Hrm.
I'm wary of labels. Call someone a name (e.g., 'anti-psychiatrist') and that gives you an excuse to not take what they have to say seriously. (It is called an ad hominum attack or an attack against the person instead of a critique against what they actually have to say)
Labels can be dangerous. Think what kinds of behaviours tend to follow after we label someone a 'terrorist' or a 'schizophrenic'.
The WHO study is interesting though, huh.
What I find interesting to contemplate is that if the converse was found would that be publicised all over? You better believe it would. How many people have heard of this study, however? I guess there just isn't money in that for the drug companies...
And the hypothesis that the structural / functional / neurotransmission differences are largely a result of psychotropic medications damaging brains... Well... Why isn't there a massive testing effort so we can sort that out?
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