Awais Aftab – A New Vision for Mental Health

Answering Awais Aftab: When it Comes to Misleading the Public, Who is the Culprit?

Author: Editorial 12th April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Robert Whitaker has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “On March 27, Mad in America published a review of a ‘viewpoint ‘ in JAMA Psychiatry that told of how psychiatry did not have evidence of ‘successful outcomes.’ This prompted psychiatrist Awais…
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Awais Aftab, Mad in America, psychiatry, Robert Whitaker

The Future Is Political and Transdisciplinary

Author: Editorial 3rd April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Awais Aftab has been published in Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology – the official journal of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP). It describes the journal’s aims and general content, and sets out the…
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Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Awais Aftab, lived experiences, madness, philosophy, philosophy of mental health, philosophy of psychiatry, Project MUSE, psychiatry, psychology

Moving Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis: Lucy Johnstone, PsyD

Author: Editorial 24th March 2023 0 Comments

In this interview , published in the Psychiatric Times , Dr Awais Aftab and Dr Lucy Johnstone discuss her criticisms of psychiatric diagnosis and her approach to psychological formulation as a conceptual alternative to diagnosis: “Aftab: Formulation has a long history…
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Awais Aftab, diagnostic labelling, Lucy Johnstone, Power Threat Meaning Framework, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Psychological Formulation

My take on “A Psychopharmacology Fit for Mad Liberation? by Awais Aftab”

Author: Editorial 13th March 2023 0 Comments

This post by Vincenzo has been published on his blog-site. It begins: “In the latest edition of Asylum Magazine, Dr Awais Aftab published an article on the relation between Psychopharmacology and Mad Liberation and brought it to my attention. The full…
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Asylum Magazine, Awais Aftab, organisation of knowledge, person-centered, person-centred, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychopharmacology, Vincenzo

Can The Psychopathologized Speak?

Author: Editorial 23rd February 2023 0 Comments

This post from Dr. Awais Aftab has been published on his blog-site Psychiatry at the Margins. It begins: “The latest issue of the journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology contains my commentary, ‘Can The Psychopathologized Speak?: Notes on Social Objectivity and Psychiatric Science.’…
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Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry, Awais Aftab, Bennett Knox, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, philosophy of psychiatry, psychiatry, Psychiatry at the Margins, psychopathology, social objectivity

Psychiatric Psychodrama

Author: Editorial 9th February 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Awais Aftab has been published on his Psychiatry at the Margins blog-site. It begins: “‘The maddening ambiguity of our position is what leads to the titular psychiatric psychodrama. One cannot reconcile oneself to psychiatry because it constantly…
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Awais Aftab, Liam Kofi Bright, psychiatry, Psychiatry at the Margins

Hermeneutic Labor in Medicine and Psychiatry

Author: Editorial 3rd February 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Awais Aftab has been published on his blog-site Psychiatry at the Margins. It begins: “Ellie Anderson has discussed the notion of ‘hermeneutic labor’”’ in the context of feminist scholarship in a wonderful paper, ‘ Hermeneutic Labor: The Gendered Burden of Interpretation in Intimate Relationships Between Women and Men ,’ forthcoming in Hypatia….
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Awais Aftab, communication of emotions, Ellie Anderson, emotions, feminism, interpretation of emotions, Maia Bittner, phenomenological psychopathology, psychiatry, Psychiatry at the Margins

Diagnosis as Self-Understanding & Self-Alienation: what you need to know about your diagnosis

Author: Editorial 30th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Awais Aftab has been published on his Psychiatry at the Margins website. Although it’s very much open to question as to what extent the views expressed actually inform mainstream psychiatric practice, the article is nonetheless well worth…
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Awais Aftab, diagnosis, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, diagnostic labelling, Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP), Nancy McWilliams, psychiatry, Psychiatry at the Margins

The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Psychiatry: Robert Chapman, PhD

Author: Editorial 12th August 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “Is neurodivergence to be cured or is it a healthy part of our social ecology?“, this interview with philosopher Dr. Robert Chapman is conducted by psychiatrist Dr. Awais Aftab and has been published by the Psychiatric Times: “Aftab: Let’s start…
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ADHD, autism, Awais Aftab, disability studies, dyspraxia, neurodiversity, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Robert Chapman, schizophrenia, social ecology

The Fight for Pharma Accountability and Psychiatric Rights: Jim Gottstein, Esq

Author: Editorial 5th August 2022 0 Comments

Dr. Awais Aftab (psychiatrist) has interviewed Jim Gottstein for the Psychiatric Times. Subtitled “A lawyer weighs in on pharmaceutical corruption and involuntary psychiatric care”. The introduction to the interview begins: “The Zyprexa Papers is a fascinating story of how Gottstein obtained and…
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Awais Aftab, Ely Lilly, Jim Gottstein, pharmaceutical industry, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, USA, zyprexa