The Certainties of Therapy-Speak Are Contributing to Our Social Collapse
First published by Mad in America on 21/4/25
A provocative new paper argues that therapeutic culture may be entrenching, not healing, our collective wounds.
We are...
Criticisms That Establishment Psychiatry Can and Cannot Tolerate
First published on Mad in America on 3rd May 2025
For the institutions comprising establishment psychiatry, self-preservation means maintaining legitimacy as a branch of medicine....
A Reflection on “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance
First published on Mad in America on April 5th 2025
Laura Delano and I met sometime around 2012 at a Mad in America film festival....
20% of the population in England are being prescribed dependence forming drugs
Dr Peter Scott-Gordon reports on the correspondence between John Perriot and his MP Cat Smith and asked her to table some questions in parliament...
Moving in and out of Psychiatric Institutions: Indian Women’s Distressing Experiences
First posted on Mad In South Asia on 8th January 2025
For Indian women, absent support from family, gender disadvantages, and poverty lead to longer...