Are 1 in 8 Children and Young People Really ‘Mentally Disordered’?
Mental health organisations challenge the language of illness and disorder
Shared experience and knowledge about tapering off psychiatric drugs
From Mad in Norway: We at Mad in Norway often receive inquiries from people who want to scale back, but who have few or no...
Antidepressants can cause ‘Chemical Castration’
From Maryanne Demasi Reports: “Antidepressants can cause severe, sometimes irreversible, sexual dysfunction that persists even after discontinuing the medication. Sufferers have described it as ‘chemical castration’ — a...
“A History of Psychiatric Marketing” in conversation with Robert Whitaker
From Mad in Mexico: “As for the question of colonization, it’s not just about alternatives to drugs, it’s also about how society takes care...
Conference: Learning from mad knowledge
The 15th annual Critical Perspectives Conference takes place in University College Cork on 15 and 16 November 2023.
This year’s theme focuses on the concept...