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Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: The Pill that Steals Lives
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This documentary recounts Katinka Blackford Newman’s experience with antidepressant treatment that began for insomnia and stress but quickly led to severe psychological side effects, including hallucinations and self-harm. She was...
Psychiatry’s Attack Dog Is at It Again
Over the past several years, psychiatrist Awais Aftab has cultivated a public image of being an open-minded critic of his own profession, and as a result, he is now regularly the go-to source for media reports on challenges to psychiatric t...
RCTs are Pushing the Future of Keto Therapy Down an Unfortunate Path
Research into the efficacy of the keto diet as a treatment for psychiatric disorders is still in its infancy stage, and yet already it is possible to see how RCTs, even as they find that the keto diet is effective in reducing psychiatric sy...
Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: The Art of Living
This short film tells the story of Anniken, a young woman who struggled with self-criticism and feelings of worthlessness that began in adolescence. Comparing herself to others led to self-loathing, which worsened over time and culminated i...
Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: Trapped by the Mirror
Director: Hannah Nordanger, Producer: Synne Fjellheim Wenger
The film was made by students at the Norwegian TV-School, University of Inland, Lillehammer
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Robert Whitaker is the publisher of the Mad in America webzine, and the author of two books about the history of psychiatry, Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic, and the coauthor of Psychiatry Under the Influence.
Artist, poet & psychiatric survivor exploring the power of art to transform our lives.
Podcast host and producer for Mad in America.
Mad in America Editor/Science Writer. Peter comes from a background in the humanities. Before earning a graduate degree in psychology, he studied English, philosophy, and art.
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