Comments on: Psychiatry in Dissent revisited http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/psychiatry-in-dissent-revisited/ Fri, 03 May 2013 09:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: canardtheduck http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/psychiatry-in-dissent-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-554141 canardtheduck Wed, 30 May 2012 20:40:37 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/?p=1631#comment-554141 ADHD did 'exist' back in the 1970s, indeed there was widespread concern about prescription rates of stimulants amongst children that had been going on for many years by that point. Admittedly this was in the US primarily, but it is a common misconception that ADHD is a recent invention, it really took off in the 60s when stimulant medication was popularized for the treatment of 'minimal brain dysfunction' and other forerunners to the labels for the hyperactive or inattentive child. ADHD did ‘exist’ back in the 1970s, indeed there was widespread concern about prescription rates of stimulants amongst children that had been going on for many years by that point. Admittedly this was in the US primarily, but it is a common misconception that ADHD is a recent invention, it really took off in the 60s when stimulant medication was popularized for the treatment of ‘minimal brain dysfunction’ and other forerunners to the labels for the hyperactive or inattentive child.

]]> By: Joanna http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/psychiatry-in-dissent-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-551557 Joanna Mon, 28 May 2012 13:10:14 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/?p=1631#comment-551557 "Also still relevant is Clare’s critique of the Rosenhan experiment . This is an interesting, but methodologically flawed, study. Controversy was raging about it in the mid-70s and its results are still cited uncritically today". Drugs studies and theories of psychosis are cited uncritically today. Got a link Mark? “Also still relevant is Clare’s critique of the Rosenhan experiment . This is an interesting, but methodologically flawed, study. Controversy was raging about it in the mid-70s and its results are still cited uncritically today”.

Drugs studies and theories of psychosis are cited uncritically today.

Got a link Mark?

]]> By: Duncan Double http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/psychiatry-in-dissent-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-548787 Duncan Double Thu, 24 May 2012 20:34:29 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/?p=1631#comment-548787 Conflict in psychiatry http://criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/conflict-in-psychiatry.html Conflict in psychiatry http://criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/conflict-in-psychiatry.html

]]> By: Mark Saxton http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/psychiatry-in-dissent-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-548644 Mark Saxton Thu, 24 May 2012 17:20:18 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/?p=1631#comment-548644 I've written a contemporary critique of psychiatirc practice aimed at viewers of EastEnders. I’ve written a contemporary critique of psychiatirc practice aimed at viewers of EastEnders.

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