Louise Morfouace

1/n Patients who dare to talk of their bad experiences of psychiatry and share their criticisms of it on here get branded antipsychs by mental health professionals to make hate figures of those patients. I'm one of those patients and, presumably, I've been labelled that way because, for example, I've consistently pointed out how psychiatry insists it follows a biopsychosocial model (ie incorporating biological, psychological and social aspects) but in my experience, it's overwhelmingly bio bio bio (ie prescribed substances, ECT, dominant talk of brain chemistry, genes etc). Here's what WHO has to say on this, as of 24 March 2025, with emphasis in bold/italic by me. I guess that makes WHO antipsych, too: "Many countries have limited or no access to basic mental healthcare and where access exists, care is often poor quality and violates people’s human rights, including in high income countries. To ensure the right to health for all, governments should address the following key challenges... - Over-reliance on the biomedical approach and psychotropic drugs. Many mental health services rely significantly on a biomedical model that focuses predominantly on diagnosis, medication, and symptom reduction. Even when the biopsychosocial model is referenced, it often prioritizes the ‘bio’ component over other factors. This approach often neglects holistic treatments that support recovery by addressing broader aspects of a person’s life, such as relationships, meaning, and living conditions (1, 89). - Failure to address social and structural determinants of mental health. Social and structural determinants are crucial factors influencing populations’ and individuals’ mental health but are often overlooked in mental health discourse and practice (90, 91). As a result, mental health professionals are often ill-equipped to address these issues, leading to over-medicalization of human distress including over-reliance on medication. Broader psychological, social, and economic interventions are under-used, even though, when implemented collaboratively with communities and non-health sectors, these can address the root causes of mental ill health (92–95)."