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...
The Ouija Board and the Skeptic
This article was first published on Mad in America on Jan 18th 2025
I’m not a psychiatrist. I’m not even a therapist. I’m someone who’s...
A Psychoanalysis Lesson? Or how not to treat a mother.
In my hometown, amidst a lovely garden, sits a psychoanalysis institute.
One day, while volunteering at a community festival, a tiny, slim woman approached us...
Moving in and out of Psychiatric Institutions: Indian Women’s Distressing Experiences
First posted on Mad In South Asia on 8th January 2025
For Indian women, absent support from family, gender disadvantages, and poverty lead to longer...
The Guitars
Sally Paul is a psychiatric survivor who was labelled as having borderline personality disorder before being abandoned by the mental health system. This is...