A community group writes their script for community health & wellbeing
I am delighted to be part of an active voluntary community organisation in the North East who are hosting a Coffee Morning on Wednesday,...
Mad in Ireland interview: We “criticise existing approaches to mental health care and highlight...
Although Jennifer Hough’s older sister, Valerie, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was fifteen, Hough never saw her sister as mentally ill. “To...
Unquestioningly striving to adapt to harmful circumstances may be self-harm
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary resilience comes from the Latin “resileins” and “resilire”. Derived from “re” meaning “back” and “salire” meaning “to jump...
Finding meaning and healing outside of ‘isolating’ psychiatric system
My walks of life got me into an exceptional position where I was given up by the medical establishment by means of the psychiatric...
The biomedical model of psychiatry and the right to refuse medication
As an inpatient, I have seen the prevailing biomedical model of psychiatry and how it compels doctors and nurses to act. The cavalier attitude...