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Dr. Niall McLaren, who is only ever known as Jock, is an Australian psychiatrist living in Darwin, in the remote north of the country. He was born in a tiny country town in Western Australia and trained in medicine at the University of WA, in Perth. He began to train as a surgeon but a chance placement in psychiatry convinced him that this was the field he had always wanted. He graduated in psychiatry in 1977 and first worked in prisons, then taught in Thailand for a year. On returning to Australia, he commenced a PhD jointly in psychiatry and philosophy before moving to the far north of WA to work with the Aboriginal people. He has now completed two monographs on the scientific status of psychiatry, developing a rational mentalist theory which is totally opposed to the biological model which dominates modern psychiatry. He lives in the bush outside Darwin with his family and makes occasional trips to the US to lecture on his work.  

Synopsis: Does psychiatry have a future?

Assailed from many directions, under constant attack for its reliance on "a drug for all problems" and increasingly unable to attract bright new trainees, the specialty is showing every sign of terminal decline. The reason is simple: modern psychiatry has no formal model of mental disorder to guide its daily practice, teaching and research. Unfortunately, the orthodox psychiatrists who control this most conservative profession are utterly antagonistic to criticism. Despite the evidence, they maintain a blind faith that "science will deliver the goods" by a biological examination of the brain.

Humanizing Psychiatry: The Biocognitive Model argues that their faith is entirely misplaced and is contributing to the destruction of an essential part of civilized life, the fair and equitable treatment of people with mental disorders. The author offers a rational model of mental disorder within the framework of a molecular resolution of the mind-body problem. Fully developed, this model will have revolutionary consequences for psychiatry--and the mentally-afflicted.

Topics of conversation:

• Fascinating criticism of the current biological model of Psychiatry, and McLaren's new "Biocognitive Model."
  
• Societal repercussions of the over-prescription of psychiatric drugs as the only method of treatment - how a holitstic treatment protocol is necessary for real change and healing.
• McLaren's thoughts on mass population diagnoses such as ADD, ADHD, Bio-polar disorder, Autism spectrum disorder, etc....
  
• What really drives the psychiatric field?
• McLaren speaks candidly about his personal expereince with industry backlash due to his critisim of the psychiatric establishment.
  

Listen to interview with Dr. Niall McLaren

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Authors Access is a joint project of Loving Healing Press and Reader Views. Each week we bring insightful interviews from people around the world who can help you get your work published, and if already published, noticed! The forum is geared for writers, both published and unpublished. Your hosts are Victor R. Volkman, owner/publisher of Loving Healing Press and Irene Watson, Managing Editor of Reader Views. See the lineup for future presentations and listen to previous podcasts.

On February 19th, 2010 Irene Watson and Victor R. Volkman spoke with fulltime freelance writer, proofreader, and editor Ernest Dempsey.  He shared encouraging information on how you can get started in the fun and profitable art of freelance writing.  In addition to having written 4 books, he is now the editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing and also works as the country editor for Pakistan on the celebrated Internet news channel Instablogs.com.  He shared with us on the following points:

• Where are some places that I can go to look for freelance web writing?
• Is it “ghost writing” or does sometimes my name get shown?
• What about being a Foreign Correspondent for a news organization in another country?
• How does getting paid work?
• How do you manage personal time, schedules, and deadlines?
• What types of writing projects are available: interviews, reviews, tutorials and how well does each pay relative to the others
• How have you improved your knowledge of English by writing over time?
• How does freelan

 Karim Khan, pen named Ernest Dempsey, hails from Hangu, a small town in Pakistan. As a child, he enjoyed two things: The joyful company of his brother and Khan’s best friend, Shais; and making airy castles with lots of characters in his mind. At twelve, he started writing detective stories, horror, thrillers, and humor. He has a Masters degree in Geology and one in English Literature.He has authored four books including his latest The Blue Fairy and other Tales of Transcendence and, in just the last few years, seen the publication of his poems, essays, short stories, and literary reviews worldwide. Khan is now looking forward to completing his first novel.

Listen to Ernest Dempsey - Earn Extra Income Freelance Writing for the Web

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