The lie that antidepressants protect against suicide is deadly
The package inserts for antidepressants warn that the drugs increase the risk of suicide. For fluoxetine, the Danish package insert says that suicidal thoughts...
Mad in the Netherlands: Covid & Insecurity
All kinds of frameworks have been built around this primal instinct. The expression of stress and trauma is therefore very diverse. A stressed person has a...
Activism in mental health and policies of discomfort – Conversation with Emiliano Exposto
From Mad in Mexico: So, I am interested in the idea of expanded extractivism, because it allows us to think about the extractive operation: the...
Antidepressant users experience a reduction in libido after using the medication
There was an article in the newspaper Folha de São Paulo (25/11/2023) about the reduction in libido caused by antidepressants. Users complain that the medications make it...
Decolonising psychiatry in Pakistan
From Mad in South Asia: Psychiatrist Yousaf Raza details the problems with psychiatric health care in Pakistan and shows how to find a way forward....