Social Workers contribute to psychiatric oppression despite the field’s complicated relationship with mental healthcare
Using the mental health system in England as a case study, a recently published book chapter argues that social workers have both remained complicit...
Antidepressants increase suicide attempts in youth; no preventative effect
In a new study, researchers found SSRIs increased the risk of suicide attempts threefold for those younger than 18 and up to twofold for...
Disability research: inclusion in theory, exclusion in practice
A newly published article in the Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities reveals significant gaps in disability research. Although there’s been a yearly increase...
Harmed by Psychiatric Drugs Prescribed for Acid Reflux
I was unaware that metoclopramide is in the same drug class as antipsychotics with the same potential for serious side effects.
Researchers call on psychiatry to abandon biomedical framework
A newly published study in the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology by researchers Sara Campolonghi and Luisa Orrù from the University of Padua in Italy...