Research: Draft mental health law retains coercive elements, does not realise human rights
A new article in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry critically examines proposed reforms to Irish mental health law, finding that it falls...
Part 3: Neuro-authenticity, neuro-identities, and the neuro-industry
Mad in America and Mad in the UK are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. This third part of this series on Neurodiversity...
Science news: Placebo effect for all psychiatric diagnoses “of considerable magnitude”
In a new study, researchers found huge improvements in psychiatric symptoms on placebo alone, particularly for depression and anxiety. They included the 10 least...
Professionals to speak up about harm caused by mental health practices at UCC conference
This year's Critical Voices Network Ireland will tackle the subject of ‘iatrogenic harm’ - potentially harmful practices caused inadvertently by treatment and care in...
Conflicts of interest: psychiatry under the influence of big pharma?
The President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (CPI), Dr Lorcan Martin, received more than €20,000 in consultancy fees from the pharmaceutical industry...