Study that claims ECT is safe for children is flawed and ethically concerning
Electroconvulsive therapy, or “shock therapy” as it is commonly known, involves passing an electric current through the brain to deliberately cause seizures in the...
How the medical model disempowers voice-hearers
Editor's Note: this post was originally published on Mad in America, and is shared here with permission.
New research indicates that voice-hearers are at risk...
There is no valid evidence that genes play a role in causing ‘schizophrenia’
In a 2003 edition of Science, the editors declared that the identification of genes for “mental illness” was the second most important “scientific breakthrough” of the...
I was 15 and on lithium, then the ‘troubled teen’ industry got me
I have been experiencing a slow ascent back to sanity that took about 30 years.
Until about five years ago I believed I had “bipolar...
Our Mad highlights of 2022
A round-up of 2022 highlights from Mad in the UK and the wider critical field:
The campaign for an independent review of ECT goes from...