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Do “Antipsychotics” Reduce Longevity? A Robert Whitaker Analysis

by Jeffrey Rubin, PhD

Welcome to From Insults To Respect. Back in 2019, I criticized the use of “antipsychotics” and on Facebook someone criticized what I had written saying, “all of the research clearly indicates that the “antipsychotics,” when used by people diagnosed as having schizophrenia, decrease the risk of dying.” I then, very respectfully, asked that he supply me with the references that he is relying on to make…

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin February 7, 2022 11 min read

If Not Antipsychotics, Then What?

by Jeffrey Rubin, PhD

Welcome to From Insults to Respect. Today we once again take up the controversial topic of the usefulness of the group of drugs referred to by psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry as “antipsychotics.” In most of the articles that I have read that have been written by psychiatrists, “antipsychotic” drugs are the first line of treatment for schizophrenia. And yet, a growing number of mental health…

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin February 5, 2020 15 min read