On Saturday May 16, there will be demonstrations against shock treatment in many cities around the world, currently including 21 in 16 American states, plus 2 each in England and Canada. There will also be demos in Ireland, New Zealand, and Uruguay (yes, Uruguay!). And new people are still signing up to lead a protest.
PsycCRITIQUES January 26, 2015, Vol. 60, No. 4, Article 4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0038619 © 2015 American Psychological Association This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. Mastering the Critique of Psychiatry A Review of Psychiatry on the Edge by Ronald William Pies Reviewed by
At the September 2014 meeting the CPN felt that there should be a review of CTOs due to their coercive nature and lack of evidence that they are beneficial. Our proposal has been submitted to the Coalition Mental Health Task Force. CTO_Task Force Task force CTO letter
A One Day Conference organised by the UK Critical Psychiatry Network. University of Nottingham, 16 April 2015 Following successful one day conferences in 2013 and 2014, and continuing concerns about the nature, provenance and consequences of contemporary psychiatric practice, the UK Critical Psychiatry Network has organised a further opportunity for psychiatrists to consider how their
Since the 1st January 2015 drug companies in the United Kingdom have begun recording any payments they make to doctors for a range of services such as lectures or chairing meetings. The first 12 months of data will be made public in July 2016. This follows a new disclosure code agreed by the European Federation
Personal consequences of the diagnosis of schizophrenia: A preliminary report from the inquiry into the schizophrenia label. 2014. Philip Thomas, Patience Seebohm, Jan Wallcraft, Jayasree Kalathil and Suman Fernando Survey to describe the impact of the diagnosis of schizophrenia on the lives of people who receive the diagnosis Personal consequences of the diagnosis of schizophrenia
Stop Making Sense: Alienation and Mental Health. Peadar O’Grady Stop Making Sense final
The BMJ has been told that Committees of NICE are being encouraged to be more favourable to the drug and device industries. BMJ 2014: 349:g6387