Subtitled “A brief history of an archetypal psychiatric diagnosis”, this article by Dr. John Read has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “During the pandemic, increased incidences of distress can be portrayed as proliferations of mental illnesses such as ‘Depressive…
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This article by David Shariatmadari was published in The Guardian (2013). It begins: “‘Do you feel you have to agree with what most of the people round you believe?’ ‘Well, if I don’t I usually land up in hospital.’ It is…
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This opinion piece by Ruth Cooper, John Mason, John Richardson, and Joanna Moncrieff has been published in the journal Psychosis. The abstract says: “The development of severe mental health conditions is strongly linked to our environments, particularly experiences of trauma and adversity….
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“”I don’t have to worry any more about people potentially attacking me. That’s all floated away.”” This article has been written by Shayla Love and published in Vice magazine. It begins: “Six months into experiencing psychosis, Susan Weiner woke up…
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“At one point it became such a sanctuary for the mentally afflicted that it was said that ‘half of Geel is crazy and all of Geel is half crazy’” This article has been written by Gabrielle Carey for The Guardian. It…
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“”Insanity – a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.”Dr. R. D. Laing There are many people no longer with us whose ideas, actions, writings, thoughts (etc) feed into a modern-day new vision for mental health. R. D. Laing is…
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This 14 minute video comes from The Guardian. The producers say: “In this episode of Modern Masculinity, journalist Iman Amrani speaks to Chris, who after being diagnosed with schizophrenia spent a long time in the mental health system. They discuss medication,…
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Dr. Lauren Mosher was clinical professor of psychiatry and an expert on ‘schizophrenia’. For 12 years he was chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia in the (American) National Institute of Mental Health. He spent his professional career advocating…
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This book has been written by social worker Voyce Hendrix and psychiatrist Dr. Lauren Mosher, with Dr. Deborah Fort. The publishers say: “This is the story of a special time, space, and place where young people diagnosed as ‘schizophrenic’ found a…
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According to mainstream psychiatry (and the pharmaceutical companies that provide funding to psychiatry, especially in the USA’s mainly privatised system of healthcare), some prescribed drugs treat alleged chemical imbalances in the brain – imbalances which, it is claimed, are a…
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