Archive - Niall McLaren on Critical Psychiatry

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.

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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

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