What does it mean to be an addict in Egypt? A reflection on medical...
I wrote this piece from Egypt, where the language of “mental health” still arrives through the lens of medical imperialism. Here, psychiatry does not...
Interview with Jessica Fairfax Hirst: The Withdrawal First Aid Kit
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Editor’s Note: This interview by Laura López-Aybar originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Puerto Rico.
In this conversation with...
Medical Organizations Turn Blind Eye to Harms of Maternal Antidepressant Use: A Conversation With...
After an FDA panel highlights risks, medical organizations blame it on the illness, rather than the drug.
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Inspiring Community Mental Health Action in Manchester
The positive energy at the recent 'Re-envisioning Mental Health Care' conference organised by the local grassroots group CHARM in Manchester was palpable. Coming up...
“Something Always Felt Off” – Stripping Suffering from Context in Clinical Work
Discover how mainstream psychology individualizes pain while ignoring caste, class, gender, and cultural realities in South Asian contexts.
Editor's note: this blog was first published...