Guy Holmes
Clinical Psychologist

Research publications on psychiatric medication and the medicalisation of human distress:

Holmes, G. & Newnes, C. (1996). Medication – the holy water of psychiatry. OpenMind, 82, 14-15.

Holmes, G. & Offen, L. (1996). Clinical Psychologists’ perceptions of psychological distress: gender issues and the ‘medicalisation’ of clients. Clinical Psychology Forum, 97, 27-31.

Stenfert Kroese, B., Dewhurst, D. & Holmes, G. (2001) Diagnosis and Drugs: Help or hindrance when people with learning difficulties have psychological problems? British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29, 26-33.

Holmes, G. and Hudson, M. (2003) Coming Off Medication, OpenMind, 123, 14-15

Stenfert Kroese, B. & Holmes, G. (2005) The use of psychotropic medication for people with learning disabilities. Learning Disability Review, 10(4), 19-22.

Holmes, G. (2006) Helping people to come off neuroleptics and other psychiatric drugs. Clinical Psychology Forum, 163, 21-25

Holmes, G. & Hardy, G. (2007) The shame of ‘not being a man’: experiences of gay, straight and bisexual men. In P. Stastny & P. Lehmann (eds.) Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry. Berlin: Peter Lehmann Publishing.