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...
False narrative about psychiatry serves no one
When the media tell of a serious harm of a psychiatric drug, they follow a standard script, which involves that they must also praise...
Looking back – and looking forward to 2023
Happy New Year from all of us here at Mad in Ireland. As we start the new year, we would like to once again...
‘Humans should have the right to allow their struggles have meaning again’
A new joint publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is...
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...