Psychiatry apologises for failing survivors of child sex abuse. What happens now?
The UK Royal College of Psychiatrists has issued a remarkable position paper, stating that people sexually abused in childhood have been failed by mental...
Her and the same
I. Her
I don’t recognise her
But I know who she is
And I know what she did
I don’t recognise her
But I feel what she felt
And I...
Nobody told me to do this: What it means to be a dissident psychiatrist
Before I was a psychiatrist, I was a psychiatric patient.
I remember sitting in waiting rooms, waiting to see the next psychiatrist with a pit...
“Assault” and “Torture”: Patients recall the institutional violence of forced drugging
A new scoping review exposes the psychological trauma and institutional power dynamics behind forced drugging, highlighting the urgent call from survivors for alternatives
Anew article published in...
The Wound
At the edge of my awareness - the wound
just under the water - the she-monster
while
attempting
to
do
the
dishes
it
stings
popping up, bubbling over, fizziness
oh fuck
ugly head
push it down
spin round
five...