Akathisia = Restlessness
I was asked to define "akathisia" for someone today. We were being interviewed for the Black Box Warning Initiative and I began to talk...
Solving for 'Why' and WTF
Psychotropic medications are still the first-line treatment for mental illnesses...WHY? Good question.
WikiFicktion: IF THE WORLD MADE SENSE PART I
I wonder what it would be like… if patients who have been harmed by medical treatments or professionals (iatrogenesis) had the same...
Panic Room
This is probably the most vulnerable, personal blog I’ve ever written but it needs to be written. So, here it is. We need to talk about...
Review of Dr. David Healy's "The Decapitation of Care"
If you lose your head, you lose your mind. Our healthcare system has lost its head, but also its heart, as seen in this excellent polemic...
The Devil We Know
The young woman stood at the cash register ringing me up. Her short-sleeved shirt revealed multiple tattoos all up and down her arm,...
Suicidality and the Overlooked "Why?" Missing Information and Misinformation
How we get caught in the belief structures that have allowed suicidality to be a permissible side-effect.
