Jigsaw offers young people alternatives to traditional diagnostic narratives
The Ideal
Removal Of Diagnostic Labels
We, as practitioners, like to imagine a world where diagnostic labels of “disorder” are no longer required. We feel that...
Jo Watson chats to Rob Wipond about his work and his book
Rob Wipond is known for his critical work on mental health, psychiatry, and civil rights. He focuses on exposing abuses in mental health systems,...
Wishful thinking dressed up in scientific terminology: a reply to Awais Aftab
Republished from joannamoncrieff.com with permission from Professor Joanna Moncrieff
Awais Aftab’s blog about the Sunday Times article on my new book, Chemically Imbalanced, was predictable. Like previous reactions to...
Shocking BBC report: children subjected to abuse in mental health unit.
Another shocking BBC report uncovers abuse at the Skye CAMHS unit, Scotland's largest mental health facility for young people
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2kg2djkk2o
Yet again, we hear about the...
Papering over the cracks, obscuring the problem. A review of Penny Priest’s debut novel...
Papering over the cracks, obscuring the problem…
Conor McMullin, Clinical Associate Applied Psychologist trainee talks to Penny Priest, retired consultant clinical psychologist, about her debut...