Campaign against ECT gains traction
Country music legend Naomi Judd died by suicide on April 30, 2022 after a public struggle to find relief from the deep distress and suicidal...
I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental...
Society’s understanding of mental health issues locates the problem inside the person – and ignores the politics of their distress. Read Sanah Ahsan's full...
Psychiatric Patients Locked out of Bedrooms Until 10pm at Night
From Independent.ie. Patients in a hospital psychiatric unit did not have access to their bedrooms under 10pm at night due to staff shortages, an inspector’s...
Politics and Psychiatry: the Cost of the Trauma Cover-Up
In Noel Hunter’s recently published Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services, she asks, “Are we continuing to funnel money into a fundamentally broken system?”
Grieving parents and experts call for clearer warnings on antidepressants and suicide
From The Daily Mail: “All grief can cause complex feelings — but losing someone to suicide comes with a particular sense of agonising regret, powerlessness...