CEP Declares Its Support For Professor Peter Gøtzsche
The Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry today issues a declaration of support for our colleague, Professor Peter C. Gøtzsche – co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, Director...
Turmoil Erupts Over Expulsion of Member From Leading Evidence-based Medicine Group
From STAT. One of the medical world’s most respected expert bodies is in turmoil as its annual meeting gets underway in Edinburgh, Scotland, after its...
Why We Need to Abandon the Disease-Model of Mental Health Care
From Scientific American. Peter Kinderman writes: In my book A Prescription for Psychiatry I offer a manifesto for mental health and well-being. I argue...
Digital Spaces in Pakistan as Alternative Care Communities
From Mad in Asia. Editorial intern, Momina Masood, talks to Noor ul Huda Niazi, an administrator of a WhatsApp self-help group, about the possibilities...
“Honest” Placebos Effective in Treating Health Problems
From TIME: “The medical community has been aware of the placebo effect–the phenomenon in which a nontherapeutic treatment (like a sham pill) improves a...