Mental & Health
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Depression, the serotonin myth debunked
Recently (July 2022) an article in Nature (which cited a comprehensive study in the journal of Molecular Psychiatry in…
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The trouble with the DSM-5
The psychiatrists’ bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM, fifth edition), is an arbitrary classification system with…
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Breast cancer and emotional support
The diagnosis breast cancer and the following treatment have major consequences for the patient and her family. The feelings you…
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Abusive relationships
“I hardly felt the physical pain; the mental terror was the worst”. This is what I usually hear in my…
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What makes a relationship / marriage work?
By Dr Marcel de Roos, Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands One of the most complicated things for two people is to…
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The double illusion of the DSM
By Dr Marcel de Roos, Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands The psychiatrist’s bible, the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”…
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Grossly exaggerated prevalence figures of bipolar depression
By Dr Marcel de Roos (Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands). A mental disorder like bipolar depression (or for example “ADHD”) is…
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Bipolar Madness
By Dr Marcel de Roos (Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands) Almost every week new clients come to my office who were…
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Health Care Waste Management: Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
In 2019, the National Audit Report on Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) pointed out that health care waste and solid…
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Manipulations with antidepressants-research
Dick Bijl, a Dutch medical doctor and epidemiologist, has been for 22 years the chief editor with “Het Geneesmiddelenbulletin”. This…
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