This report from the International Consortium on Hallucinations Research considers the
current status and future directions in research on psychological therapies targeting auditory …

This article argues that psychiatric diagnoses are not valid or useful. The use of psychiatric
diagnosis increases stigma, does not aid treatment decisions, is associated with worsening …

Abstract The international Hearing Voices Movement (HVM) is a prominent mental health
service-user/survivor movement that promotes the needs and perspectives of experts by …

A series of editorials in this Journal have argued that psychiatry is in the midst of a crisis. The
various solutions proposed would all involve a strengthening of psychiatry's identity as …

Background Antipsychotic drugs are usually the first line of treatment for schizophrenia;
however, many patients refuse or discontinue their pharmacological treatment. We aimed to …

Little is known about the clinical relevance of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
(HAMD-17) total scores. It is unclear how total scores translate into clinical severity, or what …

Meta-analyses indicate that antidepressants are superior to placebos in statistical terms, but
the clinical relevance of the differences has not been established. Previous suggestions of …

Evidence regarding overestimation of the efficacy of antipsychotics and underestimation of
their toxicity, as well as emerging data regarding alternative treatment options, suggests it …

Background Amisulpride, aripiprazole, and olanzapine are first-line atypical antipsychotics
that have not previously been compared head-to-head in a pragmatic trial. We aimed to …

BACKGROUND: There remains a lack of agreement regarding criteria for treatment-resistant
schizophrenia (TRS) and definition of response. METHOD: A literature search was …