When someone seeks therapy, they are often already carrying more than they can comfortably manage. They may be distressed, ...
“It’s hard to get off narcotics because you love them so much—but it’s hard to get off psychiatric drugs because you fear them so much.” Today, he joins us on the Mad In America podcast to talk about ...
The demedicalization and depathologization of care and life are favored by the expansion of collective autonomy and care ...
On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy from Duxbury, Massachusetts took the lives of her three young children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and eight-month-old Callan, and was charged with three counts of ...
I remember he was a very tall man, yet he seemed so small to me at that moment. We were in the nurse’s office, which I couldn’t stand. I’ve never believed fluorescent lights to do anything to calm the ...
Peter Simons was an academic researcher in psychology. Now, as a science writer, he tries to provide the layperson with a view into the sometimes inscrutable world of psychiatric research. As an ...
In publishing the Brennan paper, JHP appeared to be vouching for the authors’ “psychedelic exceptionalism.” The paper positioned psychedelics as having extraordinary healing properties, properties ...
Sarah White, Chief Executive Officer of Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, is concerned by how many younger women at the organization’s health clinics come in attributing their symptoms to perimenopause, ...
My descent into the cracks of the mental health system began after I was assaulted. I was referred for trauma intervention and diagnosed with CPTSD. In trauma therapy for the first time in my life, I ...
From the MadFreedom Advocates website: On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, the Department of Mental Health terminated our grant, with no notice, with almost two months left in the contract. This grant funded ...
From Mad in Slovenia: Modern positive psychology offers an interesting answer: well-being is not something we achieve once and for all, but something we build every day. Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar developed ...
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