Blogs
Essays from leading writers
What the RADAR Trial Tells Us About Antipsychotic Reduction and Discontinuation
Although the trial showed that relapse is more likely if you reduce antipsychotic medication, it did not show that relapse is inevitable.
Criticisms That Establishment Psychiatry Can and Cannot Tolerate
First published on Mad in America on 3rd May 2025
For the institutions comprising establishment psychiatry,...
What does consent mean in practice?
A 'lived experience' perspective
This blog follows some of the issues raised in the author's recently...
Home Is Where The Heart Is
A story about life in a council block in the age of austerity
This is a...
Power, Privilege & Controlling the Narrative: Vested Interests in ‘Mental Health’
I have tasked myself with mapping out my understanding of how therapy and mental health...
Interview with registered mental health nurse Laura Moran
Mad in the UK talks to Laura Moran about her experiences at work as a...
Withdrawal syndromes: lost in translation
This blog first appeared on David Healy’s RxISK website on April 3rd 2025. It is...
PODCASTS
One Person’s Journey from Celebrity Medical Model Advocate to Skeptic: An Interview with Rose Cartwright
This podcast and transcript was first published on Mad in America on November 6th 2024
Rose...
Why Does a Parent Medicate a Child? An Interview with My Mother
This report was first published on Mad in America on October 9th 2024
When Brooke Siem...
The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: An Interview with David Taylor and Mark Horowitz
This report was first published in Mad In America on 21st August 2024
In this interview...
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...
Robert Whitaker answers reader questions on pharma marketing and psychiatric drugs
On the Mad in America podcast this week, we continue our reader Q&A with Mad...
May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: An Interview with Brooke Siem
Brooke Siem is a writer, speaker, and advocate for the safe de-prescribing of psychiatric drugs....