Niall McLaren on Critical Psychiatry

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November 2023
On conspiracies.
A couple of comments to finish last week's post. In their submission to the Senate enquiry into ADHD, the college of psychiatrists said they have a…
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Last mention of ADHD for the year.
A short epistle today, I'm worn out by enquiries and reports and all that stuff. Also by the endlessly proliferating wars around the world. There's a…
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Announcing .... The Report.
The Senate report on the ADHD enquiry totals 304 pages, but the important bits are in the first sections. Pages 15-17 list the recommendations of the…
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Quote: "Today we make ADHD history"
So said Sen. J Steele-John as he officiated at the launch of the report of the Senate enquiry into ADHD. Glowing exultantly, he continued: Today marks a…
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October 2023
Psychiatry as a colonial power.
Back in the Dark Ages, when I was at school, history was largely the story of Great White Men carrying the Light of Civilisation to relieve the misery…
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Talking about incarceration.
Two items of news this week from what is now the fourth largest economy in the world and thus one of the wealthiest per capita, California. The governor…
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How's your insight today?
A reader asked: "Would you be able to write something with as much detail as possible about insight and capacity to consent within the psychiatric and…
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On the human rights of "mental" people
Over the weekend, I forced myself to watch to watch the final lectures in the "ADHD Masterclass" series issued by the college of psychiatrists in…
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Who needs science?
A reader sent this link, which arrived in the midst of watching the next video on ADHD from the college of psychiatrists. The link to "ADHD A-listers…
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September 2023
Narcisso-Fascism
Lost in cyberspace
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ADHD. Again.
(Apologies for banging this drum again...)
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