Abstract Serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a key neurotransmitter for the modulation
and/or regulation of numerous physiological processes and psychiatric disorders (eg …

The pharmaceutical industry's influence on psychiatric research and practice has been
profound and has resulted in exaggerated claims of the effectiveness of psychotropic …

We thank the authors of all the letters for their interest in our paper [1]. The reason our paper
is important is that the pharmaceutical industry, along with many doctors and academics …

This discussion paper offers a critical provocation to my mental health nursing colleagues.
Drawing upon David Graeber's account of bullshit work, work that is increasingly …

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a widely used psychiatric treatment; however, it remains
contentious. It is therefore important that people are provided with accurate and balanced …

And that is the problem. There is a huge divide between the official psychiatric narrative and
what the science shows. Much of what leading psychiatrists say and write about the …

Abstract Deaths of Despair (DoD), or mortality resulting from suicide, drug overdose, and
alcohol-related liver disease, have been rising steadily in the United States over the last …

Prior to the establishment and promotion of ADHD as a psychiatric disorder, the labels
“minimal brain dysfunction”(MBD),“hyperactivity”(HA), and “learning disability”(LD) were …

Introduction In this study we explore how the diagnostic category of mood disorders is
constructed in two handbooks of Psychopathology as an example of the mainstream …

Explanatory models of the mind inform our working assumptions about mental illness with
direct implications for clinical practice. Neurobiological models assert that the mind can be …