Will Self Tells of a Friend’s Detention in Psychiatric Hospital
From BBC's A Point of View. Will Self tells the disturbing story of what happened to a friend, recently detained in a London psychiatric...
Is Madness an Evolved Signal? Justin Garson on Strategy Versus Dysfunction
Justin Garson is a Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and a contributor for Psychology...
Moving Global Mental Health “Outside Our Heads”
On MIA Radio we interview Dr. Derek Summerfield, honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, former Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford and consultant at Oxfam.
Towards Resilience and Possibilities and Away from Diseases and Symptoms
An interview with Professor Jim van Os who says that, arguably, ‘love is the most powerful evidence-based treatment in mental health’. We discuss his recent paper published in World Psychiatry which envisions a future for mental health that moves away from symptoms and diagnoses and towards peer support and lived experience.
Addressing the Divide Between the Arts and Medical Sciences
An interview with psychiatrist Dr Peter Gordon who describes himself as a gardener with an interest in medicine.