Christopher James Dubey, Psychiatric Survivor

Edited with Claude. Voiceover by Aurora at Evernote. Image by vidIQ. Mikhaila Peterson Fuller — podcaster and daughter of psychologist Jordan Peterson — recently launched a website called Prescribed Harm , dedicated to educating patients and physicians about medication risks and pushing for regulatory reform around informed consent and patient safety. I submitted my personal story, and it has now...

Edited with Google Gemini and Claude. Voiceover by Lyra at Evernote. Content note: Discusses forced medical treatment, torture, medication-induced suicide and murder. It’s been a while since I’ve shared any updates, and I have several to share. At a Glance * Media Coverage: In response to Jim Flannery’s report about increasing petitions for involuntary ECT, I've been interviewed by several reporte...

A local Connecticut reporter is currently working on a story about forced electroshock (formally called “ECT” or “electroconvulsive therapy” in psychiatry) and is interested in speaking with mental health professionals and people with lived experience of ECT, especially those currently receiving or who have recently received this treatment. If you would like to be connected with this reporter, ple...

Text by Claude. Voiceover by Mia at Evernote. Over 155,000 veterans have died by suicide since 2001, many after being prescribed medications without proper warnings. Please sign and share this petition supporting HR 4837, which would require written informed consent and could prevent hundreds of veteran deaths each year. [Postscript note: The petition has been updated to support both HR 4837 (Hous...

Voiceover by Sterling at Evernote. For my final essay for General Psychology I at CT State Community College, I reviewed recent research on health professionals’ perspectives about antidepressant discontinuation. The findings echo my decades-long journey through the mental healthcare system, which both ruined my life and radically transformed it. Essay follows. Journal Article Review of: “Disconti...

Written with Grok (xAI). Voiceover by Atlas at Evernote. Today I reached out by email to actress/singer Selena Gomez ‘s mental health charity, the Rare Impact Fund . I shared my personal experiences with psychiatric treatment and advocated for greater awareness of under-discussed risks in mental healthcare, such as overmedicalization, overdiagnosis, overprescribing, and adverse effects. Drawing fr...

Text written with Claude. Video made with invideo AI. Something exciting is happening in the sphere of policymaking to reduce iatrogenic harm in mental healthcare. Inner Compass Initiative is hosting their inaugural conference and gala on December 3-4 in West Hartford, Connecticut. What Is This Event? “ The Future of Mental Health in America “ brings together an incredible range of voices—current...

Join the ISPS-US 2025 Conference from November 8-9, exploring psychological and social approaches to psychosis. Hybrid event in Chicago and online via Zoom. Info and registration: https://ispsus2025.sched.com/ Blog post: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chrisjamesdubey.substack.com

Image: The 2025 conference banner, courtesy of ISPS-US. Written with Claude (Anthropic). Voiceover by Xavier at Evernote. This November, I’ll be virtually attending the ISPS-US 2025 Annual Conference , and it will be my first time at this conference. The conference runs November 8-9, 2025, with a pre-conference workshop on November 7th. About ISPS The International Society for Psychological and So...

Introduction and ending note written with Claude (Anthropic). Voiceover by Aurora at Evernote. Introduction For Week 5 of my General Psychology I course at CT State Community College, we studied learning theories (Chapter 5) and memory (Chapter 6). The discussion assignment offered three options, and I chose to analyze a personal fear through the lens of psychological theory. This assignment gave...

Image: Screenshot of footage showing the prelude of the killing of Iryna Zarutska on August 22, 2025 Text written with Grok (xAI). Voiceover by Sterling at Evernote. The tragic August 22 stabbing of Iryna Zarutska by Decarlos Brown on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train sparked widespread discussion about mental health, medication adherence, and the potential consequences of discontinuin...

Introduction written with Claude (Anthropic). Voiceover by Lyra at Evernote. Introduction After more than 15 years away from formal education, I've returned to college as a non-traditional student at CT State Community College . It's been both exciting and nerve-wracking to dive back into academic life, but I'm finding the experience rewarding as I explore potential new career directions in psycho...

AI voiceover by Hudson at Evernote. I’m happy to announce that after 2+ years of working on it, my opinion article calling for more research into treatments that could be potential alternatives to “electroconvulsive therapy” (ECT) has finally been published! Now published online first in The International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine . It was especially difficult for me, not being a medica...

Written with Grok, Grammarly, and Claude. Voiceover by Zoe at Evernote. Picture this: You're pregnant and struggling with depression. Your doctor prescribes an SSRI, assuring you it's safe. But what if that "safe" medication could fundamentally alter your developing baby's brain? In a comprehensive Mad in America article , journalist Robert Whitaker exposes the buried science behind SSRIs and SNRI...

Article text written with Generative AI by Grok (xAI). Video made with invideo AI . #CommissionsEarned In a striking development within the mental health research community, the Antidepressant Coalition for Education (ACE) has taken a bold stand against a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry by Kalfas et al. (2025). Titled “Incidence and Nature of Antidepressant...

Note: This short story is an AI-generated retelling of the parable known as “ The old man lost his horse ,” from the ancient Chinese text the Huainanzi . I first came across the story when it was read to me in a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program. The story helps to cultivate skills in mindfulness and critical thinking. # In a wind-swept hamlet among the rolling green hills of Han‐era Chin...

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Article text written with Generative AI by Grok (xAI) and Claude (Anthropic). Video made with invideo AI. Affiliate links invideo AI : Make your own videos with AI vidIQ : Boost your YouTube videos Paperpal : AI academic writing tool. Get 20% off all plans with code PAP20 Content note : Mentions suicide. The Benzodiazepine Information Coalition (BIC) has raised the alarm about draft clinical depre...

Written with Generative AI by Grok (xAI), invideo , and Claude (Anthropic). Video/audio generated by invideo AI. Affiliate links invideo AI : Make your own videos with AI vidIQ : Boost your YouTube videos Paperpal : AI academic writing tool. Get 20% off all plans with code PAP20 A recent article by Jon Jacobsen on Mad In America details a two-year community-led research effort into Post-SSRI Sexua...

This is an AI voiceover reading of my first Substack blog article . Made with invideo AI. Affiliate links invideo AI : Make your own videos with AI vidIQ : Boost your YouTube videos Paperpal : AI academic writing tool. Get 20% off all plans with code PAP20 Content note : Discusses suicide attempts, forced psychiatric treatment I'm a former psychiatric patient sharing my journey through harmful tre...