Niall McLaren on Critical Psychiatry

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RIP Functionalism.
The legacy of a key functionalist.
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Niall McLaren
The two faces of Critical Psychiatry.
For overseas readers, Australia has been shocked by an incident in a shopping centre in Sydney where a 40yo man with a long history of schizophrenia…
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On Social Phobia.
or: The Disease-Mongers' Playbook
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Just call me Excellent.
The delights of self-praise.
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March 2024

"Critically Underfunded"
or Critically disorganised?
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Mad, Bad or Sad?
The sorry saga of personality disorder.
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When Treatment Fails ...
blame the patient.
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An Apology ...
... for when your only regret is getting caught.
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February 2024

Primum pecunias multas faciamus*
* I think that's right: "First, let's make lots of money."
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On Hypocrisy
While talking with a group of much younger people this week, the state of world politics came up. One of them mentioned the death in prison of Alexei…
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Myths about depression
(List of abbreviations at the end). ABC radio recently carried an interview on depression, entitled Nine big myths about depression — busted. The…
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Talking about spirituality...
... which psychiatrists never do, we need to be clear on one essential point: spirituality is not the same thing as spiritualism. Totally different…
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