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The (Un)real Existence of ADHD_Criteria, Functions, and Forms of the Diagnostic Entity

Posted on 2026/03/19 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: “The contemporary conceptualization of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a complex, multifactorial neurodevelopmental disorder cannot be understood as such without a complex assemblage of political, economic, and cultural processes that deem the conceptualization to be valuable … Continue reading →

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There Are No “Chemical Imbalances”: Exposing the Profit Motive Behind Psychiatry and the Myth of the “Chemical Imbalance” Theory

Posted on 2026/03/17 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: “…biopsychiatric theory and research resulted in a tidal wave of sales for the makers of Thorazine®, the first neuroleptic drug (meaning lobotomizing or brain-disabling drug – modern biopsychiatrists prefer to call this class of drug “antipsychotic”) and … Continue reading →

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Without Informed Consent: The Global Export of a Failed Paradigm of Care

Posted on 2026/03/12 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: “The discourse around health as a human rights issue usually focuses on access to medical treatment. However, the “right to health” begins with the right to informed consent about the merits of a treatment, which has been … Continue reading →

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The Conditioned Dysthymia of Civilization

Posted on 2022/07/17 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: “…And eventually, I came to believe that the problem had never been with my brain – at least, not in the way I had been taught. Without the pills, I was not ‘chemically imbalanced’. I was traumatized, … Continue reading →

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Questioning (the authority of) Psychiatry

Posted on 2017/09/07 by Warzone Distro

In 1961, a young psychiatrist by the name of Thomas S. Szasz initiated a one-man insurgency against his own profession. After years of being a practicing psychiatrist, he became an outspoken dissident, hell-bent on dynamiting the foundations of psychiatry. “Why … Continue reading →

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