 antidepressant agents approved by the FDA between 1987 and 2004 (median, August 1996), involving 12,564 adult patients.
For the eight older antidepressants, we obtained hard copies of statistical and medical reviews from colleagues who had procured them through the Freedom of Information Act.19 Reviews for the four newer antidepressants were available on the FDA Web site.17,20 This study was approved by the Research and Development Committee of the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center; because of its nature, informed consent from individual patients was not required. From the FDA reviews of submitted clinical trials, we extracted efficacy data on all randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of drugs for the short-term treatment of depression.
Can We Continue to Justify Injecting Aluminum into Children? This website is for information purposes only.
By providing the information contained herein we are not diagnosing, treating, curing, mitigating, or preventing any type of disease or medical condition. Before beginning any type of natural, integrative or conventional treatment regimen, it is advisable to seek the advice of a licensed healthcare professional. Dr. David Healy. Blue Again: Perturbational Effects of Antidepressants Suggest Monoaminergic Homeostasis in Major Depression. Psychiatric drug withdrawal information and resources – Everything Matters: Beyond Meds. This page is regularly updated.
Below the initial commentary is a collection of links with lots of information to better inform the reader on psychiatric drug withdrawal. Educating oneself and preparing for a safer taper goes a long way in mitigating the risk of serious protracted withdrawal issues. NEW: Psychiatric drug withdrawal: preparation for before you begin Update 2016: It’s become clear to me that whenever it’s possible that it’s helpful for folks who’ve not begun withdrawal and have the time to consider a carefully thought out plan to attempt to bring greater well-being to your body before starting the withdrawal.
That means learning how to profoundly nourish your body/mind and spirit prior to beginning a withdrawal. *feel free to share this page via social media. Dr. Not everyone is subject protracted or even significant withdrawal issues. Beyond Medication– Holistic Psychiatry — JaysonGaddis.com. Dr.
Soul in Crisis: why cultural healing must replace the “mental illness” fiction – Everything Matters: Beyond Meds. About the author: In the realm of the psyche, what we haven’t experienced we don’t understand . . .After working as a graphic artist, photographer, musician and pastoral care worker, in 1983-4 Maureen worked through an acute ‘transformational crisis’ and to help make sense of this self-rebirthing experience, went through Jungian analysis in Australia.
She later completed an original Doctoral thesis on the theme of ‘individuation’, the experience of ‘becoming whole’ at the heart of C. G. Everything Matters: Beyond Meds – Beyond Meds. The Power of Belief: New Placebo Data - Kelly Brogan MD.