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 ====== The Anti-Psychiatry Movement ====== ====== The Anti-Psychiatry Movement ======
  
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 Overall, the anti-psychiatry movement has had a significant impact on the way mental health is understood and treated. While it has raised important questions and concerns about the limitations of traditional psychiatric practices, it has also faced criticism for its oversimplification of complex issues and its lack of recognition of the benefits of psychiatric treatment for some individuals. Overall, the anti-psychiatry movement has had a significant impact on the way mental health is understood and treated. While it has raised important questions and concerns about the limitations of traditional psychiatric practices, it has also faced criticism for its oversimplification of complex issues and its lack of recognition of the benefits of psychiatric treatment for some individuals.
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 +<blockquote center>“Overcoming problems on your own normalizes the situation, teaches new skills, and brings you closer to the people who were helpful. Taking a pill labels you as different and sick, even if you really aren't. Medication is essential when needed to reestablish homeostasis for those who are suffering from real psychiatric disorder. Medication interferes with homeostasis for those who are suffering from the problems of everyday life.”
 +<cite right 70%>Allen Frances, Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life</cite>
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 +==== Awareness about the side effects of psychiatric medications and informed consent ====
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 +Among the potential unwanted effects of psychiatric medication, several common themes emerge. Physical side effects such as weight gain, persistent sexual dysfunction, drowsiness, and gastrointestinal disturbances are frequently reported and can significantly impact an individual's well-being and overall quality of life. Additionally, psychiatric medications have been associated with cognitive changes, including difficulties with concentration, memory, and decision-making, which may further complicate day-to-day functioning. Many times informed consent is missing. Many of these persistent symptoms continue after withdrawal and even new persistent neurological disorders can appear. Even professionals are not aware of the many issues. For more information please refer to this Youtube channel from  Witt-Doerring Psychiatry, a professional psychiatrist who worked for the FDA.
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 +https://www.youtube.com/@witt-doerringpsychiatry
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 ==== The Radical Therapy Collective ==== ==== The Radical Therapy Collective ====
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 "Asylums"[( :harvard:Goffman1961>> "Asylums"[( :harvard:Goffman1961>>
 authors   : Erving Goffman authors   : Erving Goffman
-title     : Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates.+title     : Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
 published : 1961 published : 1961
 publisher : Doubleday publisher : Doubleday
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 In the 1960s, Basaglia began advocating for the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals in Italy and for the development of community-based mental health services. He argued that individuals with mental illness should be treated in the community, rather than being isolated in institutions, and that mental health care should be focused on addressing the social and cultural factors that contribute to mental illness. In the 1960s, Basaglia began advocating for the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals in Italy and for the development of community-based mental health services. He argued that individuals with mental illness should be treated in the community, rather than being isolated in institutions, and that mental health care should be focused on addressing the social and cultural factors that contribute to mental illness.
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 ==== Peter C. Gøtzsche ==== ==== Peter C. Gøtzsche ====
  
-Peter Gøtzsche[(Peter_Gotzsche>Peter C. Gøtzsche[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_C._Gøtzsche|Wikipedia]])] is a Danish medical doctor and researcher who has been critical of the field of psychiatry and has argued that many psychiatric treatments, including antidepressant and antipsychotic medications, are overused and can do more harm than good. Gøtzsche has also been critical of the pharmaceutical industry and its influence on psychiatric research and treatment.+Peter Gøtzsche[(Peter_Gotzsche>Peter C. Gøtzsche[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_C._Gøtzsche|Wikipedia]])] is a Danish medical doctor and researcher who has been critical of the field of psychiatry and has argued that many psychiatric treatments, including antidepressant and antipsychotic medications, are overused and can do more harm than good. Gøtzsche has also been critical of the pharmaceutical industry and its influence on psychiatric research and treatment.  
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 +Psychiatric diagnoses are based on a constellation of symptoms that healthy people can also experience. When researchers interviewed 463 people, they found that all of them experienced thoughts, beliefs, moods, and fantasies that, if isolated in psychiatric interview, would support a diagnosis of mental illness. 
 +<cite>Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD [(Gotzsche2023>Self-test for Adult Symptom Deficiency Disorder[[https://www.madinamerica.com/2023/04/adult-symptom-deficiency-disorder/|Madinamerica]])]</cite> 
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 +Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD has published more than 80 papers in the top five general medical journals and his scientific works have been cited over 150,000 times. He has published several books relevant to psychiatry, including Deadly Psychiatry and Organised Denial[( :harvard:Gotzsche2015>> 
 +authors   : Peter C. Gøtzsche 
 +title     : Deadly Psychiatry and Organised Denial 
 +published : 2015 
 +publisher : People's Press 
 +isbn      : 978-87-7159-623-6 
 +url       : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-7159-623-6 
 +)], Mental Health Survival Kit and Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs[( :harvard:Gotzsche2020>> 
 +authors   : Peter C. Gøtzsche 
 +title     : Mental Health Survival Kit and Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs 
 +published : 2020 
 +publisher : People's Press 
 +isbn      : 1615996192 
 +url       : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1615996192 
 +)], and Critical Psychiatry Textbook and has argued that psychiatric disorders are often diagnosed too broadly and that many people who are given psychiatric diagnoses and treatment may not actually have a mental disorder. Gøtzsche is the co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that conducts systematic reviews of medical research and is known for its rigorous and independent evaluations of the evidence for various treatments. He is currently crowdfunding for his Institute for Scientific Freedom with the goal of preserving honesty and integrity in science. 
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-Gøtzsche is the co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that conducts systematic reviews of medical research and is known for its rigorous and independent evaluations of the evidence for various treatments. He has written several books and articles on the topic of psychiatry and has argued that psychiatric disorders are often diagnosed too broadly and that many people who are given psychiatric diagnoses and treatment may not actually have a mental disorder. 
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