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Problems with SSRI’s
Dr. David Healy – Effects of Selective Serotonin
Reuptake Inhibitors on Sensory
Systems and Mental State
Dr. David Healy – 2026 Origins of SSRIs
Dr. David Healy – The Eclipse of Science and of Us
.. “Adverse drug events are now the fourth leading cause of death in hospitals” – this quote holds for mort countries. Dr. David Healy
Wondering about side effects? No one knows a prescription drug’s side effects like the person taking it. See https://rxisk.org
Robert Whitaker – Mad in America,
Depression
Irving Kirsch PhD (Harvard Professor) The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
Johann Hari – Uncovering The Real Causes of Depression
Robert Whitaker – Psychiatric Drugs: Do They Fix “Chemical Imbalance” in the Brain
Part 1 https://youtu.be/Ep1ODxCoYlI
Part 2 https://youtu.be/UgMaxx0dbv8
Addiction
Johann Hari – Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong.
Gabor Mate – Who We Are When We Are Not Addicted: The Possible Human
ADHD
Judith Deutsch – Unraveling the Mysteries of ADHD
Epilepsy
Judith Deutsch – Some findings from the psychoanalytic treatment of two children with epilepsy.
Impact of Psychological Pressures on the Body
Gabor Mate – When the Body Says No — Caring for ourselves while caring for others.
Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Alternative ways of Understanding Mental Health Issues
Thomas Szasz M.D. – Co-founder – Citizens Commission on Human Right (CCHR)
Thomas Szasz – The Myth of Mental Illness and ADHD
Allen J. Frances – The Over-diagnosis of Mental Illness
Peter Simons – Antipsychotics Lead to Worse Outcomes in First-Episode Psychosis
Robyn Thomas –Not Just a Dream: Finding the Mental Health Community I’d Been Longing For
Y Rabinovitz – Part 1: A psych ward without drugs? Visit Norway
Part 2; (2024) The dimming of the Northern Lights: Norway’s drug-free psychiatric units shut
Part 3: From inside a locked ward to drug-free living