Believe Quote by Richard Bentall

“Retrospective epidemiological studies report that 20% of the general population qualifies for a current psychiatric diagnosis and 50% for a lifetime one.4 Prospective epidemiological…

— Allen Frances

“How can this type of data be made to tell a reliable story? By subjecting it to the economist’s favorite trick: regression analysis. No,…

— Steven D. Levitt

We need to ask whether, in the long term, some individuals with a history of psychosis may do better off medication.

— Thomas R. Insel

Since the Second World War, rates of common mental illness (depression and anxiety) have been increasing in the industrialized nations, whereas rates of recovery…

— Richard Bentall

Most psychiatrists assume that mental illnesses such as depression are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, which can be treated by drugs. But…

— Mark Fisher

For mental illnesses, we need better access to treatment and diagnosis.

— Tipper Gore

Far from the stereotype that psychodynamic treatments are appropriate only for the 'worried well,' a growing body of evidence points to their efficacy in…

— Robert J. Waldinger

At the individual level, if we can identify the psychological mechanisms linking adverse environments to psychosis (and there has been a lot of progress…

— Richard Bentall

“We have been focusing on the role that psychiatry and its medications may be playing in this epidemic, and the evidence is quite clear.…

— Robert Whitaker

It's my belief that, since the end of the Second World War, psychology has moved too far away from its original roots, which were…

— Martin Seligman

Mental illness is a real thing. It has real material consequences for people who suffer from it and at the time even the most…

— Jonathan Michel Metzl

Although no one treatment will ever be a panacea, research studies indicate that cognitive therapy can be helpful for a variety of disorders in…

— David D. Burns