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...
Music, the rhythm of the soul
Welcome once again to Mad in Irelands podcast series ‘Fields of Healing’. This time around we visit the world of music and rhythm as...
Research: Open Dialogue approach may reduce drug treatment in young people
New research from Finland has suggested that mental health services based on the Open Dialogue (OD) approach to mental health may reduce psychotropic drug...
The UK is helping people stop antidepressants – but still no tapering advice available...
It's now widely accepted that there can be withdrawal effects from antidepressants - but no tapering guidance or advice is currently available in Ireland
Pharmacists...
Unravelling ‘peer imposter syndrome’ and coming to understand the experience of mental health distress
It doesn’t rear its ugly head much (anymore) for me, but it did for a while. So, let’s start with a full disclosure: I...