Doctor knows best, poisoned chalices, and beings on drugs: Young people’s accounts of getting the diagnosis of bipolar disorder
Mad in the UK
Calling someone ‘anti-psychiatry’ is not an argument – and for many it feels abusive
Despite More Treatments for Depression, Prevalence Doesn’t Decrease—Why?
Top 10 Myths about the critics of psychiatry
Charlotte Taylor-Page reports for Mad in the UK. “Following the publication of Joanna Moncrieff and Mark Horowitz’s Chemical Imbalance review last month we at MITUK have been increasingly aware of the strongly held and often opposing opinions on social media. There are multiple voices…
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The Psychologist
Are critics of psychiatry stranded in a ‘Jurassic world?’
Philosophy & Madness: A Discussion with Wouter Kusters on his new book
Wouter Kusters is a Dutch philosopher and linguist from the Netherlands. He is best known for his books, ‘Pure Madness, A Quest for the Psychotic Experience’ and ‘A Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking.’ The latter was translated into…
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
“‘The good ones leave, the weak ones follow the crowd, and the leaders bully and intimidate …” This blog-article comes from Dr Creatively Maladjusted and has been published on Mad in the UK. It begins: “The anonymous blogger of The Double Life of the Recovered Professional wrote: ‘The good ones leave, the…
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The ERNI Declaration: Making Sense of Distress Without “Disease”
This article was originally published on Mad in America. It begins: “ The ERNI (Emotions aRe Not Illnesses) declaration is based on the idea that distress does not equate to disease, dysfunction, dysregulation, or chemical imbalance. Signatories believe that there needs to be a shift from illness and…
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Lasting Damage from Prescribed Drugs