A sadly revealing article about the societal devaluation and wounding which too often surrounds mental disorder and poverty. Note the use of ‘dignity of risk’ language, though it hardly seems to reflect what Perske meant,… Read More »Washington Post article: ‘In transition to independent living, the ‘dignity of risk’ for the mentally ill’
Take a look at this series of images which illustrate the growth in the number and specificity of ‘behaviors’ included in versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Make sure to click… Read More »growth in number and specificity of ‘behaviors’ included in versions of DSM
The 16 August 2012 article in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette entitled ‘New psychiatric treatment center opening today’ describes the first new psychiatric facility built in Massachusetts since the 1950s. The new building is located… Read More »article: ‘New psychiatric treatment center opening today’
A column on psychotropic drugging and so-called ‘electroconvulsive therapy’ (ECT) was published in The Chronicle of Higher Education on 18 September 2011. The columnist challenges the high level of psychotropics given to young people in… Read More »online column: Are psychiatric medicines making us sicker