women – A New Vision for Mental Health

Are women really more mentally ill than men? As a psychologist, I’m not so sure

Author: Editorial 9th March 2023 0 Comments

“Women are disproportionately diagnosed with mental problems. But what if the crisis is one not of chemical imbalances, but power imbalances?” This article by Sanah Ahsan has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “In the UK, being a woman means…
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a coherent system

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), chemical imbalance theory, Culture & Society, psychiatry, Sanah Ahsan, The Guardian, women

Why women are being given boxing gloves and ballet shoes instead of antidepressants

Author: Editorial 15th August 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “With one in five people taking pills for their mental health, doctors are turning to alternative methods – with help from Sport England”, this report from Miranda has been published in the Daily Telegraph. It begins: “It’s long been known…
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a wellbeing society

antidepressants, ballet, boxing, Daily Telegraph, depression, exercise, Miranda Levy, social prescribing, Sport England, women, yoga

Just a pill? How psychiatry pathologises female experience

Author: Editorial 25th February 2022 0 Comments

This article , by Victoria Smith, has been published on The Critic magazine website. It begins: “Photos of ghost children decorated the walls of the adolescent psychiatric unit. ‘Patients from the olden days,’ staff would tell us. ‘They could have been…
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a coherent system

diagnostic labelling, Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, The Critic, Victoria Smith, women

Sexy But Psycho: How the Patriarchy Uses Women’s Trauma Against Them

Author: Editorial 24th February 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Jessica Taylor. The publishers say: “Angry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal . . . Women have long been pathologized, locked up and medicated for not conforming to whichever…
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a coherent system

books, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), diagnostic labelling, domestic violence, Jessica Taylor, patriarchy, personality disorder, psychiatry, trauma, violence, violence against women, women

A Mind of Your Own: The Truth about Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives

Author: Editorial 22nd October 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Kelly Brogan. The publishers say: “Depression is one of the UK’s leading causes of disability. One in four women in their 40s are prescribed antidepressant drugs BUT depression is a sign of malfunction of…
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collaborative practice

antidepressants, books, depression, diet, gut microbiome, inflammation, Kelly Brogan, lifestyle changes, nutrition, nutritional psychiatry, psychiatry, serotonin, sleep, women

Odd Girl Out: An autistic woman in a neurotypical world

Author: admin 6th June 2017 0 Comments

What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you’ve been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself? Laura James found out that she was autistic as…
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emotion-focused care

autistic spectrum, books, Culture & Society, Laura James, neurodiversity, women