Professor Peter Gøtzsche has won first prize in the 2014 BMA book awards in the Basis of Medicine Category with his most recent book, ‘Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare’, published by Radcliffe Publishing. Peter is Director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre and a member of CEP. The BMA reviewer commented as […]
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Robert Whitaker discusses psychiatric drugs and the chemical imbalance theory on CBC Radio
Michael Enright of Canadian CBC Radio interviews Robert Whitaker, author of ‘Anatomy of an Epidemic’, on The Sunday Edition: http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/features/2014/06/08/robert-whitaker-on-psychiatric-drugs/
Talk by Dr James Davies, 7 June in London: The DSM – A Great Work or Fiction?
The DSM – A GREAT WORK, OR FICTION? A study of why psychiatry has become bad for our mental health Why is psychiatry such big business? Why are so many psychiatric drugs prescribed, and why, without solid scientific justification, has the number of mental disorders risen from 106 in 1952, to 374 today? In this […]
VIDEO: What are the costs of psychiatric drug treatment to the UK economy?
Dr. James Davies, author & academic, University of Roehampton
VIDEO: What does the research say about the effects of long-term use of psychiatric drugs?
Prof. Sami Timimi, child psychiatrist & visiting professor, University of Lincoln
VIDEO: Why do psychiatric drugs have withdrawal syndromes?
Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, psychiatrist & senior lecturer, University College London
VIDEO: Do antidepressants work?
Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, psychiatrist & senior lecturer, University College London
VIDEO: How are psychiatric diagnoses made?
Prof. Sami Timimi, child psychiatrist and visiting professor, University of Lincoln
VIDEO: Where did the chemical imbalance theory come from?
Dr. James Davies, author & academic, University of Roehampton, London
VIDEO: Can psychiatric drugs cause long-lasting negative effects?
Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, psychiatrist & senior lecturer, University College London