Psychiatry is a pseudoscience based on the idea of mental disorders (or mental illness); the notion of mental disorders are not based in any form of material analysis or science.[1]
Psychiatrists are licensed persons that have the ability to diagnose people with mental disorders and prescribe drugs for treatment of mental disorders.
History
Bethlehem Royal Hospital is the first psychiatric institution formed in 1377.
Psychiatry in Nazi Germany
Psychiatry was an asset used in Nazi Germany's mass extermination of disabled people.[2]
Formation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
The first version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) was formed in 1952 by the American Psychiatric Association.
Scientific Review
Psychiatric Diagnoses
Psychiatric diagnoses have been proven to be consistently unreliable for any scientific usage.
Psychiatric diagnoses do not use and require any objective analysis; lack scientific research to justify the criteria for the disorders; and do not hold discernible consistent criteria. Most psychiatric disorders are diagnosed through subjective analysis by a psychiatrist.
Psychiatric Drugs
Psychiatric drugs have been repeatedly proven to be unreliable in accomplishing their goals (defined by companies) and dangerous to the human body.
Pharmaceutical companies manipulate the bias of the studies to favor psychiatric drugs.
Antidepressants
Antidepressants are negligibly more effective than placebo drugs.[3]
Chemical Imbalance Theory
The chemical imbalance theory is a quack theory which suggested that a lack of serotonin causes Major Depression Disorder. It was generated by pharmaceutical marketing campaigns for antidepressants around the 1970s.
The chemical imbalance theory has since been disproved.[4] Major Depression Disorder has also been found to have scare objective biomarkers and biological models.[5]
Psychiatrists Andrew McIntosh[6], Christopher Davey[7], and Genetic Epidemiologist Cathryn Lewis[6] have responded to the study by claiming that antidepressants still work regardless if the chemical imbalance theory is wrong.
Reputation
Psychiatry is widely denounced by antipsychiatry advocates and physicians, such as Peter Gøtzsche[8][9].
Regardless, Psychiatry is still commonly treated as a science in cultures, often by psychiatrist institutions and pharmaceutical companies.
Connections to the Pharmacy Industry
Psychiatry is highly connected to the pharmaceutical industry.
Abuse
Abusive psychiatric hospitals are often not revoked for clearance by commissions; despite the known abuse.[10]
References
- ↑ Thomas Stephen Szasz. THE MYTH OF MENTAL ILLNESS: 'Conclusion'. [PDF]
- ↑ Rael D Strous. Psychiatry during the Nazi era: ethical lessons for the modern professional. Annals of General Psychiatry. doi: 10.1186/1744-859X-6-8 [HUB]
- ↑ Andrea Cipriani, Toshi A Furukawa (2018). Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Lancet. doi: 10.1016/ S0140-6736(17)32802-7 [https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/ S0140-6736(17)32802-7 [HUB]]
- ↑ Joanna Moncrieff, Ruth E. Cooper, Tom Stockmann (2022). The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence.. [PDF] Molecular Psychiatry. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01661-0 [HUB]
- ↑ Mark Horowitz, Joanna Moncrieff. Prospective biomarkers of major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry. doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0585-z [HUB]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Andrew M McIntosh, Cathryn Lewis (2022-07-22). "Depression: low serotonin may not be the cause – but antidepressants still work" The Conversation.
- ↑ Christopher Davey (2022-08-02). "The chemical imbalance theory of depression is dead, but that doesn’t mean antidepressants don’t work" The Conversation.
- ↑ Peter C. Gøtzsche (2015). Deadly Psychiatry and Organised Denial. People's Press. ISBN 978-87-7159-623-6
- ↑ Peter C. Gøtzsche (2013). Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781846198847
- ↑ Stephanie Armour (2017-09-08). "Hospital Watchdog Gives Seal of Approval, Even After Problems Emerge" Wall Street Journal.