Celebrating Steps Toward Humane Approaches to Distress
From John Read, PhD/Psychology Today: “My posts here frequently document the dominance of, and damage sometimes caused by, a simplistic illness or ‘medical model’ approach to the...
Understanding mental health problems without diagnoses
From Mad in Sweden: By pointing to alternatives to today’s demonstrably unsustainable perspective on mental suffering, we can join forces to contribute to the revolution...
Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2022
A roundup of Mad in America's most read blogs and personal stories of 2022
Turmoil Erupts Over Expulsion of Member From Leading Evidence-based Medicine Group
From STAT. One of the medical world’s most respected expert bodies is in turmoil as its annual meeting gets underway in Edinburgh, Scotland, after its...
Five articles that show the media is waking up to distress as political, not...
Parts of the media are a mouthpiece for biomedical psychiatry’s idea that distress should be diagnosed as a disorder, then medicated, managed and eliminated....