Psychiatry Ponders Whether Extreme Bias Can Be an Illness
Psychiatry Ponders Whether Extreme Bias Can Be an IllnessBy Shankar VedantamWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, December 10, 2005; Page A01The 48-year-old man turned down a job because he feared that...
View ArticleThe Politics of Mental Illness: Myth and Power in the Work of Thomas S. Szasz
If mental illness existed, would compulsory hospitalization and treatment of those who presumably have it be justified?Jan Pols is a Dutch psychiatrist who published a book (his thesis) about the...
View ArticleR.W. Bradford, RIP
R.W. Bradford, editor and publisher of Liberty magazine, passed away on Thursday.Dear friends,I am grieved to tell you that R.W. Bradford, founder of "Liberty," died on Thursday, December 8, at his...
View ArticleMind Games at Gitmo
"The question that the Pentagon leadership has been focusing on, and which was a key subject of discussion during our day at Gitmo, is whether there is an ethical difference between using psychologists...
View ArticleFree booze benefits homeless alcoholics
Free booze benefits homeless alcoholicsJanuary 5, 2006 TORONTO, Ontario (Reuters) -- Giving homeless alcoholics a regular supply of booze may improvetheir health and their behavior, the Canadian...
View ArticleJust one sip for Sipowicz to slip.
Schaler, J.A. (2005). Just one sip for Sipowicz to slip. In G. Yeffeth (Ed.) What would Sipowicz do? Race, rights and redemption in NYPD Blue. Dallas, Texas: Benbella Books. pp. 63-71. (pdf of article...
View ArticleSpecial Ed Whistleblower on Unauthorized Restraint
Special Education whistleblower reports unauthorized restraint of child at Greene County, NY school:http://cryptome.org/teacher-axed.htm(This site is a good source of information unfavorable to...
View ArticleHead case
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20060222-9999-lz1c22abnorm.html San Diego TribuneHead casedFor 100 years, the Journal of Abnormal Psychology has made mental note of our ever-changing...
View ArticleAndrea Yates offered plea deal
A Texas woman who drowned her five children in 2001 has been offered a plea agreement under which she could be eligible for parole in 12 1/2 years, prosecutors said on Monday, but her lawyer rejected...
View ArticleExperts Defining Mental Disorders Are Linked to Drug Firms
"Every psychiatric expert involved in writing the standard diagnostic criteria for disorders such as depression and schizophrenia has had financial ties to drug companies that sell medications for...
View Articleawards movie at www.schaler.net
A Quicktime movie of the Szasz Award to Schaler on April 17, 2006, and his evening keynote speech is now available at http://www.schaler.net/awardsspeechmovie.html. The crowd was over 1,000 at the...
View ArticleInside Scientology
Inside ScientologyFebruary 2006Rolling StoneUnlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9363363/inside_scientology
View ArticleLP removes involuntary commitment from platform
The Libertarian Party has removed opposition to involuntary commitment from its platform. Many party members support psychiatric power and have opposed that provision.
View ArticleLSD treatment for alcoholism gets new look
The HinduSunday, October 8, 2006Some participants still have not had a drink 40 years after the trials. For the past five years, Dr. Erika Dyck has been unearthing some intriguing facts related to a...
View ArticleWikipedia: Szasz LSD trip "'one of the best experiences' he'd lived through"
How appropriate that this perplexing comment should appear in the Wikipedia entry, "Reality":"Thomas Szasz called his LSD trip near the end of his life "one of the best experiences" he'd lived...
View Article"Experts" say term schizophrenia should be abolished
Schizophrenia term use 'invalid'BBC News2006/10/09The term schizophrenia should be abolished, experts have said.They claim the category falsely groups a wide range of symptoms and encourages...
View ArticleVa. Parents Trying to Unadopt Troubled Boy-- Mother Says Caseworkers Failed...
Va. Parents Trying to Unadopt Troubled BoyMother Says Caseworkers Failed to Disclose Child's Stormy HistoryBy Brigid SchulteWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, October 9, 2006; A01A talkative...
View ArticlePlastic surgery: natural mood enhancer?
Plastic surgery: natural mood enhancer?SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- It has been proven that plastic surgery can improve self-esteem but a U.S. scientist says it can also act as a natural mood...
View ArticleOpiate Romance
Opiate Romanceby George GilesLewRockwell.comTheodore Dalrymple is a British Doctor who is also a gifted writer. He has written extensively on his experiences in medical practice in some of the world's...
View ArticleRothbard's attack on psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis as a WeaponBy Murray N. Rothbard (Excerpt)Thomas Szasz is justly honored for his gallant and courageous battle against the compulsory commitment of the innocent in the name of "therapy"...
View ArticleObituary: Martin Roth
Excerpts from lengthy obit by Claude M. Wischik in The Independent (UK) for Hungarian-born psychiatrist Martin Roth:His textbook was a sure, humane and safe pilot for the discipline of psychiatry in...
View ArticleConfronting the "Good Death": Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-1953
Has anyone read this book?Confronting the "Good Death": Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-1953by Michael S. BryantBook Description:Years before Hitler unleashed the "Final Solution" to annihilate European...
View ArticleJudge rules against boy’s circumcision
This is a most interesting legal decision. According to the Chicago Tribune,In a case that has been closely watched by anti-circumcision groups nationwide, a Cook County judge ruled Tuesday that the...
View ArticleResearchers: Broken home linked to psychosis
People from broken homes may be more prone to psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia, research suggests.Researchers said their findings suggest the illnesses are not simply brain diseases, but...
View ArticlePsychiatry, Psychology, and the Law -- an online course with Jeffrey Schaler,...
Psychiatry, Psychology, and the LawJLS-596 N01LAmerican UniversityInstructor: Jeffrey SchalerMay 14, 2007 to June 25, 2007 "This on-line course deconstructs concepts of mental illness, explanations for...
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