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Global study questions antidepressant use, points to social

WebIn an era where mental health issues like depression are at the forefront of global public health concerns, the reliance on antidepressants as a primary treatment …

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Bringing Human Rights to Mental Health Care: An

WebEditor’s note: This interview originally appeared on Mad in America. Dainius Pūras is a medical doctor and human rights advocate. He is currently serving the final …

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Peter Kinderman – Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health …

Web3071. This week on MIA Radio, we chat with Professor Peter Kinderman. Peter is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, honorary …

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What happened when I stopped believing in ‘mental health’

WebThe brain of a person who feels depressed is no different to the brain of someone who does not. This approach, known as the medical model, has several …

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Challenging a Diagnosis

WebIn my experience, ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ (BPD) is a particularly stigmatising diagnosis which condemns us to exclusion and neglect, or to punitive …

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Rehumanising our mental health systems: a discussion with Jaakko

WebJaakko Seikkula, along with Markku Sutela, created the Open Dialogue approach to acute crises in Finland. Jaakko is a clinical psychologist, a researcher and a …

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Challenging a Psychiatric Diagnosis

WebEditor’s Note: This post was originally published on Mad in the UK in May 2019, we are reposting some of our favourite blogs over the next couple of weeks.. …

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The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change

WebThis is the dilemma: according to the preeminent health and rights bodies in the world, psychiatry has to change. How much? This much: “Denial of legal capacity, …

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How to make Mental Health Act interviews more dialogical

WebEditor’s Note: This post was originally published on The Critical AMHP and is shared here with permission.. There is a growing need and a desire to re-orientate …

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‘I’d Rather Die Than Go Back to Hospital’: Why We Need a Non …

WebThe steering group shared a basic philosophy: a holistic, psychosocial approach to mental health, drawing on social constructionist and feminist ideas, on work …

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The Politics of Distress: A discussion with Dr. James Davies on his …

WebDr James Davies graduated from the University of Oxford in 2006 with a DPhil in social and medical anthropology. He is a Reader in Social Anthropology and …

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Global Mental Health – Coloniality, Technology and Medicalization

WebIn this episode, we interview Dr China Mills.China participated in organizing the open letter in response to The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and …

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Transforming mental health care with cultural narratives and …

WebAt the heart of Kirmayer’s research is the idea that our understanding and experience of mental health are significantly shaped by the cognitive science of …

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New Campaign: Supporting Litigation Against Mental Health …

WebJohn is a psychotherapist, trainer, author and mental health campaigner, who has taught in over twenty countries. Having worked for many years within NHS …

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Insane Medicine: Epilogue

Web1084. Editor’s Note: Over the course of several months, Mad in America & Mad in the UK have published a serialised version of Sami Timimi’s book, Insane …

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The Power Threat Meaning Framework

WebLucy kindly took time out talk to me about the new Power Threat Meaning Framework, an ambitious attempt to outline a conceptual alternative to psychiatric …

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No, one in five children do not have a ‘mental disorder’

WebNo, one in three young women do not have a disorder. No, one in four older teenagers do not have a disorder. No, one in five children do not have a disorder. First, …

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