We should scrap the psychiatric diagnosis system and try to help patients the best we can without labelling and drugging them.

I fought mentally with myself and was afraid of the future. In the clinic I was diagnosed with moderate depression, whereupon I was given the medication a few days later.

Dr. Bhui challenges the myth of clinical neutrality, arguing that culture informs not only patients’ experiences of distress ...

Ph.D., is a staff psychologist at Eastern Michigan University’s Counseling and Psychological Services. Audrey has a clinical focus on serving the needs of autistic college students and co-authored a ...

Big Tobacco drafted the plays that Big Tech is enacting today: manipulating public opinion by partnering with the medical field.

Chatbots, with constant availability and user-centric conversation style, are widening the reach of “therapeutic culture.” ...

The Western mind fights for justice, while the Eastern soul accepts imperfection. Perhaps when we can hold both, we can ...

The conditions that create suicide are the same as those required for toxic leadership, toxic environments, and dysfunctional policies.

Research shows that coercion in psychiatry is common, with some experts calling it a near universal standard practice. Both academic literature and the A new Japanese study finds that informal ...

Portugal is the most depressed country in the European Union. Outside of it, only Iceland takes more antidepressants. It is ...

From the Times Educational Supplement Magazine. "The autism spectrum has widened to the point of collapse, affecting how teachers should support autistic ...

It’s only okay to talk about mental health/mental illness if you’re actively in recovery. Otherwise you’re seen as just ...