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Following the breadcrumbs, Traumality and a total eclipse of the roots

I’m brain deep in domestic abuse and mental health literature as I track a path through what is already known. This reading will form...

Nobody told me to do this: What it means to be a dissident psychiatrist

Before I was a psychiatrist, I was a psychiatric patient. I remember sitting in waiting rooms, waiting to see the next psychiatrist with a pit...

Challenging the medical model of mental health: A call for humane, evidence-based services

By Piia Tuominen I invited Professor John Read (University of East London) to be a guest on my podcast because I think he is doing...

The loneliness of freedom

I’m lonely. There’s the truth. What I’ve been avoiding. It’s clicked now. I feel more alone than I ever have in my life. Paradoxically, I also feel more connected...

A moving reflection from Dirk Corstens on the passing of Marius Romme

Published on Linkedin Posted by Dirk Corstens on 4/6/26 Marius Romme passed away. Coincidentally, I am sitting on a terrace in Maastricht. Beers with it. Nuts....