Truths and Fallacies of Psychopharmacology

Truths and Fallacies of Psychopharmacology

Truths of Psychopharmacology 1. Your treatment is as good as your diagnosis. 2. Treat diseases, not symptoms. 3. All drugs are guilty until proven innocent. 4. All drugs are toxic; only the dosing and indication makes them therapeutic. 5. Always have an exit strategy....
Treatment of anxiety “disorders”

Treatment of anxiety “disorders”

Obsessive-compulsive disorderPanic disorderGeneralized anxiety treatmentPost-traumatic stress disorder Anxiety is the “fever” of psychiatry.  Fever is a completely nonspecific symptom, which happens in many illnesses, and frequently without any illness. ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Diagnostic hierarchy and Post-traumatic stress disorder Trauma: Too broad a conceptTreatmentA DSM misnomer As discussed elsewhere, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety condition which arises after severe and often repeated trauma, usually...
Truths and Fallacies of Psychopharmacology

The Antidepressant Efficacy Controversy

In recent years, there has been some controversy about whether or not antidepressants are as effective as many had thought. One group – mostly on the outside of the psychiatric profession –  argues that antidepressants are only slightly more effective...
Amphetamines: A Critique

Amphetamines: A Critique

The views presented here are described with citations to primary data in our review, downloadable below (1). Amphetamines, including all versions of methylphenidate, are antidepressants, and thus share all of the risks described elsewhere with those agents in bipolar...