Science News: Unscientific Diagnoses Medicalize Normal Human Experiences
01/05/22 • 32 min
- Kenneth Kendler: “Implausible” That Psychiatric Diagnoses Even “Approximately True”
- Neurobiological Explanations Can Foreclose Self-Understanding
- Medicalizing Grief May Threaten Our Ability to Mourn
- Research Reveals Mental Health Professionals’ Participation in Rape Culture
- Why the FDA Approved Ineffective Drugs for Low Sexual Desire in Women
- Overuse of Psychiatric Drugs is Worsening Public Mental Health, Doctor Argues
- Kenneth Kendler: “Implausible” That Psychiatric Diagnoses Even “Approximately True”
- Neurobiological Explanations Can Foreclose Self-Understanding
- Medicalizing Grief May Threaten Our Ability to Mourn
- Research Reveals Mental Health Professionals’ Participation in Rape Culture
- Why the FDA Approved Ineffective Drugs for Low Sexual Desire in Women
- Overuse of Psychiatric Drugs is Worsening Public Mental Health, Doctor Argues
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- Esketamine Failed in Five of its Six Efficacy Trials
- Ketamine Withdrawal Has Severe Consequences
- New Study of Ayahuasca Users Shows Placebo Effect in Action
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