AUTHOR
Richard Vernall
3 ARTICLES
Richard Vernall is a career practitioner who has worked with young people providing vocational pathways since 1990. He designed the first independent supported employment agency (Poly-Emp 1993) in New Zealand for students with learning difficulties that operates out of Unitec and Manukau Institute of Technology. He is also the author of the book – Running on Empty: Antidepressants and Youth Suicide – A New Zealand Review (2021). Other Publications: Collateral Damage: The Negative Impact of Antidepressants on New Zealand Youth - Mad In America.
Are we missing the obvious? The hidden link between psychiatric drugs and rising violence
Violence that once shocked us now barely interrupts the news cycle. Mass shootings, suicides, and seemingly random acts of brutality have become grimly familiar in...
Rethinking mental health: Is nutrition the missing piece?
In her concluding comments on a BBC Podcast – What can we do about the world’s mental health problems – in November 2019, Grace...
The transformational power of human connection: Why our mental health system needs more than pills and protocols
In 2005, a young man stood on the edge of the Golden Gate Bridge, ready to end his life. Ninety minutes later, he stepped back...
