Faith healing in India: An ancient way of tending to madness
A small village in one of India’s southern states woke up to a tragic fire 23 years ago. Little did it know that this...
Sinéad spoke out about the impact of diagnosis, stigma, and psychiatry on her life
There is one thing about having been a “delinquent” teen, or a “freak” as we called ourselves, in the chaos of the early 90s...
Research: Fully recovered after psychosis, without antipsychotic drugs
A new study demonstrates that far more people are able to fully recover from psychosis than typically thought—and that many can do so without antipsychotic...
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...
Finding your tribe: Stories are the core of social psychiatry, not labels
The Psi-Star Team in Royal College of Surgeons Ireland attended the IEPA15 Conference in Berlin in September. The IEPA15 is the 15th year of...