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	<description>Alternative perspective on psychiatry&#039;s so-called mental disorders &#124; PHILIP HICKEY, PH.D.</description>
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		<title>AND FINALLY</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/04/21/and-finally/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With considerable misgivings, I have decided that, due to advancing age and ongoing deterioration in my health, I am no longer able to write posts or respond to comments. From my personal perspective, I deeply regret having to make this decision.  I&#8217;ve been writing posts for the last 13 years, and during that time I&#8217;ve...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/04/21/and-finally/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>RESPONDING TO DR. MOREHEAD&#8217;S SECOND ATTACK ON ANTI-PSYCHIATRY</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/04/14/responding-to-dr-moreheads-second-attack-on-anti-psychiatry/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION On March 21, 2022, Daniel Morehead, MD, psychiatrist, published an essay on Psychiatric Times titled: The DSM: Diagnostic Manual or Diabolical Manipulation? Subtitle:  &#8220;Nobody likes the DSM&#8221;.  This is Episode 2 of his defense of psychiatry. Here&#8217;s the first paragraph: &#8220;It is hard to overstate the torrents of criticism that have rained down upon...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/04/14/responding-to-dr-moreheads-second-attack-on-anti-psychiatry/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>DR. PIES STILL TRYING TO EXCULPATE PSYCHIATRY FOR THE CHEMICAL IMBALANCE THEORY OF DEPRESSION</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/04/07/dr-pies-still-trying-to-exculpate-psychiatry-for-the-chemical-imbalance-theory-of-depression/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION On March 17, 2022, the very eminent and illustrious psychiatrist Ronald Pies, MD, published a piece on return.life.  The article is titled The Myth of the Chemical Imbalance.  Subtitle: What psychiatrists really believe about mood disorders. The gist of the article is that psychiatry, as a profession, never endorsed the chemical imbalance theory of...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/04/07/dr-pies-still-trying-to-exculpate-psychiatry-for-the-chemical-imbalance-theory-of-depression/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RESPONDING TO DANIEL MOREHEAD, MD,  PSYCHIATRY&#8217;S LATEST CHAMPION</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/03/31/daniel-morehead-md-psychiatrys-latest-champion/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 11:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On February 15, 2022, Daniel Morehead, MD, a psychiatrist and director of training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, published an article in Psychiatric Times.  The title is Just Because We Do Not Know Everything Does Not Mean We Do Not Know Anything.  The article is designated Episode 1 of a new series, and the...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/03/31/daniel-morehead-md-psychiatrys-latest-champion/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PROBLEMS AT A COLORADO MENTAL HEALTH CENTER</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/03/29/problems-at-a-colorado-mental-health-center/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION The Colorado News Collaborative is a coalition of more than 160 news outlets across the state.  One March 21, 2022, they ran a piece titled Investigation finds patterns of &#8216;life-threatening&#8217; prescription errors at Colorado mental health center.  The sub-title is: State agencies sought to keep report secret despite ongoing concerns about Mind Springs. Authors...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/03/29/problems-at-a-colorado-mental-health-center/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>THE ENIGMA-MDD PROJECT: SEARCHING FOR THE NEUROPATHOLOGY OF &#8220;MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/03/16/the-enigma-mdd-project-searching-for-the-neuropathology-of-major-depressive-disorder/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION According to its About page, &#8220;The ENIGMA consortium is an international effort by leaders worldwide. The Consortium brings together researchers in imaging genomics, neurology and psychiatry, to understand brain structure and function, based on MRI, DTI [Diffusion Tensor Imaging], fMRI, genetic data and many patient populations. The best return on our research investments will...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/03/16/the-enigma-mdd-project-searching-for-the-neuropathology-of-major-depressive-disorder/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ILLNESSES OR LOOSE COLLECTIONS OF VAGUELY DESCRIBED PROBLEMS?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On February 10, 2022, Joe Pierre MD, Psychiatrist, VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center, and Clinical Professor, UCLA, posted the following short entry on his Twitter stream: &#8220;Cancer is a normal and understandable reaction to environmental trauma.&#8221; This innocent-looking assertion is a glib and fallacious counter to those of us in the anti-psychiatry movement who...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/03/02/illnesses-or-loose-collections-of-vaguely-described-problems/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WHY IS PSYCHIATRY SO DEFENSIVE ABOUT CRITICISM OF PSYCHIATRY? Part 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuing my response to a paper by Awais Aftab, MD, titled It’s Time for Us to Stop Being So Defensive About Criticisms of Psychiatry. I published Part 1 of this post on January 27, 2022.  Because the post was becoming lengthy, I decided to split it into two parts.  This is Part 2. Part 1...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/02/09/why-is-psychiatry-so-defensive-about-criticism-of-psychiatry-part-2/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WHY IS PSYCHIATRY SO DEFENSIVE ABOUT CRITICISM OF PSYCHIATRY? Part 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION On January 6, 2022, Awais Aftab, MD, a psychiatrist and clinical professor at Case Western, published a piece in Psychiatric Times.  The title is It’s Time for Us to Stop Being So Defensive About Criticisms of Psychiatry. Dr. Aftab&#8217;s paper is essentially a response to another paper, published also in Psychiatric Times.  This latter...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/01/27/why-is-psychiatry-so-defensive-about-criticism-of-psychiatry/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF MENTAL HEALTH – OR PERHAPS NOT</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/01/04/addressing-the-social-determinants-of-mental-health-or-perhaps-not/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION On June 22, 2021, Vivian Pender, MD, then the newly elected President of the APA, published an article on Psychiatric News titled Addressing Social Determinants of Mental Health.  Psychiatric News is the APA&#8217;s own online journal. Here are the first two paragraphs: &#8220;According to the World Health Organization, &#8216;A person’s mental health and many...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2022/01/04/addressing-the-social-determinants-of-mental-health-or-perhaps-not/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LIBERATING PEOPLE FROM PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/12/13/liberating-people-from-psychiatric-diagnoses/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION I have recently read an interesting paper titled:  Liberating People From Psychiatric Diagnoses:  Exploring Severe Mental, Behavioral, and Emotional Disturbances Through Biographic Documentaries.  The author is Stephen Wong, PhD, Emeritus Associate Professor, Florida International University.  The piece was published in Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 23, Number 2, 2021.  Here are some quotes...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/12/13/liberating-people-from-psychiatric-diagnoses/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PAPER</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/09/15/a-critically-important-paper-by-joseph-e-davis-phd/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION I have recently read: ‘The Explanation You Have Been Looking For’: Neurobiology as Promise and Hermeneutic Closure The piece was written by Joseph E. Davis, PhD, Research Professor of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia.  It was published online by Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry on the 5th of August, 2021....&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/09/15/a-critically-important-paper-by-joseph-e-davis-phd/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WHY DO PSYCHIATRISTS INSIST THAT THEIR &#8220;DISORDERS&#8221; ARE REAL ILLNESSES?</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/04/15/why-do-psychiatrists-insist-that-their-disorders-are-real-illnesses/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION Since about the mid 1960&#8217;s, the great majority of psychiatrists have abandoned any form of psychosocial perspective, and have insisted that the various items listed in successive revisions of the DSM are &#8220;real illnesses&#8221;.  The usual justification for this is based on the assertion that the &#8220;symptoms&#8221; of these items are caused by neurological...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/04/15/why-do-psychiatrists-insist-that-their-disorders-are-real-illnesses/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AntiDepAware Is No Longer Active</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/03/26/antidepaware-is-no-longer-active/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On March 14, 2021, I saw the following notice on the AntiDepAware website: &#8220;I have decided reluctantly to end my involvement with this website. Although the site will remain online in the meantime, there will be no further updates, and the email address is no longer valid. Many thanks to all those who have contacted...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/03/26/antidepaware-is-no-longer-active/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Psychiatry Turned General Difficulties in Adaptation into &#8220;Real Illnesses Just Like Diabetes&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/03/16/how-psychiatry-turned-general-difficulties-in-adaptation-into-real-illnesses-just-like-diabetes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Disease, illness, disorders, etc. INTRODUCTION    One of the problems in the present debate about neurochemical imbalances is that almost every word in the English language has at least two meanings, and sometimes four or five.  Some English speakers deplore this state of affairs and regard it as an endless source of confusion.  Others consider it...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/03/16/how-psychiatry-turned-general-difficulties-in-adaptation-into-real-illnesses-just-like-diabetes/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review:  HALF LOVE,  A novel by Tej Gilmon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; FREE DOWNLOAD:  SEE BELOW &#160; I have recently read a remarkable novel with a strong anti-psychiatry theme.  It is titled:  Half Love.  The author, Tej Gilmon, is a psychiatric nurse from California who enjoys video gaming and watching the Giants whenever he can. &#8220;Imagine a society where it has become illegal to label...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/03/10/book-review-half-love-a-novel-by-tej-gilmon/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Torture at Lake Alice &#8220;Hospital&#8221;, New Zealand</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/03/02/torture-at-lake-alice-hospital-new-zealand/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to Wikipedia, Lake Alice Hospital was a rural psychiatric facility in Lake Alice, Manawatū,-Whanganui, New Zealand.  It opened in August, 1950, and closed its doors finally in October 1999. Also from Wikipedia: &#8220;Former patients of the hospital&#8217;s child and adolescent unit made allegations that abuse took place there during the 1970s, including the use...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/03/02/torture-at-lake-alice-hospital-new-zealand/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dr. Pies&#8217; Non-Apology</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION On June 23, 2020, Awais Aftab, MD, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Case Western, interviewed Ronald Pies, MD, also a psychiatrist, and a professor at Tufts and SUNY. During the interview, Dr. Aftab stated: &#8220;I have followed the controversy surrounding &#8216;chemical imbalance&#8217; with some interest over the years, including the multiple articles you...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/02/05/dr-pies-non-apology/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dr. Pies and The Chemical Imbalance Deception</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/01/21/dr-pies-and-the-chemical-imbalance-deception/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION For the past several years, the eminent and scholarly Ronald Pies, MD, psychiatrist, of SUNY Upstate Medical and Tufts Universities, has labored the point that psychiatry has never endorsed the simplistic chemical imbalance theory of &#8220;mental illness&#8221;.  As various anti-psychiatry bloggers, including myself, began to accumulate a great many instances of prominent psychiatrists doing...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/01/21/dr-pies-and-the-chemical-imbalance-deception/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is Anti-Psychiatry Harmful?</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/01/13/is-anti-psychiatry-harmful/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION On September 9, 2020, Jonathan Stea, PhD, Tyler Black, MD, and Joseph Pierre, MD, published a piece on MedPage Today.  The article is titled Why Anti-Psychiatry Now Fails and Harms. Dr. Stea is a clinical psychologist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Dr. Black is the psychiatric medical director of British...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2021/01/13/is-anti-psychiatry-harmful/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Celebrating the Anti-Psychiatry Movement</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/12/31/celebrating-the-anti-psychiatry-movement/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Say not the struggle nought availeth, The labour and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not, nor faileth, And as things have been, they remain.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [But] not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light,...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/12/31/celebrating-the-anti-psychiatry-movement/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dr. Pies:  Still Going Wrong</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/12/15/dr-pies-still-going-wrong/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Behavioral Approach to Mental Disorders]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;For e&#8217;en tho&#8217; vanquished, he could argue still;&#8221; From The Deserted Village (1770) by Oliver Goldsmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On June 23, 2020, Awais Aftab, MD, psychiatrist, published an interview with Ronald Pies, MD, also a psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Times.  The interview...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/12/15/dr-pies-still-going-wrong/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Psychiatrist Critiques Psychiatry, And Does A Great Job!</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/11/24/a-psychiatrist-critiques-psychiatry-and-does-a-great-job/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Behavioral Approach to Mental Disorders]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Overland describes itself as Australia&#8217;s only radical literary magazine.  It was founded in 1954, and publishes a quarterly print journal (essays, stories, and poetry) and an online magazine (cultural commentary). In the current issue, Winter 2020, there is an excellent article by Samuel Lieblich, a consultant psychiatrist working in the Greater Melbourne Area.  The essay...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/11/24/a-psychiatrist-critiques-psychiatry-and-does-a-great-job/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dr. Aftab Interviews Dr. Pies</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/11/05/dr-aftab-interviews-dr-pies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Behavioral Approach to Mental Disorders]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On June 30, 2020, Awais Aftab, MD, psychiatrist, published an interview with Ronald W. Pies, MD, also a psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Times. As an interview, the piece is somewhat unusual in that Dr. Aftab, as interviewer, does not confine his role to asking questions, but actually contributes substantially to the dialogue.  So the piece is...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/11/05/dr-aftab-interviews-dr-pies/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is Psychiatry Dangerous?</title>
		<link>https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/09/22/is-psychiatry-dangerous/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Hickey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On August 26, Shayla Love, senior staff writer, published a piece on VICE, an online magazine.  The article is titled The Movement Against Psychiatry: The contentious debate of whether to fix—or completely overthrow—the way we treat mental illness. In her article, Ms. Love provides abundant quotes from people on both sides of the issue, including...&#160;<a class="more-link" href="https://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2020/09/22/is-psychiatry-dangerous/">Continue&#160;Reading</a>]]></description>
		
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