Mental Health Reform: Criteria for involuntary treatment significantly expanded
Mental Health Reform is holding an event to discuss recent developments related to the Mental Health Bill 2024. The Bill has just passed through...
Mental health debate in Ireland is reinforcing old clichés to allow forced treatment
The current discussion on the reform of the Mental Health Act in Ireland is quite disappointing. Not because of its outcome (although that most...
Government must not be allowed to strip Mental Health Bill of human rights safeguards
Last-minute government amendments have resulted in a Mental Health Bill that now lacks crucial human rights safeguards in favour of a retrograde model of...
Why psychosis is not so crazy: A conversation with Stijn Vanheule
Stijn Vanheule is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and professor of psychology at Ghent University. Trained in the Lacanian tradition, he has written widely on...
Beyond control: Why compassion, not coercion, is the path to healing suffering
Compassion is not just a moral imperative—it is a neurobiological necessity for healing and well-being. Unlike coercion, which activates the body's defensive systems and...