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...
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...
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...
Conflicts of interest: psychiatry under the influence of big pharma?
The President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (CPI), Dr Lorcan Martin, received more than €20,000 in consultancy fees from the pharmaceutical industry...
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,...