Archive - Niall McLaren on Critical Psychiatry

Extending the biocognitive model

Jul 8 •

Psychiatrists as Gardeners

Until about the late 1950s, and much later in many parts of the world, mental hospitals were huge, terrifying places on the outskirts of cities, usually…

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Forward to the Past.

A couple of papers came my way this week.

Jun 24 •

Jun 17 •

ECT Strikes Again.

Time to strike back

Jun 10 •

On Psychiatry’s Wonderful Future

Only its past is unknown.

Jun 3 •

May 2025

Make Our Children Health Again

Clue: start with their diet.

May 27 •

Psychiatry Unlimited

The war on normality

May 20 •

Going in Circles

More on the saga of ASD.

May 13 •

Deep Sleep Therapy

A very psychiatric scandal.

May 6 •

April 2025

Antidepressants and Sexual Side Effects

The grim reality

Apr 29 •

More on Conspiracies …

… because they’re never ending.

Apr 22 •

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