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ifeminists
May 24, 2006
Tony Zizza |
The Trouble With TeenScreen While some of our young people may properly rebel against TeenScreen and other dangerous in-school mental health propoganda that helps Big Pharma, what about all the young people who come running home convinced they are -- mentally ill?   |
ifeminists
December 28, 2005
Tony Zizza |
If Depression Hurts, Eli Lilly Is Killing Us Eli Lilly's latest marketing campaign is a form of propaganda that speaks to how low Big Pharma will go to keep Americans in chemical handcuffs. |
ifeminists
September 13, 2006
Tony Zizza |
When Did Teenage Schizophrenia Become A Coupon? American children between the ages of 13-17 are now being marketed to parents clipping coupons to have their children participate in clinical research studies in which investigational "drugs for schizophrenia" are used. |
ifeminists
March 24, 2009
Tony Zizza |
Mental health stats merit scrutiny I don't believe the mental health system in Tennessee, or in this country for that matter, faces a severe crisis. |
ifeminists
January 26, 2005
Tony Zizza |
NAMI Is Dead Wrong On Mental Health Screening It's time to relentlessly put President Bush's mental health screening monster and groups like NAMI in their place. Mandatory mental health screening is child abuse. |
ifeminists
December 31, 2007
Tony Zizza |
Massachusetts Takes Wrong Turn On Mental Health Screening New regulations in Massachusetts require doctors to screen for possible mental health problems in children. |
ifeminists
June 21, 2006
Tony Zizza |
Tom Cruise Was - Right! In American, when even choosing to be a jerk in your automobile is now viewed as suffering from a mental disorder that requires therapy and drugs, psychiatry is 100% -- pseudoscience. |
ifeminists
August 11, 2004
Tony Zizza |
The New Child Abuse: Mandatory Mental Health Screenings Politicians and pharmaceutical companies must believe there is something noble in the entire U.S. population being labeled with a mental disorder, and subsequently drugged. |
ifeminists
October 22, 2002
Tresa McBee |
Pass the Prozac Sparring spouses seek counseling, where they are diagnosed with "relational disorder," meaning the relationship is causing problems, not the people. Relational disorder is not a recognized mental illness. Yet. If two psychiatrists convince enough people, RD could be added to the DSM. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2002 |
Mental Health: Keeping Your Emotional Health What is good emotional health?... What about anger?... What can I do to avoid problems?... Tips on dealing with your emotions... How does stress affect my emotions?... Can emotional problems be treated?... etc. |
ifeminists
April 29, 2004
Tony Zizza |
Stop Selling Depression and Drugs To Men Author questions how it can be wrong to profile terrorists, but okay to profile a particular gender as a profitable market for medications and subjective mental health labels? |
ifeminists
December 5, 2008
Tony Zizza |
Don't We All Have A Personality Disorder? On December 2nd, the Fox News website posted this from the AP: "1 in 5 Young Adults Has Personality Disorder, Study Finds." Isn't this lovely? |
ifeminists
May 10, 2006
Tony Zizza |
Is It Time To Boycott Parade Magazine? Once again Parade magazine is helping pharmaceutical companies sell depression and its drugs. If we are to take AstraZeneca seriously, and bipolar disorder seriously, then we must completely reject the idea of free will, personal responsibility, and good/bad consequences. |
ifeminists
May 5, 2004
Tony Zizza |
Depression Screenings Don't Belong In Our Schools A recent article in the Denver Post reports Denver Health's School-Based Health Centers are screening every student - for depression - who steps inside any one of the 11 school-based "clinics." |
ifeminists
October 4, 2006
Tony Zizza |
Time To Boycott National Depression Screening Day In the U.S., whenever National Depression Screening Day rears its ugly head in the mainstream media every first week in October, we have the opportunity to review some serious doublethink that does not change much with each passing year. |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Helping Parents Deal with College Stress The number of parents who express concern about getting their kids into college is almost as many as those who worry about paying the tab. |
ifeminists
May 25, 2005
Tony Zizza |
The American Psychiatric Association Is Actually The American Pill Association Psychiatry has become the legalized practice of prescribing pills, rather than the purposeful practice of assisting us with problems of the heart and soul. |
Reason
April 2004
Joli Jensen |
Emotional Choices What story you choose to believe about antidepressants reveals a deeper truth about who you are. |
Managed Care
February 2002
Heidi A. Sauder & Sheri Wallace |
Push Is On for Improved Treatment of Women's Psychological Maladies Sure there are diagnostic and treatment challenges, but the money that can be saved for society might make this fertile ground for investment... |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2000 |
Understanding Your Teenager's Emotional Health Your child's teenage years can be a difficult time. Teens may feel overwhelmed by the emotional and physical changes they are going through... |
ifeminists
August 2, 2006
Tony Zizza |
Wrong Verdict in Yates Case The verdict that came down in the new Andrea Yates murder trial of "not guilty by reason of insanity" is absolutely insane. She needs to spend the rest of her life in prison for drowning not one child, or two, or three, or four, but five children. |
Nursing
April 2008
Kathryn Murphy |
Shedding the burden of depression & anxiety Learn about types of depression and available treatments. |
Reason
December 2007
Will Wilkinson |
The Great Depression Is an epidemic of depressive disorder really sweeping America? Book review: The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder, by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield. |
Salon.com
May 25, 2000
J.B. Orenstein |
Who will care for the crazy? She was 18 and had been found hanging by a noose. But the moment I saw her insurer, I knew she was one of the lucky ones. |
Job Journal
May 28, 2006
Rich Heintz |
Do You Have a Head for Mental Health Work? Would working in the field of mental health make you happy? Here is a look at some professions. |
AskMen.com
Eddie Chandler |
Antisocial Personality Disorder Having an Antisocial Personality Disorder is vastly different from being antisocial. It is a serious form of mental illness. Learn it's signs, its symptoms and what you can do about it. |
ifeminists
September 15, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Mandatory Mental Health Screening Threatens Privacy, Parental Rights The screenings may be used to force parents to put their children on psychiatric medication. Some parents who have refused to do so under current policies have been threatened or charged with "child abuse" for no other reason than their refusal. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2002 |
Medicines for Mental Health During Pregnancy What mental problems may occur during pregnancy?... Can pregnancy cause these mental problems? Does it make them worse?... Are mental health medicines safe to use during pregnancy?... What should I do if I have a history of a mental disorder and want to get pregnant?... etc. |
ifeminists
June 23, 2004
Tony Zizza |
Poor Parenting Skills Can Be A Choice It's time for Americans to start improving parenting skills from within. Stop allowing the pharmaceutical companies with their magic pills, brochures and videos to do what we alone must do - raise our children. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2006 |
Emotional Health: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is emotional health?... What about anger?... What can I do to avoid problems?... Tips on Dealing with Your Emotions... etc. |
Reason
October 2005
Maia Szalavitz |
In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
AskMen.com
Harold Russell |
Depression & Fatigue A recent study of adults showed fatigue and lethargy to be the most common and debilitating symptoms of depression. This finding could change the way that physicians treat this illness. |
ifeminists
October 5, 2008
Tony Zizza |
The over-prescribing of America In writing "Stigma often hinders lifesaving discussion" for The Tennessean on Sept. 17, Dr. Dennis Morrison offers us more recycled bromides concerning suicide and the state of mental health. |
ifeminists
February 16, 2005
Byron Fraser |
Marginalized No Longer! In Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts--What Causes Mental Illness, Ty C. Colbert elucidates his very innovative concept of a forced choice: the emotional pain model does not lay the blame on the individual, but eventually opens the door for him to take charge of his own life and set of choices. |
TIME Asia
February 14, 2011 |
Inbox Readers comment on the recent Tucson shootings. |
ifeminists
May 4, 2005
Tony Zizza |
Why Parents Should Have High Expectations Of Their Children In a world where children have low expectations and low frustration levels, even the smallest completion of a chore or task seems to call for big rewards. This doesn't do anybody any good. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Catherine Arnst |
Attention Deficit: Not Just Kid Stuff Drugmakers are starting to target an overlooked group: Adults with ADHD. |
Reason
January 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Head Games What are the rules for defining mental illness? |
Psychology Today
Mar/Apr 2009
Kathleen McGowan |
Good Morning, Heartache Depression is a daily reality against which millions struggle. Many have found a variety of strategies to help them not just survive, but thrive. |
Reason
May 2005
Jacob Sullum |
Thomas Szasz Takes on His Critics In Szasz Under Fire: The Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces His Critics, edited by Jeffrey A. Schaler, Szasz sticks to his guns and scores many points, but his responses are not always completely satisfying. |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Janelle Brown |
Swift injustice Anger and frustration dominate reactions to the quick guilty verdict in the murder trial of Andrea Yates... |
Salon.com
July 11, 2001
Amy Benfer |
A history of failure Author and psychologist Bruce Levine pummels psychiatry, psychotropic drugs and the role both may have played in the case of Andrea Yates... |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2000 |
Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is an illness that causes extreme mood swings. This condition is also called manic-depressive illness... What are some of the signs of bipolar disorder?... How is bipolar disorder treated?... What can I do to help myself get better?... |
Reason
July 2000
Jacob Sullum |
Curing the Therapeutic State Thomas Szasz, author of "The Myth of Mental Illness," on the medicalization of American life. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2006
Mark Senak |
Opinion: CARE for Mental Illness There's a disease that afflicts this country when it comes to caring for mentally ill patients. It's called neglect. The cure? Stakeholders should have a look at the Ryan White CARE Act. |
ifeminists
March 17, 2004
Tony Zizza |
"What Do You Want To Do?" Surely, we will all yell (bravo!) when mental health professionals who have prescription pads burning in their pockets, and pharmaceutical executives come to understand, we need more compassionate psychologists in this country and fewer prescriptions. |
AskMen.com
Julian Marcus |
Are You Bipolar? Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is one of the least understood and potentially most destructive mental health disorders. |
Fast Company
Evie Nagy |
What Your Teen Is Really Doing All Day On Twitter And Instagram In her new book It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, Microsoft principal researcher danah boyd addresses the fears and misconceptions that adults have about teens' use of social media. |
Job Journal
February 13, 2005
Rich Heintz |
Positive Outlook for Mental Health Careers Passage of Prop 63 in California offers hope of a hiring boom. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2007 |
Depression in Children and Teens How to recognize depression in your children and resources available for more information. |
