Offering young people alternatives to traditional diagnostic narratives
Removal of diagnostic labels
We, as practitioners, like to imagine a world where diagnostic labels of “disorder” are no longer required. We feel that such...
Event notice: The Soteria approach to treating psychosis, exploring efforts to expand availability
The alternative treatment model of Soteria helps people suffering from altered states without relying on medication or coercion.
In this upcoming webinar, (Saturday, February 22,...
Australian university to teach doctors safe deprescribing of psychiatric medications
An Australian university has become the first to teach doctors how to help patients who want to safely reduce or stop taking antidepressants and...
Notes on psychiatric hospital: I am looking for people I miss
I am looking for Sam.
I met Sam during one of my spells in a psychiatric hospital in Sheffield. She was very funny, beautiful and...
Depression treatment: The public was betrayed, millions were harmed, and the mainstream media failed...
Last spring, it seemed certain that the story of the STAR*D scandal, which Mad in America has been reporting on for 14 years, would...