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...
Rethinking mental health in Ireland: Why not a Trieste-style approach?
Mental health services in Ireland, like many parts of the world, are often criticised for beingoverly medicalised, underfunded, and detached from the communities they...
Dr Pat Bracken: Psychiatric power, a personal view
Editor's note - Mad in Ireland is sharing this article from Dr Pat Bracken, first printed in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine in 2012,...