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Western depression is not a universal condition by Summerfield, Derek A

“…Thornicroft et al 1 assume that ‘mental disorder’ is an entity essentially lying outside situation, society and culture, which is identifiable anywhere using a…”
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GMC has repeatedly breached its duty of care to Southall by Summerfield, Derek A

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Income inequality and mental health problems by Summerfield, Derek A

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The exaggerated claims of the mental health industry by Summerfield, Derek A

“…Godlee's comments take the supposed rational technical modernity of the mental health industry at face value. 1 Psychiatry has shallow epistemological…”
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Another case suggesting that the GMC is not fit for purpose by Summerfield, Derek A

“…Once again the General Medical Council has shown its capacity to breach the duty of care it owes to all registered doctors. 1 As in previous cases, such as…”
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Academic psychiatry, research ethics, and the drug industry by Summerfield, Derek A

“…In his article on DSM-5 (the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Gornall mentions Charles Nemeroff, a professor at…”
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Humanitarian crisis in Israeli occupied territories by Summerfield, Derek A

“…For the BMA International Committee, as members of the WMA, to ignore such massive and sustained violations of the Geneva convention, which guarantees a…”
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Depression should be managed like a chronic disease: What exactly is “depression”? by Summerfield, Derek A

“…Good news for the pharmaceutical industry. 2 Sociological, anthropological, philosophical, and, indeed, political frameworks are needed to understand properly…”
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“Disaster mental health”: lessons from Aberfan by Summerfield, Derek A

“…The recent consensus statement on post-emergency mental and social health endorses social assistance as having the primary role, and questions the public…”
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Israeli army's shoot to kill policy: Israeli soldiers confirm the policy documented in journal by Summerfield, Derek A

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Afterword: Against “global mental health” by Summerfield, Derek

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Royal Society of Medicine under attack by pro-Israel doctors by Summerfield, Derek A

“…In relation to the debate about academic boycott and freedom, 1 2 it seems relevant to record another way in which the refusal to address the voluminous and…”
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The invention of post-traumatic stress disorder and the social usefulness of a psychiatric category by Summerfield, Derek

“…Early proponents of the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder were part of the antiwar movement in the United States; they were angry that military…”
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Israeli army's shoot to kill policy by Summerfield, Derek A

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“Trauma” and the experience of war: a reply by Summerfield, Derek A

“…Summerfield comments on an article by Dr. Fokko de Vries and claims that De Vries is mistaken in relating suffering to trauma. Suffering is not pathology, and…”
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Coping with the aftermath of trauma: NICE guidelines on post-traumatic stress disorder have fundamental flaw by Summerfield, Derek A

“…EDITOR-Gersons and Olff discuss coping with the aftermath of trauma. 1 The guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)…”
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A critique of seven assumptions behind psychological trauma programmes in war-affected areas by Summerfield, Derek

“…Programmes costing millions of dollars to address 'posttraumatic stress' in war zones have been increasingly prominent in humanitarian aid operations, backed…”
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Effects of war: moral knowledge, revenge, reconciliation, and medicalised concepts of “recovery” by Summerfield, Derek

“…In Croatia-a part of former Yugoslavia-a foreign led project told Croatian children affected by the war that not hating and mistrusting Serbs would help them…”
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Mental and social health during and after acute emergencies: emerging consensus? by van Ommeren, Mark, Saxena, Shekhar, Saraceno, Benedetto

“…Mental health care programmes during and after acute emergencies in resource-poor countries have been considered controversial. There is no agreement on the…”
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Childhood, War, Refugeedom and ‘Trauma’: Three Core Questions for Mental Health Professionals by Summerfield, Derek

“…The rise of the discourse of ‘trauma’ as a major articulator of suffering within Western culture is a facet of the medicalization of life that has gathered…”
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