If forced treatment amounts to torture, how can it legally – and morally –...
Editor's note: Mad in Ireland editors Dr Líam Mac Gabhann and Jennifer Hough published an article in the Irish Examiner in response to the...
Criticisms that establishment psychiatry can and cannot tolerate
For the institutions comprising establishment psychiatry, self-preservation means maintaining legitimacy as a branch of medicine. Thus, any criticism of establishment psychiatry—no matter how harsh—that...
Why we need to rethink the medical approach to children’s mental health
Editor's note: Following on from last week's statement by the Psychological Society of Ireland that psychiatry should not be in sole charge of youth...
Darkness into light – masking systemic neglect in mental health
In Ireland, the conversation around suicide prevention and mental health care is often draped in the warm, comforting cloak of charity. Organisations like Pieta...
Coercion in psychiatric wards tied to worse recovery, study finds
Coercive measures remain routine in psychiatric hospitals, yet new evidence suggests they do far more harm than good. A longitudinal study of 111 inpatients...