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Inertia as Neuroceptive State Beyond the Pathologizing Lens
Reframing inertia as an adaptive, biologically based survival response offers a powerful alternative to traditional deficit-oriented models.
A Relationship Imbalance, Not A Chemical Imbalance
With DSM-III, everything we knew about relationship dynamics was buried under the tidal wave of the pharmaceutical industrial complex.
Between Diagnoses and Dialogue: The Silent Conflict Between Psychiatry and Psychology
In contrast to psychiatry's biomedical model, for many psychologists, care begins with listening rather than labelling.
Depression Caused by Kissing? Psychiatry Hits New Low with Clickbait Fear-Mongering
Instead of being laughed at, this study is being promoted across outlets like Vice and The Colbert Report.
The AI Who Helped Me Leave
In quiet desperation, I opened ChatGPT. I didn’t know then that I was about to build the most consistent, emotionally attuned dialogue I’d ever had.
The Three Ages of Treating Madness: Confinement, Conversation, Chemicals
There was a time when therapy did something dangerous—it listened. Suffering wasn’t seen as a malfunction, but as a story worth hearing.
Rebecca Williams from University of Manchester is seeking participants for research on what potential participants want to know about psychedelic-assisted therapies. If you are interested in taking part, please contact [email protected].
Dr. Morgan Shields of Washington University in St. Louis is conducting research on the experience of people utilizing behavioral health crisis services. They are recruiting people who have direct lived experience as patients/
Please join us on Thursday, June 26, at 9am PDT, 12pm EDT, 5pm BST, 7pm CEST for a special webinar on Recovery Oriented Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis: Living Well w/ Psychosis with Dr. Aaron P. Brinen, hosted by Ron Unger.
- June 24, 2025, 12:00 pm: Harm Reduction Approach to Self-Injury (June '25)
- June 26, 2025, 12:00 pm: Recovery Oriented Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis: Living Well w/ Psychosis
- July 3, 2025, N/A: Mad Camp Europe
A Therapist Navigating Antidepressant Withdrawal: Nelson Lee on the Power of the Present Moment
Therapist and coach Nelson Lee joins us on the podcast to discuss how he approaches helping clients while navigating the complexities of antidepressant withdrawal.
“Progress Only Occurs when People Make Demands”: Paolo del Vecchio Reflects on a Life...
Paolo del Vecchio speaks with Leah Harris about his decades of public service at SAMHSA, what worries him most about mental health in today’s America, and where he sees hope in the recovery movement that he helped create.
The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview with Laurence Kirmayer
Ayurdhi Dhar interviews influential cultural psychiatrist Laurence Kirmayer on how metaphors, histories, and social structures contour our experiences of suffering and healing.
Heritability Explains Less About Mental Disorders Than You Think
The focus on diseased brains and genes obscures the significance of social and environmental influences.
Two Decades of PSSD: A Life Stolen by Antidepressants
Our two-year-long collaborative research project suggests that neuroimmune processes and related downstream mechanisms may play a role in PSSD.
Kermit Cole: Dialogical Therapy and Quantum Theory Walk Into a Bar…
On the podcast this week we are joined by Kermit Cole who shares his thoughts on how humor can help in creating a shared experience that is helpful to the healing process. Kermit, in his experiences of being with people in psychotic states, has seen humor as a moment when a connection can be made. In many ways, this project is bringing Kermit back full circle to his work as a film director, early in his professional career.
Power and coercion vs. suffering.
"I have seen how psychiatric staff have escalated situations to justify the use of coercion and restraint. I have also seen how a misunderstanding has come close to leading to restraint. "
This explains everything – the mystical power of diagnoses
"It came up again, this time in Helsingin Sanomat. An article about the significance of a psychiatric diagnosis for a person. I can no longer read this type of article without being provoked, just skimming through it, but that sentence was found as such: “ The autism diagnosis was a relief and brought an explanation for everything . ” I already wrote feedback to the newspaper in question about the previous similar article, I don’t feel like doing it anymore. "
“What do you complain about if your baby is well?” :...
From shouting and threats to interventions without consent, obstetric violence is a form of gender violence that profoundly impacts postpartum mental health. Dr. Keila Castro proposes ways to heal.
