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Essays by a diverse collection of writers, which aim to change the
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The origins of mental health services
Joanna Moncrieff
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04/03/2021
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Lasting Damage from Prescribed Drugs
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01/03/2021
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27/02/2021
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Insane Medicine: Epilogue
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15/02/2021
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 9: The Worried Parent (Part 2)
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09/02/2021
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THE ROSE AND THORN: A Participatory Theatre Project
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08/02/2021
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A Disorder 4 Everyone!: Online Festival 2021
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03/02/2021
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So What is Mental Disorder? Part 2: The Social Problem
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03/02/2021
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 9: The Worried Parent (Part 1)
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02/02/2021
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So What is Mental Disorder? Part 1: Reasoning and Meaning
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26/01/2021
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‘Call Me Crazy’: A Purposeful Act of Activism
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25/01/2021
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19/01/2021
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18/01/2021
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New Campaign: Supporting Litigation Against Mental Health Services Protecting Harmful Psychiatric Practice
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16/01/2021
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Don’t Believe Everything You Read: Words Matter Desperately
Paula J Caplan
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12/01/2021
1
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 8: Treatment Traps and How to Get Out...
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12/01/2021
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On Human Nature and Its Implications for the Mind-Body Problem
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11/01/2021
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How Little We Really Know About Psychiatric Drugs
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05/01/2021
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 7: Industrialised Psychotherapy Markets Western Folk Psychology (Part...
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05/01/2021
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Out of the Bubble: Now or Never?
MITUK admin
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02/01/2021
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Appealing the FDA’s Denial of ECT’s Harms
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02/01/2021
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 6: Neoliberalism and the Compare-and-Compete Society
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22/12/2020
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Chapter 5: The Manufacture of Childhood Depression (Part 2)
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15/12/2020
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Review of “Call me Crazy”: A play by Paula Caplan PhD
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14/12/2020
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 5: The Manufacture of Childhood Depression (Part 1)
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07/12/2020
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Exploring Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Town Hall Discussion Series
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05/12/2020
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What is going on? An abuse survivor’s experience of the pandemic
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03/12/2020
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 4: The Manufacture of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...
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01/12/2020
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Pathogenic societies and collective madness: A critical look at normalcy
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28/11/2020
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MITUK admin
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24/11/2020
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Call for participants: Research Study on Method of Levels (MOL) Therapy...
MITUK admin
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19/11/2020
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 3: The Manufacture of ADHD (Part 2)
Sami Timimi
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17/11/2020
1
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The Spurning of Knowledge at Mental Health Tribunals: Personal Reflections
Tom Todd
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12/11/2020
1
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 3: The Manufacture of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Part...
Sami Timimi
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10/11/2020
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 2: The Scientism of Psychiatry (2/2)
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06/11/2020
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Insane Medicine, Chapter 2: The Scientism of Psychiatry (1/2)
Sami Timimi
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06/11/2020
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Insane Medicine, Chapter One: The Medical Model of Mental Health Is...
Sami Timimi
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05/11/2020
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Are critics of psychiatry stranded in a ‘Jurassic world?’
James Barnes
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27/10/2020
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Waking After a Lifetime: Ingrid’s Voice
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29/09/2020
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My Personal Journey on the Psychiatric Conveyor Belt
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25/08/2020
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14/08/2020
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03/08/2020
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The Devil’s Pulpit: A Reflection On False Authority, Past And Present
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15/07/2020
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13/06/2020
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08/06/2020
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Wilful Blindness
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04/06/2020
5
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Therapy From Home During the COVID Crisis
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30/05/2020
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27/05/2020
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‘What’s the Matter With Tony Slattery?’
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25/05/2020
2
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Values Matter in the Digital Space as in Everyday Life
Peter Gordon
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19/05/2020
1
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Understanding our Feelings in the Time of COVID
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01/05/2020
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Unconventional Views About Mental Health
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24/04/2020
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22/04/2020
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07/04/2020
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27/03/2020
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28/02/2020
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22/02/2020
5
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15/02/2020
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Moving Mental Health Work Away From Diagnosis: Sarah Kamens and Peter...
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12/02/2020
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John Read – UK Esketamine Approval – Not so Fast
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01/02/2020
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Gaslighting: Should we Label the Victims as Psychotic or Abused?
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15/01/2020
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17/12/2019
1
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It’s Time to Change the Way We Make Sense of Human...
Gary Sidley
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14/12/2019
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Art
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07/12/2019
1
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Psychological Support for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
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04/12/2019
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Prescribing Rights for UK Psychologists – Should We Be Cautious?
MITUK admin
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19/11/2019
4
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Expert Reaction to Proposed ‘Speedball’ Antidepressant Therapy
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26/10/2019
1
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Finding My Tribe: A Survivor’s Story
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19/10/2019
8
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Peter Kinderman – Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health...
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28/09/2019
5
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IIPDW Network Meeting Brings Together Professional and Lived-Experience Expertise
MITUK admin
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15/09/2019
1
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How to Resolve the Mental Health Crisis – An Open Letter...
Gary Sidley
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23/07/2019
5
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The Creation of a Conceptual Alternative to the DSM: An Interview...
Zenobia Morrill
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09/07/2019
3
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“My Voice; My Choice” – A Movie Premiere and the Launch...
Sara Tai
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02/07/2019
1
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55 Steps: A Battle Cry Against Forced ‘Treatment’ For us All
Rai Waddingham
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25/06/2019
6
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On Human Nature and Its Implications for the Mind-Body Problem
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21/06/2019
1
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Two Years Tapering an Antidepressant – A Life-Changing Experience That I...
James Moore
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05/06/2019
3
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Challenging a Diagnosis
Jo McFarlane
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11/05/2019
5
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The Mental Wealth Crisis
Amanda Bueno de Mesquita
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26/04/2019
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Crossing Cultures with the Power Threat Meaning Framework – Australia
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23/03/2019
1
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Crossing Cultures with the Power Threat Meaning Framework – New Zealand
Lucy Johnstone
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24/02/2019
4
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The War on Antidepressants: Why We Need to End it for...
Michael P. Hengartner PhD
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08/02/2019
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Living Under Section – Coercion, Powerlessness and Aggravated Distress
Lauren O'Connell
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10/01/2019
1
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Conscientious Objection to Coercive Treatment: An Opportunity for Mental Health Professionals...
Gary Sidley
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22/12/2018
1
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Antidepressant Dependence Discussed at the Seat of Welsh Government – Video
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21/12/2018
0
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Who am I? The Identity, Morality and Silence of Mental Health...
Guest Blogger2
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17/12/2018
20
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An Alternative Review Of The Mental Health Act
MITUK admin
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06/12/2018
0
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Sanitizing Academics and Damaged Lives
Alec Grant
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04/12/2018
2
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Free Resource on Healing Psychological Trauma
MITUK admin
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03/12/2018
0
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Product Placement: Out of Sight and Out of Mind
Keir Harding
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28/11/2018
2
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Global Mental Health: An Old System Wearing New Clothes
Justin Karter
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20/10/2018
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Prescribed Drug Dependence: Psychiatry’s Appalling Response to Alarming Research Findings
Terry Lynch
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17/10/2018
7
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World Mental Health Day – A Call to Action!
Jo Watson
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08/10/2018
1
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Millions at Risk From Antidepressant Withdrawal, New Review Concludes
MITUK admin
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02/10/2018
3
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The 57th Maudsley Debate: Interview with Professor John Read and Doctor...
James Moore
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01/10/2018
4
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Notes From the First Maudsley Debate, January 26, 2000
MITUK admin
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28/09/2018
5
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Royal College of Psychiatry Representative Resigns From Government Review After Complaints...
MITUK admin
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25/09/2018
2
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C.O.P.E Campaign Group Launches Petition To Better Safeguard Infants From Prescribed...
Dave Traxson
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21/09/2018
0
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Trump Anxiety Disorder Is More Fake News
Chris Coombs
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19/09/2018
0
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My 33-year Personal Journey to Disillusionment With Western Psychiatry
Gary Sidley
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16/09/2018
17
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Being Non-Expert, Non-Coercive and Non-Diagnostic. Old Wine in New Bottles
Pete Sanders
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13/09/2018
1
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What Does it Mean to be Anti-Psychiatry? Thoughts of a Cartoon...
Auntie Psychiatry
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11/09/2018
4
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Psychological Interventions for People Distressed by Psychotic Experiences: Encouraging Debate
Peter Kinderman
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10/09/2018
3
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Drug Treatment in Medicine and Psychiatry: Papering Over Important Differences
Joanna Moncrieff
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09/09/2018
2
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Welcome to Mad in the UK!
MITUK admin
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06/09/2018
5
Benzodiazepines
The REST Service for Benzo and Sleeping Tablet Dependence
Lucy Fernandes
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05/09/2018
0
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Troubling Mental Health Nurse Education
Alec Grant
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03/09/2018
9
Adverse effects
We’ve Backed the Wrong Horse – It’s Time For Our Love...
James Moore
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02/09/2018
9