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03/28/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Instead of finding the cause of symptoms, early diagnosis of psychosis just gets you put on meds more quickly

Mental Health America describes psychosis as “a general term to describe a set of symptoms of mental illnesses that result in strange or bizarre thinking, perceptions (sight, sound), behaviors, and emotions. Psychosis is a brain-based condition that is made better or worse by environmental factors – like drug use and stress.” This may seem like […]

08/02/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Experts blast growing trend of “coercive psychiatry” where people are pharmacologically imprisoned without evidence or trial

Psychiatry is an ancient phenomenon with an invasive and brutal history. In the past, the mentally ill were strapped to their beds and doctors performed lobotomies and electroconvulsive therapy in the hope to improve a patient’s mental state. As asylums closed in the 1970s and 1980s, old brutal practices and the use of coercion in […]

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