‘…organized psychiatry is not meeting the needs of the individual as much as it is controlling the individual in the interest of “society” in the form of the government or other social interests.’
Mad in America: Science, Psychiatry and Social Justice (www.madinamerica.com)
‘We believe that the current drug-based paradigm of care has failed our society and that scientific research, as well as the lived experience of those who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, calls for profound change.’
New York Person-Centered Resource Center (https://www.nypcrc.org/advocacy)
‘…we believe our nation’s psychiatric medication practices are based on poor science and we cannot trust the research, advice and expertise of most mental health professionals.’