Howl from a survivor: ‘Medicalised psychiatry is a failed entity’
“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness” Allan Ginsberg Howl
We are not mad. It is the rest of society that...
Is there any point?
A lot of us pose this question in our lives, but when it is applied to recovery from a psychosis, is there any point? ...
Opinion: Stephen Fry says psychiatry saved him, but what about listening to those it...
As a voice-hearer of 30 years – and 27 years as a user/survivor of psychiatry - I could say, like Stephen Fry did this...
Tips for sleeping well: stress and trauma can have a huge negative impact on...
Since my previous and first piece written for Mad In Ireland last year, I bit the bullet and resigned from 12+ years working as...
“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...