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A now-infamous 1961 study by Yale University psychologist Stanley
A now-infamous 1961 study by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram showed how quickly ordinary people, when pressed by an authority figure, wou...

Although psychiatric researchers have speculated that the rate of
Although psychiatric researchers have speculated that the rate of people within the (politically-derived, biologically-fictional) racial category of �...

When my son was born six years ago, the word “disabled” was
When my son was born six years ago, the word “disabled” was suddenly all around me. It came from everywhere – the nurses, the doctors, the physi...

“The Murphy proposal — included in the Helping Families in
“The Murphy proposal — included in the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act — pressures states to divert more than $130 million to expan...

“Hundreds of thousands of benefit claimants face being stripped
“Hundreds of thousands of benefit claimants face being stripped of their state allowances if they refuse to undergo treatment for anxiety and depres...

A paper by Joanna Moncrieff and Laura Allison in the journal
A paper by Joanna Moncrieff and Laura Allison in the journal History of Psychiatry reviews “the theory and practice of emergency sedation for behavi...

In what a lawyer for the plaintiff characterizes as “a forceful
In what a lawyer for the plaintiff characterizes as “a forceful ruling,” Ontario’s Court of Appeal found “no evidence” that a plaintiff ever...

Bloomberg reports that “The European debut of a pill to treat
Bloomberg reports that “The European debut of a pill to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder faces a major hurdle: convincin...