Many people, even some doctors and psychiatrists, say treatments for mental illness are ineffective and may even make things worse. Such mis-quoting and mis-reading (or maybe its no-reading) of the clinical trial literature must represent the biggest failing of mental health professionals to engage with the evidence and the public.
Mental illness affects 37% of the adult population over a typical year in the European Union [1], and about 50% of the population over the average lifetime in the USA [2], although figures are slightly lower in less industrialised nations.[3] Recent, large, well-conducted studies suggest that Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder … Continue reading
It may seem blindingly obvious that mental illness is real, but – amazingly – there are some people and web-sites that assert that mental illness is not real and does not exist. They don’t deserve any publicity, and they won’t be getting any here, but even reputable journalistic organs are … Continue reading