November 2011
3 posts
Profits all around
It’s very sad that our veterans receive such a lousy shake in their needs and healthcare when they get home, as this article points out.
I think the key concept, however, is here:
Ironically, yet not surprisingly, pay-to-play in Washington becomes more egregious every day. Heather Bresch, daughter of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-WV) was recently named CEO of WV drug-maker Mylan Inc., that...
Freud would have called this 'wishful thinking'
In a survey of more than 2,000 American psychologists scheduled to be published this year, Leslie John of Harvard Business School and two colleagues found that 70 percent had acknowledged, anonymously, to cutting some corners in reporting data. About a third said they had reported an unexpected finding as predicted from the start, and about 1 percent admitted to falsifying data.
Also common is...
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Oklahoma University Professor Accused Of Questionable Medical Practices On Students
OKLAHOMA CITY — Using students as guinea pigs and making deals with companies to make money off his research. These are serious allegations against an OU professor.
A former teaching assistant is speaking out about the questionable experiments. This graduate student and several...
psychOUT: The ward →
psyout:
A place where you can learn about realities previously unnoticed
A place where you can bring headphones and hide in the bathroom
A place where artistic expression is paramount, but formal art groups are dumbed-down.
The inpatients are the sane ones.
Corruption is rampant.
Meds are pushed.
A place for respite.
It is hard to sleep even with sedatives.
There is violence.
...
WatchSpeak Out Against Psychiatry in the UK
October 2011
14 posts
Do we need a DSM-V?
Asks an editorial from The Psychiatric Times:
…with each revision [of the DSM], the number of diagnosable conditions increases. With each increase, psychiatry is criticized for ‘creating’ diagnoses to: 1) increase revenue to clinicians; 2) partner with big pharma to expand the mental health market; or 3) simply raise money for the DSM publishers. Consequently, in the absence of research...
Life After Labels: My Labels are Metaphors for... →
And in the biopsychiatric model the patient’s problems are always blamed on the patient and the malfunctioning brain. A toxic environment could never cause them.
Oh, and the shrink probably wasn’t any fun at parties. Doctors never are. The lawyers and law enforcement people always have the best stories.
lifeafterlabels:
David Bates
Its been 31 years and counting, since my first...
RT @DrTwittenheimer: I know it’s not really fair to compare economics with astrology, seeing as how there is at least some entertainment …
RT @PsychVictim: WGFT News - ‘Mental Health’ DRUGS Cause Mental Health PROBLEMS: http://t.co/ebm5Anjv via @AddThis
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psyout:
The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Commonwealth University’s paper, interviewed Icarus Project member Megan at the Richmond Zine Fest this past Saturday.
What’s in a zine?
For Megan Osborn, a junior statistics major at VCU, it’s a chance to fight the stereotypes associated with mental illness.
A member of The Icarus Project, Osborn represented the grassroots mental health organization...
Mental Illness Stigma Dead? (No Way) →
My mental health is greatly improved when I pay absolutely no attention to DJ Jaffe.
repetition-is-holy:
I completely don’t buy the argument of this HuffPo article. The author asserts that the stigma around mental health, just like around cancer and left handedness, is dead. And that if it isn’t, that we can just declare it dead and move on and there are more important issues around mental...
This is MY story, mofos: Life After Labels- When... →
lifeafterlabels:
Beta Sheep
Drugs and alcohol, coupled with an over-the-top attitude, pretty much caused my problems.
I have an old Axis Report where they reference “alcohol abuse, episodic; mixed substance abuse, continuous.” They list some other things on it: depression, paranoid delusions, a sketchy work…
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December 2007
1 post
Random Wisdom from Reddit
Craig’s List is a horrific cess pool that is a funhouse mirror on society that reveals good and bad but mostly pushes people towards ridiculous excess. It’s emblematic of the promises and perils of the internet and how people are generally not really mature enough for the new technology. While I hope this guy is kidding, there are many posts that are really disturbing that are very...
November 2007
2 posts
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October 2007
26 posts
“When I do it it’s an observation, when others do it, a complaint.”
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September 2007
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