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Dr. Roger McFillin interviews Patrick Hahn:
The kids are not alright. Millions of children continue to be dangerously drugged under the label “ADHD.” And the numbers continue to rise. How did we get here? n his latest book, Patrick D Hahn has documented the history and evolution of this diagnosis and the lack of evidence for any long-term benefits.
Medicating Normal Guest bio: Patrick D. Hahn is a freelance writer and independent scholar with a long-standing interest in iatrogenic harm and the medicalization of everyday life. His first book, Madness and Genetic Determinism: Is Mental Illness in Our Genes?, explores how genetic determinist views of so-called “mental illness” have obscured the well-established role of […]
“Obedience Pills recounts the shocking story of psychiatry’s abandonment of scientific evidence in favor of professional power and profit. As expertly discussed here by Patrick Hahn, the bizarre transition from some musings on youth morality in the nineteenth century to the current drugging of millions of kids with highly dangerous substances for a non-existent condition would be almost laughable if it wasn’t so utterly tragic and devastating for so many young people and their families. A must-read for anyone currently living with or considering a diagnosis of ‘ADHD’.”
Bruce Cohen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland and author of Psychiatric Hegemony
By Jim Gottstein, author of The Zyprexa Papers In this video author, Jim Gottsteinm talks about the hardcover edition of The Zyprexa Papers. In an earlier 8.5 minute video, Jim talked about the book itself. https://youtu.be/MC7j29dkRyw. More information, including reviews and interviews, can be found at https://thezyprexapapers.com/ Jim Gottstein The Zyprexa Papers, Hardcover edition Publish […]
Writer’s Digest called “It was a dark and stormy night” “the literary posterchild for bad story starters.” Wikipedia says, “It was a dark and stormy night” is an often-mocked and parodied phrase considered to represent “the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style of fiction writing.”
Review by Maryanne Demasi, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics Title:
Unfortunately, the goal of global immunity has imposed an unhealthy code of silence. Questions about the ethics of mandatory medical treatment and the validity of clinical research are spinning around the edge of the covid pandemic. Unfortunately, the goal of global immunity has imposed an unhealthy code of silence. We think it’s time for the […]
Coercive, medical model psychiatry can be dangerous to your health. The Zyprexa Papers by Jin Gottstein Book Review By Tom Sandborn The Zyprexa Papers, by James Gottstein, Anchorage Alaska, 232 pp., $17.50 (paperback), ISBN-10: 0578627264 Imagine this. Someone in your life finds you inordinately eccentric, annoying or alarming, and decides you have a “mental illness,” whatever […]
The Zyprexa Papers by Jim Gottstein BY BRUCE E. LEVINE On November 28, 2006, attorney Jim Gottstein received a phone call that would change his life. It would propel Gottstein into a legal war against the giant pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, who would retaliate against him for his release of Lilly’s own documents about its drug […]
A compelling, first-hand account of how a humble attorney manages to expose the rot inside Big Pharma The Zyprexa Papers by Jim Gottstein Book Review By Maryanne Demasi Indian Journal of Medical Ethics Online First Published December 29, 2020 Jim Gottstein, The Zyprexa Papers, Samizdat Health; 2020, 232 pages, $6.10 (Kindle), $ 17.50 (Paperback) ISBN: […]
Against all odds, Gottstein exposed the deception of a pharmaceutical giant and saved thousands of lives The Zyprexa Papers by Jim Gottstein A review by David Antonuccio, University of Nevada To me, The Zyprexa Papers reads like a combination between a Stephen King horror tale and a John Grisham legal thriller. I have met the […]
Producing such a book was an act of courage, determination, and humanity Shipwreck Review by Jon Thompson Shipwreck is a magnificent work, a tour-de-force of scientific and historical writing, and also of literature in its precision, clarity, breadth, depth, fast pace, compelling arguments, and wealth of metaphors and analogies throughout. The latter help focus readers’ […]
