J’avais publié, fin décembre 2022, une note sur la restructuration de l’industrie automobile russe face aux sanctions et au retrait (volontaire ou contraint) des grands constructeurs européens et américains[1]. Huit mois après la publication de cette note, l’industrie automobile russe semble en pleine expansion, et en particulier le secteur des véhicules utilitaires et des camions […]
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If one has a dark sense of humor, psychiatry’s medical model can be seen as the root cause of a comical farce in which an institution charged by society to decrease suffering actually increases it. What then is a helpful alternative to psychiatry’s medical model? The simplest answer is its complete opposite. Here, I will spell out exactly what that means.
Hey everyone! I hope you're out and about enjoying the lovely summer of global boiling, but just in case you do find yourself looking at a screen I present for your edification and enjoyment the August Open Thread.
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Cincinnati Enquirer July 25th, 2023 Many people are surprised to discover that electroconvulsive therapy, commonly called electroshock, is offered by UC Health in Cincinnati. The UC Health’s “Electroconvulsive Therapy” website claims, “Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the gold standard for treatment of severe depression, and other psychiatric disorders,” and that “ECT is an extremely effective form of treatment.” […]
Many people are surprised to discover that electroconvulsive therapy), commonly called electroshock, is offered by UC Health in Cincinnati. Patients deserve an informed choice of risks and benefits of any treatment, but unfortunately, the UC Health website fails to reference its claims.
Ladies and gentlemen, today marking the 1st day of the month we call July, I present to you (without further ado than is reasonably necessary ((considering the monumental importance of such an event))) the one, the only, the much anticipated . . . July Open Thread.
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Reflecting on 14 years of participating in movements. Friends, It’s interesting to me to see different aspects of the “Truth/Freedom” movement get caught up in so many niche debates and discussions. It reminds me of my time focusing my energy within the “Liberty” movement. There would be these debates “within the movement” about this celebritarian […]
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Of all the public figures I profile in this book, Ted Kaczynski’s story is, for me, the most tragic—tragic, of course, for his murder victims; tragically traumatizing for his injury victims and near-miss victims; tragic for the position that he put his family members in; tragic for enabling authoritarians to marginalize causes that many nonviolent […]
In 2021, the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the guild of U.S. psychiatrists, acknowledged its history of racism. However, it is difficult to imagine how psychiatry will ever acknowledge that its entire edifice is built on a fundamental bigotry. Bigotry is defined by Merriam-Webster as: “obstinate or intolerant devotion to one’s own opinions and prejudices.” Racism […]
