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Involuntary Treatment: "Your Consent is Not Required."
As mentioned a few weeks ago, I ordered a newly-published book on detention and involuntary treatment by a Canadian science journalist and author, Ron…
Niall McLaren
Mar 21
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Marvels of modern science: psychotomimetics for depression.
Like most medical professional bodies, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) publishes research journals, in this case…
Niall McLaren
Mar 14
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A is for Antidepressants (and also addiction).
For drug companies, antidepressants are one of the great success stories. Starting in the early 1960s, and especially over the past 30 years, drug…
Niall McLaren
Mar 7
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February 2023
Publications list: books.
I've been publishing material for many years now, practically all of it critical of mainstream psychiatry. In the first twenty years or so, my stuff was…
Niall McLaren
Feb 28
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The Secrecy Surrounding ECT
In about April last year, I thought it would be a good idea to find out how much the Qld Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT) costs to run. Why would…
Niall McLaren
Feb 21
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Why bother with theories in psychiatry?
Substack 23.02.14 (This has been a busy week, with a short paper submitted to one of the Australian journals on the failure of state governments to…
Niall McLaren
Feb 14
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THE AGE OF FRAUD (Part 3)
More on the "biopsychosocial model."
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Feb 7
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January 2023
THE AGE OF FRAUD (Part 2)
Can psychiatrists justify what they do?
Niall McLaren
Jan 31
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THE AGE OF FRAUD (Part 1)
What does philosophy of science say about psychiatry?
Niall McLaren
Jan 24
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Legal entanglements
Following last week's article on the visit of the UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture (SPT) to Australia, which was terminated because of the…
Niall McLaren
Jan 17
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What is Critical Psychiatry?
The concept of a critical psychiatry is part of the movement sometimes known as Critical Analysis, or Critical Thinking. All this says is: Don't take…
Niall McLaren
Jan 10
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Critical Psychiatry
A forum for critical analysis of society, mind and mental disorder.
Niall McLaren
Jan 3
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