What does the social model of disability have to do with emotional and mental...
Language and Framing: talking about what we mean when we talk about “disability”
The language we use is influenced by what we know (or think...
Open Dialogue: A road less travelled
Professional practice in mental health is changing. Service users are becoming more active in their own treatment.
Since 1984, the rise of the Service User...
Ivor Browne rightly lauded – but we are a long way from his vision...
The great Ivor Browne, who many will know for his humane approach to human distress, died this week to widespread plaudits from the media....
Mad in Ireland: A powerful voice for the new paradigm in mental health
Mad in Ireland’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for fundamentally rethinking theory and practice in the field of mental health in Ireland,...
Irish psychiatry says chemical imbalance is ‘a figure of speech,’ so – what now?
The chemical imbalance theory of depression - what was once considered the gold standard reason for why people take antidepressants, was, apparently, ‘a figure...