Give Five – a human rights approach to mental health
A reflection, one month on from Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR), New Script World Mental Health Day in Belfast.
On October 10th some...
MindFreedom Ireland protests against ECT at the GPO on May 31st 2025
MindFreedom Ireland would like to invite you to join them at their third annual protest against ECT and psychiatric malpractices at the GPO in...
World Voices Congress 2024 – Mark Mc Collum and Owen Ó Tuama in...
The World Voices Congress was held this year in Copenhagen in late September. The Congress is an annual global gathering of voice-hearers and people...
Offering young people alternatives to traditional diagnostic narratives
Removal of diagnostic labels
We, as practitioners, like to imagine a world where diagnostic labels of “disorder” are no longer required. We feel that such...
Notes on being labelled ‘paranoid schizophrenic’
On hearing voices, dissociation & being labelled - ugh! - ‘paranoid schizophrenic’.
I may go about my life, like most other people, maintaining my place...