Thursday, May 1, 2014

Don Weitz's 25 reasons why psychiatry must be abolished

www.antipsychiatry.org/25reason.htm Slightly revised version of the original written in Spring 1998. Invites all to SNOWBALL, COPY AND PUBLISH THIS STATEMENT INCLUDING THE NOTE. NO COPYRIGHT OR PERMISSION REQUIRED.

If it is objected that psychiatrists are now diagnosing aspies, they are using a piece of modern knowledge whose emergence psychiatry much slowed and delayed and that undoes lots of what psychiatry said and did. Critical psychiatrists can bear the job title and move away from the practices of psychiatry.

This was shared on the blog Psychiatric Survivors Resources.
Thomas Leonard is a local friend who has researched bad effects of psychiatric medications that are used too frequently. Our fear is always of unrecognised autistics, who got caused up with psychiatric treatment instead, still suffering that physically harmful pseudoscience. www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0044/00448708.pdf‎ This is his submission, number MHB108, on the presently proposed Mental Health Bill.

Have you heard the great news that Switzerland has banned ECT? The Irish Republic also is abolishing giving it against a patiennt's will. There is an awareness ahift about its nonsensical and serious effects.