Gigantic Hoax on Danish National TV: “Patients with an ADHD Diagnosis Die Five Years Earlier if They Are Not Treated with Drugs”
Danish TV issues a correction after learning that this purported study doesn't exist.
Preventing Suicide Among Older Adults
In an ideal world, the goal would be to have interconnected, trauma-informed, “helping” communities to prevent suicide in older adults.
SAFE: Survivors And Families Empowered—An Update
We hope to combat the increasing reliance on force, too often used with the justification “for your own good.”
The Aggressive Suppression of Spiritual Awakening
As they handed her hospital pajamas, similar to the orange prison suits you see on TV, she suddenly understood how little these people could help.
What Helped and What Hindered My Recovery from PSSD and Protracted Withdrawal from Antidepressants?
To recover from protracted withdrawal, I did everything I could to survive the process and help my body and mind heal.
Is Mental Health a Choice—and Can Understanding Help Us Heal?
There’s a pattern and a purpose to what the mind does. You can’t change it, you have to understand it.
MIA Education
Mad in America Education is hosting a 10-session workshop developed by our affiliate Mad in South Asia on “Decolonizing Psychotherapy: Making Clinical Practice Inclusive for Everyone.” Mad in South Asia has sharply discounted the course price for MIA readers (use code MIASUB). The first session is on Sept. 28.
Oracle (simple) by Matt BodettInternational online survey on the positive and negative effects of ECT, for patients and their loved ones. Please see here for more information.
Why Does a Parent Medicate a Child? An Interview with My Mother
When Brooke Siem was 15 years old, her father died. Her mother, Dee Barbash, sought help for her daughter that led to a prescription for a psychiatric drug. In this interview, they look back on that fateful decision.
From Freud to Fanon: How Daniel Gaztambide is Redefining Psychoanalytic Practice
In this interview, Daniel Gaztambide discusses how decolonial perspectives can transform psychoanalytic practice.
Faith Healing in India: An Ancient Way of Tending to Madness
In contrast to the colonial legacy of medical psychiatry in India, indigenous and faith healing methods emphasize the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit, using rituals, storytelling, and communal support to create a holistic healing environment.
MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment
“We need the MindFreedom Shield to have someone in our corner when we are told that it doesn't matter what we want, that someone else can make a choice about our bodies that we will have to live with for the rest of our lives.”
The Path from Trauma to The Power of Nature: An Interview with Banning Lyon
Our guest today is Banning Lyon, author of The Chair and The Valley: A Memoir of Trauma, Healing, and The Outdoors. An account of...
Multiplicity and Mad Studies: An Interview with Jazmine Russell
In this interview, Jazmine Russell describes her journey through psychosis and mental health advocacy to embracing a multiplicity of frameworks in Mad Studies.
Do we have room for good reflection?
You don't have to move mountains to help someone. Most often it is the little things in life that give the greatest joy and meaning.
Working to Transmute the Pain: Why I Do the Work I...
When I consider another aspect of why I do the work I do, using information from various sources, the truth is that, at one point, I believed it was the only way to get anyone to listen. Think about the socialization of who should be heard or seen in society, then add the aspect of discussing mental health as a Black woman who once used those services.
Will there be an algorithm for euthanasia?
What would this test be like? The article mentions that the test is proposed for candidates for assisted suicide to answer three questions through software to assist in decision-making: “Who are you?”, “Where are you?”, and “Do you know what will happen when you press the button?”
