Psychiatry controversies

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Nazi Germany's programme of euthanasia which claimed 275,000–300,000 victims

medical procedure

Olanzapine, sold under the brand name Zyprexa among others, is an atypical antipsychotic primarily used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is also sometimes used off-label in cancer patients for treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and as an appetite stimulant. For schizophrenia, it can be used for both new-onset disease and long-term maintenance. It is taken by mouth or by injection into a muscle.

Anti-psychiatry, sometimes spelled antipsychiatry, is a movement based on the view that psychiatric treatment can often be more damaging than helpful to patients. The term anti-psychiatry was coined in 1912, and the movement emerged in the 1960s, highlighting controversies about psychiatry. Objections include the reliability of psychiatric diagnosis, the questionable effectiveness and harm associated with psychiatric medications, the failure of psychiatric medications to demonstrate any deterministic treatments, and legal concerns about equal human rights and civil freedom being nullified by t

Paroxetine, sold under the brand name Paxil among others, is an antidepressant medication of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class used to treat major depressive disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. It has also been used in the treatment of premature ejaculation, and hot flashes due to menopause. It is taken orally (by mouth).

novel by Ken Kesey

Adrenochrome is a chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline (epinephrine). It was the subject of limited research from the 1950s through to the 1970s as a potential cause of schizophrenia. While adrenochrome has no currently proven medical application, the semicarbazide derivative, carbazochrome, is a hemostatic medication. Adrenochrome is mass produced and commercially available to the public, and is not a controlled substance.

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form of psychological treatment

theory of how the self-identity and behavior of individuals may be determined or influenced by the terms used to describe or classify them

the misuse of psychiatry, including diagnosis, detention, and treatment, for the purposes of obstructing the human rights of individuals and/or groups in a society

alleged mental disorder applied to Soviet political dissidents

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British writer (1802-1882)

Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) is a controversial hypothetical diagnosis for a subset of children with rapid onset of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) or tic disorders coming immediately after a Streptococcus infection. Symptoms are proposed to be caused by group A streptococcal (GAS), and more specifically, group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) infections. OCD and tic disorders are hypothesized to arise in a subset of children as a result of a post-streptococcal autoimmune process. The proposed link between infection

rule barring psychiatrists from giving professional opinions on the mental health of public figures without in-person examination and consent

widely rejected diagnosis characterized as a potentially fatal state of extreme agitation and delirium

1927 U.S. Supreme Court case declaring compulsory sterilization laws constitutional

controversies relating to ADHD

mental disorder in children and adolescents

Chinese psychiatrist

History of homosexuality as a diagnosed psychopathology

dispute over which viewpoint should predominate and form a basis of psychiatric theory and practice; criticism of a claimed strict biological view of psychiatric thinking; includes disparate groups such as the antipsychiatry

non-fiction work by Bandy X. Lee