Tag: Psychiatry

A vase holding many long stems sits on top of a decorative pedestal. Some stems have bright green inked leaves at their ends while others have hot pink inked anti-depressants at their ends. The anti-depressants are printed with the letters “VX” to represent their name, Venlafaxine.

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The pressure to be cured

by Kendra J. McLaughlin Sep 7, 2022 7 min read

Both professional and popular psychology are focused on “curing” individuals of distress. But without looking at a person’s social and political context, the pursuit of a cure can do more harm than good.

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The Deep

by Andrew W. Boyd Mar 2, 2022 10 min read

If you’re like me, your path out of this prison will follow the path of grief: denial, anger, negotiation, depression. But only acceptance and behavioural modification open the Big Locked Door. The staff say you are here to get better, but you are here to mourn your illusion of sanity.

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Death by a thousand cuts: Aging in Canadian prisons

by Christophe Lewis Sep 2, 2021 8 min read

Elderly prisoners need health care, not incarceration.

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Ingesting surveillance

by Kendra J. McLaughlin May 3, 2021 8 min read

A new digital pill that tracks whether it has been ingested is poised to enter the Canadian market. But for people who are incarcerated and medicated, it threatens to expand surveillance both inside and outside prisons.

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When psychiatry burns

by Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay Mar 10, 2014 10 min read

From ADHD to major depression, a family doctor takes a critical look at the power of modern psychiatry and the forces that shape it.