Tag: Diagnosis
Tanya Frank on ‘Zig-Zag Boy: Madness, Motherhood and Letting Go: My...
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.
I needed Kierkegaard and Freud; a psychiatrist prescribed cereal bars
The philosopher Ian Hacking described a looping effect, whereby people adjust themselves to become more like the labels foisted upon them. ‘Sometimes, our sciences...
‘What’s the Matter With Tony Slattery?’
Editor's Note: This post was originally published in May 2020, we are reposting some of our favourite posts here. Please enjoy: a reflection on...
When treatment makes you sick: the eating disorder clinic
Eight years after beginning ‘treatment’ for an ‘eating disorder’, I was eating worse than ever. Yet three years after quitting that ‘treatment’, food is...
Challenging a Psychiatric Diagnosis
Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Mad in the UK in May 2019, we are reposting some of our favourite blogs over...