Social Farming: Connecting with land, with community and with history
Welcome to the latest Mad In Ireland Fields of Healing podcast episode. It seems fitting that as we move into the time of Imbolg...
Challenging the status quo around eating disorder treatment
This post might be considered politically incorrect, but challenging the status quo has always been my specialty, dating back to my teenage years when...
Different countries, same problems: The Guardian newspaper takes a close look at antidepressant withdrawal
This post first appeared on the Inner Compass Initiative website.
As highlighted by Inner Compass: Over the past few days, The Guardian newspaper published a...
Research: “Distress was normalised and understood as part of the human condition”
A new study titled "Designing recovery-oriented care: a qualitative study to inform service design at Kyrie Therapeutic Farm in Ireland" explores how therapeutic farm...
Research: Recovery can be an empty concept that leads to experiences of surveillance from...
When we talk about personal recovery, it should involve participation, agency, and a sense of belonging. Reflections from an Irish context suggests that perhaps...