One patient's search for antidotes to nihilism in psychiatry.
A prosumer who experienced problems after misdiagnosis and mistreatment, the author searched for explanations of the short cuts inflicted on him by a mental health professional. Wanting to learn from the painful experience of willful incompetence, write to achieve closure and create a teaching tale to help other patients, the author studied the literature, read about the tradition of nihilism in psychiatry, found research reports of deviations from practice guidelines and tested three antidotes to nihilism in psychiatry.
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Robert
R
Sealey
D003469:Culture; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs