The Power Threat Meaning Framework – A critique of a critique
The Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF), a conceptual alternative to the diagnostic model of distress co-produced by psychologists and survivors, has attracted an extraordinary...
JAMA Psychiatry: No evidence that psychiatric treatments produce “successful outcomes”
In a viewpoint piece published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers write that there is no evidence that psychiatric interventions lead to “successful” outcomes. Successful outcomes, they...
The importance of empathic listening for making meaning of distress
Psychiatry has failed to provide a definitive explanatory framework for mental illnesses, despite more than a hundred years of scientific and medical research. Its...
Tanya Frank on ‘Zig-Zag Boy: Madness, Motherhood and Letting Go: My Family’s Struggles with...
Author Tanya Frank discusses her book 'Zig-Zag Boy: Madness, Motherhood and Letting Go', which chronicles the experiences of her son Zach who experienced psychosis as a 19-year-old.
Mental health awareness campaigns may actually increase distress
An article published in New Ideas in Psychology hypothesizes that mental health awareness efforts in Western countries may be partially responsible for the rise of mental...