Affirming Psychiatry

AI chatbots may assist in mental health, but they cannot replace the essential human connection provided by psychiatrists and therapists.

Benzodiazepines spark ongoing debate, balancing effective anxiety relief with addiction risks, as cultural attitudes shape their use and perception.

Daniel Morehead, MD, explores the resurgence of antipsychiatry sentiments and the importance of advocating for mental health amid rising skepticism.

Daniel Morehead, MD, critiques the discourse around antidepressants, urging a balanced view of their benefits and risks while addressing patient concerns.

This critical analysis of recent ADHD coverage challenges misconceptions about treatment, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive approach to mental health.

Some of the things we do in the name of mental health will one day seem bizarre and barbaric to those who come after us…

A time for fighting or a time for peace?

While benzodiazepine prescribing certainly carries risks, those risks have been demonstrably exaggerated in the minds of government officials, critics, and the public at large.

Patients should be confident about what psychiatric care offers, regardless of whether they utilize any specific treatments, or even recognize that they are receiving therapeutic care.

Psychiatric treatment works to a degree comparable to other branches of medicine which address complex, chronic illnesses.

Why does the media continue to persecute psychotherapy?

Where might proponents of neurodiversity and psychiatrists agree?

Involuntary treatment is a trauma.

Mental illness is medically real.

What if the psychiatrist’s public face changed from that of a distant prescriber to one of a fellow warrior in the trenches?

Let’s stop fighting amongst ourselves as a mental health movement and focus on biological as well as psychosocial treatment.

A frequent criticism of psychiatry: psychiatrists do not learn, practice, or value psychotherapy. Is it true?

The truth: Psychiatric treatment works.

How important is psychotherapy today?

How does a recent critique of the history of psychiatry get it wrong?

"Nobody likes the DSM..."

In this new series, explore how to approach the criticisms of psychiatry.