Mad in Ireland to present at UCD conference focused on lived experience and addiction
Mad in Ireland is set to present at an international conference at UCD on June 4 focused on more humane ways of understanding addiction...
Irish psychiatry says chemical imbalance is ‘a figure of speech,’ so – what now?
The chemical imbalance theory of depression - what was once considered the gold standard reason for why people take antidepressants, was, apparently, ‘a figure...
If forced treatment amounts to torture, how can it legally – and morally –...
Editor's note: Mad in Ireland editors Dr Líam Mac Gabhann and Jennifer Hough published an article in the Irish Examiner in response to the...
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...
Mad in Ireland: A powerful voice for the new paradigm in mental health
Mad in Ireland’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for fundamentally rethinking theory and practice in the field of mental health in Ireland,...