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Further information from the experts on:
• depression • anxiety
• difficult to diagnose (somatic) pain/symptoms
• health problems related to stress
• addiction/eating disorders

Depression

Irving Kirsch PhD (Harvard Professor) The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidressant Myth

Paul Andrews PhD (McMaster Professor – Evolutionary Psychology) – Depressive Disorder or depression by design?”

Paul Andrews PhD (McMaster Professor – Evolutionary Psychology)  – Anti-depressants likely do more harm than good

 

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

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

Mental Health Myths

Thomas Szasz M.D. – Co-founder – Citizens Commission on Human Right (CCHR)

Thomas Szasz – The Myth of Mental Illness 

Allen J. Frances – The Over-diagnosis of Mental Illness