Psychiatry Defends Its Antipsychotics: A Case Study of Institutional Corruption
In an article defending antipsychotics, psychiatry reveals that it can't be trusted to assess its own evidence.
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In an article defending antipsychotics, psychiatry reveals that it can't be trusted to assess its own evidence.
Psychiatrists and Open Dialogue 586 Where biologically-oriented psychiatry is the default — perhaps the only — response to mental health crises, it may be hard to see how radically different Open Dialogue actually is. Including social networks in crisis response might seem like a simple (even obvious) extension of “treatment as usual.” It may even seem like — or become — an extension of case management, and compliance. Medical schools train their students to take control — and responsibility — in a crisis; to provide comfort and reassurance to people who are suffering and afra...