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“The Royal College of Psychiatrists' website lists
as
the causes of depression 'Things happen, circumstances, physical
illness,
personality, alcohol, gender and perhaps genetic inheritance'. No
mention
of chemical imbalance, and quite rightly so, because there has never
ever
been any evidence that chemical changes in the brain caused
depression.
Psychiatrists who read the research know this. Yet it was the myth of
chemical imbalance that lost Mary twenty years of her life. If there
is
any consolation for this tragedy it is that out of it has come this
wonderful book.” "If you care about human rights and alternatives
in the
mental health system, you'll want to hear the compelling story of
Mary
Maddock of Ireland . Mary dug deep into the human spirit and her
network
of mutual support to survive extreme trauma and torture and drugging
at
the hands of the mental health system. Despite these overwhelming
human
rights violations, Mary has learned to thrive and to become a
powerful,
articulate, international leader for a non-violent revolution in the
mental health system. As never before the mental health system is
labelling, drugging and shocking millions of people globally. Mary's
heroic odyssey points a way out for these psychiatric survivors, and
also
for a whole society that has been tricked into believing falsehoods
manufactured by the psychiatric industry." |
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