Hearing Voices Network Ireland 10th Anniversary
Hearing Voices Network Ireland is celebrating its 10th anniversary on 17 April 2025, having had its launch on 17 April 2015 in TCD (https://hearingvoicesnetworkireland.ie/hvni-national-launch/)
Since...
The price of breaking the silence of abuse: dignity, justice and recovery
We live in a culture of silence, and this is something that affects many of us from childhood. The struggle to end this silence...
“Power is vested in one profession when in fact mental health is a messy...
I was delighted to speak with Dr Pat Bracken and Dr Charles O'Mahony on the Irish Centre for Human Rights podcast. We covered a...
Dr Pat Bracken: Psychiatric power, a personal view
Editor's note - Mad in Ireland is sharing this article from Dr Pat Bracken, first printed in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine in 2012,...
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...