Making Inclusion a Reality: Interview Series
From Mad in Asia, a new interview series. Moving away from the biomedical and institutionalisation model, persons with psychosocial disabilities everywhere have demonstrated that there are better alternatives to inclusion of people with disabilities within their community.
Drug Combination For Treatment Resistant Depression No More Effective Than Single
Drug Combination For Treatment-Resistant Depression No More Effective Than Single
Flooding the world with psychiatric drugs could boost the burden of mental disorders
Following the American Psychiatric Association’s publication of the third edition of its “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual” (DSM III) in 1980, there has been a remarkable expansion of the psychiatric enterprise in the United States and other developed countries.
Scottish GPs to Begin Prescribing Rambling and Birdwatching
From The Guardian. Doctors in Shetland are to start prescribing birdwatching, rambling and beach walks in the Atlantic winds to help treat chronic and debilitating...
Antidepressant Adviser to Government Quits After Conflict of Interest Row
From The BMJ. An adviser to the government on antidepressant use has quit in the wake of a row over conflicts of interest.
David Baldwin resigned...