Ideally, there would be publicly funded voluntary respite services for people experiencing psychosis and other forms of ...

Refusal to take clozapine was considered evidence of mental illness, and forced ECT changed her mind; the researchers call this "consent." ...

My daughter, London, was only 12 years old when she tragically died from an overdose of pills, shortly after being prescribed an SSRI.

Critical psychiatry should continue to point out where mainstream psychiatry falls short, but mainstream psychiatry must ...

For a person, the knowledge that their “illness is so severe that conventional treatment will not help” can of course be ...

I am now almost completely released from the traditional mental health system, but as a paid peer worker I come back in five ...

This week, Mad in America examines research around increased suicide risk in children and adolescents related to bullying in ...

Lala Buckstar This week's Song of the Week is suggested by Lara Buckley (Lala Buckstar), who writes: "I am a musician and ...

From The Seattle Times: "A patient was already tied to the bed, their ankles and wrists bound by thick Velcro straps. From ...

The idea that the FDA black box warning led to increased suicide is just as easily refuted by the data now as when it was ...

From Science.org. "T3D Therapeutics alleges that contract researchers delivered “medically impossible” results on its candidate drug. In 2023, the drug ...

Psychiatry is at a tipping point. At a time when more and more people are struggling with psychological suffering, there is ...