Tag: psychiatric

Why the DSM Is Mostly False | Nassir Ghaemi, MD – Mad In America

There is little science in these DSM diagnosis , as interviews testify, from psychiatric community . If a code or diagnosis is in the DSM it is billable , thus insurance pays .

Every human emotion, life experience, and health issue is covered as well as the non scientific codes for behavior ..

The DSM is a social construction, based on “pragmatism” much more so than science, and as such should only be used administratively at present.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/11/why-the-dsm-is-mostly-false-nassir-ghaemi-md/

What Psychosis Researchers can Learn from the Compassionate Approach to Psychedelic Experiences

Despite their similarities, psychedelic experiences are often met with care and compassion, while psychosis is treated with coercion.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/06/what-psychosis-researchers-can-learn-from-the-compassionate-approach-to-psychedelic-research/

Martin Harrow the Galileo of modern psychiatry

Martin Harrow: The Galileo of Modern Psychiatry (1933 – 2023)

The conventional history of psychiatry tells of how the introduction of antipsychotics into asylum medicine kicked off a psychopharmacological revolution, a great advance in care. This was the narrative that psychiatry touted to the public and governed their thinking and clinical practice, and yet for the past 15 years, Harrow and Jobe, as they explored every nook and cranny of the data set from their longitudinal study, presented a different truth to consider.

The analogy to draw here is a grand one: think of Galileo upsetting the apple cart in the 17th century with his pronouncements that the earth revolved around the sun and the reaction of the Catholic Church, and you can get a sense of how profoundly their work challenged psychiatry’s conventional beliefs and practices.

Both Harrow and Jobe are now gone, as Jobe died last March. To fully appreciate their work, and to see how they “followed the data,” which is the defining behavior of good scientists, all you need to do is follow the trail of their research subsequent to their 2007 report.

www.madinamerica.com/2023/03/martin-harrow-the-galileo-of-modern-psychiatry-1933-2023/

After COVID-19 and Beyond the Opioid Wave | Psychiatric Times

The side effects of Xanax , highly addictive was an opportunity to legally addict me via psychiatric prescriptions .. Physchiatric teachings of pharmacology are scant in such a profession of such responsibility ,much abused and neglected .

https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/covid-19-beyond-opioid-wave

US Life Expectancy: The Mental Health Perspective | Psychiatric Times

My choice in belief is 3 reliable sources .

Bonus: My experience and ongoing “student”goals

on many things, but family, sons rewind in healing

and leaping forward in more education , more

breakthroughs in so many wonderful ways.

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Opioids, suicide, and Alzheimer disease all play a large role in the life expectancy drop reported by the CDC.
— Read on www.psychiatrictimes.com/opioid-epidemic/us-life-expectancy-mental-health-perspective