There are “too many people being labelled, categorised into boxes, prescribed medication”
Psychiatry = diagnosis/labels.
Here in Ireland we're moving away from this type of terminology and using language like mental health instead of psychiatric.
Personally, I'm against...
A psychotic experience can help to process difficult memories
The title of this article - a psychotic experience can help to process difficult memories - is from Jaakko Seikkula’s book Dialogue Improves—but Why?...
The ‘not so clinical psychologists’ offer fresh perspective on mental health difficulties
TikTok/Instagram accounts offer a different way to look at emotions, therapy and mental health difficulties
We have long felt a certain discomfort with our titles...
Plant medicine, psychiatry and me
Owen Ó Tuama
This story begins in 1994, when I first began to hear voices and see visions. I received psychiatric treatment for five months...
“First, do no harm.” I tried to complain. “Policy,” they said.
The tale contained in this piece took place amidst an entire summer of mayhem. I was later told it was a ‘dysphoric mania’. As...