Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry - More Harm Than Good: Confronting the Psychiatric Medication Epidemic, University of Roehampton - 18 September 2015
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1. DR JAMES DAVIES: THE ORIGINS OF THE DSM
James Davies is a co-founder of CEP. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 2006 with a PhD in social and medical anthropology. He is a senior lecturer in social anthropology and psychotherapy at the University of Roehampton and is a practicing psychotherapist, having worked for MIND and the NHS. He is author of three books including Cracked: why psychiatry is doing more harm than good (2013).
2. ROBERT WHITAKER: OUR PSYCHIATRIC DRUG EPIDEMIC
Robert Whitaker is an award-winning science journalist & author, a former fellow of the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University in Boston and founder of the influential e-zine madinamerica.com. He is is the author of five books: Mad in America, The Mapmaker’s Wife, On the Laps of Gods, Anatomy of an Epidemic and most recently Psychiatry Under the Influence (with Lisa Cosgrove).
3. PROF PETER GØTZSCHE: WHY FEW PATIENTS BENEFIT AND MANY ARE HARMED
Peter C. Gøtzsche is a professor in clinical research design & analysis, and a specialist in internal medicine. He graduated as a master of science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician 1984. He worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry 1975-1983, and at hospitals in Copenhagen 1984-95. He co-founded The Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 and established The Nordic Cochrane Centre the same year. He is the author of four books, most recently Deadly Psychiatry and Organised Denial (to be published Sep 2015).
4. PROF JOHN ABRAHAM: THE MISADVENTURES OF PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATION
John Abraham is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Science, Health & Medicine at King’s College, London. Most recently his research has focused entirely on the sociology and politics of pharmaceuticals innovation, safety, efficacy, regulation and cost-effectiveness, especially in the UK, EU and US from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
5. ROBERT WHITAKER: ADHD, CHANGING THE CHILD INSTEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Robert Whitaker is an award-winning science journalist & author, a former fellow of the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University in Boston and founder of the influential e-zine madinamerica.com. He is is the author of five books: Mad in America, The Mapmaker’s Wife, On the Laps of Gods, Anatomy of an Epidemic and most recently Psychiatry Under the Influence (with Lisa Cosgrove).
6. DR PETER BREGGIN: CHRONIC BRAIN IMPAIRMENT & PSYCHIATRIC DRUG WITHDRAWAL / HOW TO PRACTICE PSYCHIATRY WITHOUT DRUGS
Peter R. Breggin, MD, has been called “The Conscience of Psychiatry” for his many decades of successful efforts to reform the mental health field. His scientific and educational work has provided the foundation for modern criticism of psychiatric drugs and ECT, and leads the way in promoting more caring and effective therapies. He has authored dozens of scientific articles and more than twenty books including the bestseller Talking Back to Prozac (1994, with Ginger Breggin), Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Crime (2008), and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and Their Families (2013).
8. MORE HARM THAN GOOD: CONFRONTING THE PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION EPIDEMIC (AFTERNOON)
Join global leaders in the critical psychiatry movement for a one-day conference which will address an urgent public health issue: the harm caused by the over-prescription of psychiatric medications. For more information please go to cepuk.org/moreharmthangood