ADHD Marketing Brands Children to Hook Them on Psychostimulants
Social media being used to market childhood as a “mental disorder” prompts calls for action to curb the practice that can lead to misdiagnosis and…
Jeffrey Lieberman’s Topple from Grace over Racist Tweet During Black History Month Spurs Closer Scrutiny
The psychiatrist’s research was once equated in cruelty with the Tuskegee syphilis experiments on African Americans; an expert questioned if a study was a violation…
Mental Illness Manual Revision is Criticized Over Racism Entry
A revised mental disorders diagnostic manual being released this month already faces controversy over attempts to explain the impact of and “under-diagnosing” of racism and…
Psychiatrist’s Racist Tweet About Model Nyakim Gatwech Draws International Condemnation & Resignation
Rev. Fred Shaw, Anti-Racism Task Force Leader, Joins Calls for APA President and Columbia University Psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman to Resign All Advisory and Executive Positions…
Women and Children Seen as Targets for Misdiagnosis in Mental Health Manuals
CCHR says latest psychiatric disorder manuals could lead to millions more women and children being diagnosed mentally ill for normal behavior and subjected to potentially…