Electroconvulsive Therapy Being Used on Teens in NHS Trusts
Thousands of patients with mental health issues, including teenagers, are being given electroconvulsive therapy despite links to brain damage.
Patients are STILL not being warned of withdrawal pain from depression pills, say experts
Patients are still not being warned how difficult it can be to come off antidepressants, say psychiatrists campaigning for a reduction in the needless use of the drugs.
Joanna Moncrieff: “I’m Not Convinced Antidepressants Have Any Use”
From The New Statesman: “Around one in eight adults in England – or 8.3 million people – is on antidepressants, a figure that has risen...
A NICE Game of Minecraft: Philosophical Flaws Underpinning UK Depression Guideline Nosology
The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has delineated certain subclassifications of persistent depression in its new guideline, which grossly distorts the phenomenology of depression.
Stop Saying ‘Commit Suicide’, Urge Celebrities and Campaigners
From The Indepedent. More than 130 authors, campaigners, politicians, journalists and broadcasters are calling for for an end to the use of the phrase “commit...