What does consent mean in practice?
A 'lived experience' perspective
This blog follows some of the issues raised in the author's recently published memoir 'Unshackled Mind; a doctor's story of trauma,...
Home Is Where The Heart Is
A story about life in a council block in the age of austerity
This is a lightly fictionalised account of John Hoggett's experience of living...
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....
Power, Privilege & Controlling the Narrative: Vested Interests in ‘Mental Health’
I have tasked myself with mapping out my understanding of how therapy and mental health relate to politics. I don’t know how much of...
Withdrawal syndromes: lost in translation
This blog first appeared on David Healy’s RxISK website on April 3rd 2025. It is republished here with some minor alterations.
Harriet Vogt is a...