A psychiatric diagnosis is supposed to help people make sense of distress and guide individualised care. Yet psychiatry holds an extraordinary power: criticism of its own diagnostic constructs and treatments can be reinterpreted as evidence that the person criticising them is ill or “lacks insight”. It is a Catch-22: accept the interpretation and the diagnosis […] The post Psychiatry cannot learn while it pathologises diversity and dissent appeared first on Mad in Ireland.

De uithuisplaatsing van Miranda’s kinderen is niet los te zien van haar familiegeschiedenis. In deze blog vertelt ze openhartig wat bevriezen met een ouder doet, welke inzichten haar achteraf hielpen en waarom ouders gelijkwaardige, passende steun verdienen. Een persoonlijk verhaal over levend verlies, stilte doorbreken en leren dragen wat is gebeurd. Haar levend verlies begon met lege kinderbedjes. The post Zo begon het levend verlies: lege kinderbedjes in huis appeared first on Mad in the [...]

Entre os dias 24 e 26 de setembro de 2026, realizou-se o Festival Internacional de Cinema: Repensando a Saúde Mental, na bucólica cidade de Lillehammer, na Noruega. Organizado pelo Mad in Norway, o festival reuniu filmes de vários lugares do mundo com o objetivo de explorar e compartilhar experiências, conhecimentos e novas perspectivas sobre questões […]

Brooke Siem speaks with Selma Eikelenboom, together they explore what questions her research raises about the relationship between psychoactive drugs, genetic variation, and violence. The post Psychiatric Drugs and Violence: What Can Genetics Tell Us? A Conversation With Selma Eikelenboom appeared first on Mad In America.