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Deadly psychiatry and organised denial Paperback – 1 Jan. 2015

by Peter C. Gøtzsche (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 72 ratings
Unfortunately, psychiatry has, to a considerable extent, abandoned the biopsychosocial disease model and now uses almost exclusively a biomodel, which means using drugs as the “solution” for all problems. This approach to psychiatry has failed to deliver what the patients want, and it has had serious consequences. Most patients don’t respond to the drugs they receive and unfortunately, the psychiatrists’ frustrations over the lack of progress often lead to institution of more drugs and higher doses, harming the patients further. There is no doubt that the way we currently use psychiatric drugs does far more harm than good. Psychiatric drugs are so harmful that they kill more than half a million people every year among those aged 65 and above in the United States and Europe. This makes psychiatric drugs the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer. We could reduce our current usage of psychotropic drugs by 98% and at the same time improve people’s mental health and survival. There is nothing psychiatric patients fear more than forced treatment, and this is an important reason why having close contact with the psychiatric treatment system markedly increases suicides. According to a United Nations convention, forced treatment is a violation of human rights and must be banned, and empirical data have shown that a psychiatry without forced treatment is possible. Peter C. Gøtzsche, a professor in clinical research design and analysis, specialist in internal medicine, and founder of the Nordic Cochrane Centre, is a world leader in his field. His research and professional integrity enjoys great international respect, and this book will be published simultaneously with the Danish version. This is one of the most scientifically and academically substantiated indictments ever directed against one of the world's largest and most powerful industries.
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    376 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    People'sPress
  4. Publication date
    1 Jan. 2015
  5. ISBN-10
    8771596232
  6. ISBN-13
    978-8771596236
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ People'sPress
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 Jan. 2015
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8771596232
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8771596236
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 358 g
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  • Benthamite
    5.0 out of 5 stars Free of marketing hype, the best book on psychiatric drugs
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 May 2016
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    The best of its kind—a claim I am more than qualified to make. Gotzsche uses the academic style of reference to journal articles and books to support his claims. It is written so that a physician, a college student, and my wife can understand each point he makes—not full of technical jargon. Peter Gotzsche is a medical doctor, college professor, and among the top in his area of evidence based medicine. Deadly Psychiatry is a continuation of chapters 17 and 18 of Deadly Medicine and Organized Crime: How big pharma has corrupted healthcare. Allow me to digress a bit, Deadly Medicine has been endorsed by the British Medical Association (BMA Books Awards), and has forwards by the former Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal and also by the Deputy Editor of the JAMA. His sequel, Deadly Psychiatry has yet to be endorsed, though it equally merits such endorsements. The evidence in the book shows that psychiatric drugs are worse than nothing at all-- but for a very small percentage of the most insane patients. All others who have taken those drugs would have done much better on non-prescription alternatives of exercise, behavior therapy, and/or short-term usage in low doses of recreational drugs. It is harmful to muck-up the brain--which have evolved over millions of years of evolution--with unnatural chemicals (neuroleptic drugs). This book is the best of its kind. I have read all but 2 of the college level books published since 2000 which expose that pharma uses junk science to market neuroleptic drugs and thereby cause more harm than tobacco had done at its peak usage. I call this “tobacco science” and “tobacco ethics”. A number of documentaries on YouTube make this same point. You can read about Prof. Gotzsche at my website [...]
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Vital, emotive, but read with caution.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2015
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    If you have read Deadly Medicines ... by the same author you'll aleady know what to expect in terms of quality of writing, evidence, and some aspects of the message including the anger and frustration it may cause. Be prepared for a shock, however, parts of this book are almost overwhelmingly emotive and make one question the future progress of humanity, given the inhuman behaviour shown by people trusted to care for others.

    The reader has to wait until late in the book for the clearest statement of the deaths caused by the drug classes discussed, when the evidence and calculations are finally presented they come as less of a shock and cause less of an outrage than they otherwise might. That is probably a good thing as the calculations should probably be read and understood with a clear mind. Even in our cold-heartedd times, the unecessary and deliberate killing of literally millions is not something to take lightly.

    Caution - I don't think I am either the most or least sensitive individual - parts of this book are close to heart-breaking.
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  • Legi
    5.0 out of 5 stars PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS = 500 000 deaths, each year, only for people over 65, only for western world ('US-Canada-Europe) THE GENOCIDE
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 November 2015
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    I bought this book somewhere else, but still I'd like to post here a comment, because I do think it's important enough :

    This masterful book, a historical milestone, rich and extremely-well documented, written by one of the most eminent and beyond all suspicion specialists in the world (Pr. Peter Gotzsche) courageously unveils the stunning, horrible, largely/cautiously hidden/covered, and thus ignored TRUTH :

    Each year, half a million of people, over 65 years old, just for western world (US-Canada-Europe) DIE BECAUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS ONLY.

    Just imagine what's the total number if we consider the ENTIRE world, ALL ages, FOR SO MANY YEARS NOW ! The PSYCHIATRIC GENOCIDE.

    There are many scandals in the world. This one is maybe in the "top 10" or "top 5".

    Psychotropic drugs (and thus that excludes other medicines !) are the THIRD CAUSE OF DEATH in western world : Just after heart and cancer diseases. Not AIDS, or road accidents for ex.

    Who knows that ?? This staggering OMERTA must STOP !!! We must stop to teach and believe the pseudo-scientific heresies/myths of the omnipotent "biochemical imbalance" theory (for any kind of psychiatric trouble, light or severe), of the "biological psychiatry"/"New psychiatry", neo-kraepelinian, born after WWII, and spread by Big Pharma and all its accomplices (Health, and especially mental health, is corrupted at EVERY LEVEL : Doctors and all other health professionnals, University, Politics, Governments, Ministries, National and International Official Agencies, Documentation, Internet documentation etc. There are accomplices, there is also A LOT of ignorance, of scientific ignorance, a huge lack of scientific evidence about the real causes - and thus effective and very much less agressive treatments - of mental troubles.

    This book calls for a radical CHANGE. We must stop the killing. Right now. We must replace the biological psychiatry by a scientific psychiatry : That is to say the Critical/Psychosocial Psychiatry, which has clear, "revolutionnary", stunning results and full recoveries/healings, even in the most severe psychoses (See the work of Loren MOSHER about schizophrenia for ex).

    THIS BOOK MUST BE TRANSLATED IN MANY OTHER LANGUAGES. Contact the author if you think you can help.

    See also these very good websites for those concerned about psychiatry : madinamerica.com / joannamoncrieff.com / criticalpsychiatry.co.uk / criticalpsychiatry.net / breggin.com (Pr. Peter BREGGIN has been called "the Conscience of psychiatry". He's the greatest. Amazing man.)
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  • NG Heywood
    4.0 out of 5 stars Important story but deadly reading
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 August 2018
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    Peter Gøtzsche is a medical doctor, a statistician and a brave man. With all his metaanalyses as weaponry, he takes on both organized psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry underpinning most modern medical treatment of psychiatric disorders. He exposes much data manipulation, collusion, and humbug in general.
    Unfortunately, Dr Gøtzche does not seem to have employed an editor. Danish is his first language. The style is cumbersome and sometimes obscure, the use of language very odd, the conclusions emotionally tinged, and anecdotes are clearly allowed. I tried reading it in Danish thinking it might be the original text, and perhaps clearer, but found that it was a translation and even more obscure.
    However, make no mistake: this is a very important book so I recommend that you stick with it and read every word.
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  • Gekkabishin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelentes datos
    Reviewed in Spain on 18 September 2023
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    Libro fundamental para literalmente la supervivencia de muchas personas lleno de datos científicos e información legal, fácil de leer aunque habla de una realidad bastante dura, y da muchos recursos para liberarnos de este terrorismo médico.
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  • Hamilton Lima Wagner
    5.0 out of 5 stars Um olhar crítico à psiquiatria moderna
    Reviewed in Brazil on 7 July 2019
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    Este livro de Gøtszche esmiuça em detalhes as inconsistências da literatura psiquiátrica, e em como isto leva as pessoas a dramática situação de incuráveis, quando muitos dos processos seriam autolimitados e poderiam ser melhor enfrentados com um cuidado atencioso e mais humano. Muda radicalmente o olhar das pessoas sobre a psiquiatria. Leitura imperdível.
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  • Dr. Hans Ulrich Gresch
    5.0 out of 5 stars Das beste Buch über Psycfhopharmakologie
    Reviewed in Germany on 30 September 2015
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    Dies ist das beste Buch zur Psychopharmakologie, dass ich bisher gelesen habe. Fußend auf einer systematischen Auswertung der vorliegenden Literatur, gelangt der Autor zu dem Fazit, dass psychiatrische Medikamente erheblich mehr schaden als nutzen.

    Da ich mich seit vielen Jahren mit diesem Thema beschäftige, glaube ich mir das Urteil erlauben zu können: Es dürfte der Pharma-Wirtschaft und den mit ihr kooperierenden Psychiatern nicht gelingen, diese Erkenntnisse zu entkräften.

    Peter C. Gøtzsche ist ein renommierter Wissenschaftler und Mitbegründer der Cochrane Collaboration, einer international tätigen Organisation zur medizinischen Qualitätssicherung. Er ist also keineswegs ein Außenseiter, sondern ein ausgewiesener Experte, der anspruchsvolle Auswertungen wie diese zu bewältigen vermag. Dies gibt seinem Urteil ein besonderes Gewicht.

    Dieses Buch ist nicht nur ein Muss für Psychiater, die ihren Patienten nicht schaden, sondern auch für Patienten, die sich nicht schädigen lassen wollen. Und auch verantwortliche Politiker sollten es lesen. Die Fakten liegen nun auf dem Tisch, in einer auch für Laien verständlichen Form. Niemand wird in Zukunft noch behaupten können, er habe von all dem nichts gewusst. Es gilt, Menschenleben zu retten. Das Buch trägt seinen Titel zu recht: Tödliche Psychiatrie und organisierte Verleugnung.
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  • Alex
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Australia on 4 February 2016
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    An excellent, well-researched book, as was his previous book, Deadly Medicine and Organised Crime.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Should be required reading for all clinicians
    Reviewed in Canada on 31 October 2015
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    Dr. Gotzsche wastes no time in laying out a devastating case against pharmacotherapy-based approaches to the treatment of mental illness with a preponderance of evidence and crucial insights into the patient experience of psychiatry. Whether you agree with Dr. Gotzsche's conclusions or not, this is a must-read for patients and clinicians alike.

    As a recipient of psychiatric treatment myself, picking up this book marked the first and only time I have ever felt understood and validated in matters pertaining to my own mental health. I could not put the book down.
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