A bold & timely step by Sir Robin Murray: Psychological Medicine (edited by Kendler & Murray) publishes an article by Bob Whitaker on antipsychotics & mortality, along with a commentary by Tiihonen et al. This is Murray’s accompanying editorial:
/1 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/listening-to-our-critics-the-care-of-people-with-psychosis/E4C6BA1B2EE0B824CFC843AA276A0E9C
/1 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/listening-to-our-critics-the-care-of-people-with-psychosis/E4C6BA1B2EE0B824CFC843AA276A0E9C
“Although one cannot agree with many of the comments made in Mad in America, if only a fraction is true, then it is clear that there must be a great deal wrong with psychiatry as it is practiced” Robin Murray
He also cites my interview with @viscidula /2 https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/phenomenology-power-polarization-psychosis
He also cites my interview with @viscidula /2 https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/phenomenology-power-polarization-psychosis
This is Whitaker’s article:
“Viewpoint: do antipsychotics protect against early death? A critical view”
/3 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/viewpoint-do-antipsychotics-protect-against-early-death-a-critical-view/D1DF91752396A7B7A5D466618A7B9810
“Viewpoint: do antipsychotics protect against early death? A critical view”
/3 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/viewpoint-do-antipsychotics-protect-against-early-death-a-critical-view/D1DF91752396A7B7A5D466618A7B9810
Commentary on Robert Whitaker's viewpoint, by Tiihonen et al.
/4 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/commentary-on-robert-whitakers-viewpoint/5E16365F7F598C50B977BC4268AAA3E7
/4 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/commentary-on-robert-whitakers-viewpoint/5E16365F7F598C50B977BC4268AAA3E7