The Wolves in White Coats Report
Let us hope this report is just the beginning of a reappraisal of what makes for a happy and healthy childhood.
Mental Health
This Is a Growing Epidemic
If someone under 20 cannot find a job, they should be training for one. The late teens is a crucial time. The last thing they need is to be derailed with ‘free’ money to stay in bed.
A Look at Dunedin’s Dark Secret
Cherry Farm was finally shut down in November 1992. One might think that Dunedin’s notorious treatment of mentally ill patients ended there. Sadly, that is not the case. There has been yet another recent investigation by the Chief Ombudsman this time concerning Wakari Hospital.
Is Therapy the Cure or the Cause?
The more therapy we have, the worse we all seem to be.
JAMA’s Study Still Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
Twenty years ago, a landmark JAMA study changed the way antidepressants were prescribed during pregnancy. Today, readers still aren't seeing the complete scientific record.
Trial Opens for Mother of Three
A shocking crime inside a seemingly ordinary American family has raised questions about mental illness and criminal responsibility.
And So, Death by Government
But it is all good. Our parliament has legislated it. Our government funds and administers it. Health professionals do the killing. And – most importantly – Nana okayed it. It’s not like she can complain.
Macron’s Final Gift: A Law for Death
Macron is supposed to leave power in a few months. He’ll be remembered as a clown, but a clown with a very gloomy mask.
The Commissioner Responds to My Questions
Evidence should drive policy, not rights rhetoric shielding low-quality practice. Commissioner offers an activist-influenced viewpoint, not a rigorous, child-centred application of evidence and ethics.
Worry About the Fearmongering, Not the Change
Can’t we all just get a grip? And help our children get a grip?
My 40 Year War on Psychiatry
Hooking people on bogus labels and antidepressants has already ruined too many American lives. Passing out millions more psychiatric Purple Hearts will not make this nation happier or more sane.
Masculinity Isn’t Toxic, but Demonising It Is
We invite men to stop apologising for their nature and to recognise they’ve been lied to.
What Forgiveness Is Not
We don’t get to choose all of the shadows that enter our lives. We do get to choose what we do with them. We can spend the rest of our lives staring at the darkness, or we can use it to give the picture depth.
And Now the Sedation of Appalachia
You can’t spend a century removing the institutions that give people purpose, accountability, and mutual necessity, and then be surprised when they reach for something that makes the absence feel like nothing at all.
Finding Sympathy for Karl Marx
The founder of Marxism once wrote movingly about faith and virtue before taking what his own father feared might be a “Faustian” turn toward revolution and resentment.