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Trinity College study: Ketamine continues to fail to beat active placebo for depression
In a new study, led by Ana Jelovac at Trinity College Dublin, researchers found that ketamine infusions failed to beat an active placebo as an adjunctive therapy for patients hospitalised with depression.
The result: ketamine failed...
A lack of insight? — Understanding some ways inadvertent iatrogenic harm can occur (part 2)
This blog is a follow on part 2 from Neil's earlier Part 1 featured Blog on...
Final call for abstracts Critical Voices Network Ireland Conference
Final conference announcement and call for abstracts
'Supporting people in distress: critical perspectives on safe spaces...
Nutrient therapy and mental distress: nourishing wellbeing
Whilst this blog is reflection on two peoples experiences, as important is the knowing that...
Confessions of an ad writer: How I helped turn atypical antipsychotics into a billion-dollar industry
Editor’s note: This was first published on Mad In America on August 9th 2025
How we...
Reflecting on traumatic growth
Editorial note: This piece is drawn from a qualitative study conducted in 2019 exploring psychoanalytic...
Counter archiving “mental health records”
Standing in front of the mirror, i wonder, “what outfit should i wear for scanning...
PODCASTS
So what is Eco-Arts Practice and how does it relate to mental health?
Eco Arts as a Field of Healing
In this Fields of Healing podcast episode I speak...
Open Dialogue, it hasn’t gone away you know
Liam Mac Gabhann in conversation with Niall Crowley
When we consider much of the recent mainstream...
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...
World Voices Congress 2024 – Mark Mc Collum and Owen Ó Tuama in conversation
The World Voices Congress was held this year in Copenhagen in late September. The Congress...
A conversation with Thom Stewart about peer support.
This podcast is with Thom Stewart. We met in Dublin city...
Language giving voice to identity and expressing our soul
If language shapes our world, then in Ireland our world is shaped by and through the lens of colonialism. And it is here we will first explore that impact and reality, before thankfully exploring where and how our own language can be a field of healing.