Tag Archives: DSM

You’re Not Paranoid, It’s Really Happening

The real problem is that psychiatrists fraudulently diagnose life’s problems as an “illness”, and stigmatize unwanted behavior as “diseases.” Continue reading

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Set It and Forget It Birth Control

Need we actually say that a depressive side effect of an IUD is not a “mental illness” requiring an antidepressant? Continue reading

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Shock and Awe – the Latest Psychiatric Abuse of Children

The psychiatric industry is introducing electrical “stimulation” of children’s brains as a socially acceptable gradient to just plain shocking them into good behavior. Continue reading

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Chanting the Chantix Mantra

Chantix is a psychiatric drug which can cause suicidal thoughts, self-harm, and homicidal thoughts. Continue reading

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Depression and The Marketing of Madness

How did psychotropic drugs become the go-to treatment? Continue reading

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Buds Worth Billions – Blinded by the Buds

Let’s take a look at the medical disadvantages, to get a sense of how promoting marijuana could be unethical. Continue reading

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High Anxiety

We recently watched the classic Mel Brooks movie “High Anxiety.” Besides the fact that it is absolutely hilarious, and relentlessly parodies psychiatry and psychiatrists, it also leads into a discussion of anxiety as popularized by psychiatry and psychology. The American … Continue reading

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Neurodiversity – The Latest Psychiatric Disability Trend

With so many different “mental disorders” and no real clues about curing them, psychiatrists needed a new all-encompassing word to describe them. They co-opted “neurodiversity” — diversity based on some neurological condition. Continue reading

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Guilty of Bad Taste

And we don’t mean the “Bad Taste” 1987 science-fiction comedy horror splatter film about aliens harvesting humans for their intergalactic fast food franchise. We mean that something is in bad or poor taste when it exhibits poor judgment by being … Continue reading

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Psychiatry and Cannabis

There is an abundance of research literature highlighting the harmful effects of cannabis (marijuana), yet a large number of psychiatrists still advocate for additional research in the hope that they can find some beneficial use for it. Some Cannabis History … Continue reading

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