Tag: psychiatry
Psychiatric survivors, individuals who have endured and overcome the challenges of mental health treatment, often carry stories of profound resilience and, regrettably, sometimes profound mistreatment. The realm of psychiatry, …
Psychiatric slavery should be abolished. Psychiatric slavery includes the insanity defense and civil commitment. Read books by Thomas Szasz. Human rights are important. The psychiatric industry has a long …
The Semmelweis reflex and confirmation bias are two psychological phenomena that often influence human behavior and decision-making, especially in scientific and medical communities. Although they share similarities in how …
Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz wrote a whole book lambasting antipsychiatry. The book is entitled Antipsychiatry: Quackery Squared. Ironically, Szasz was often labeled as being an “antipsychiatrist”, even though he vehemently …