Brainstorm:
In collaboration with Usorum, Mad in America is hosting a weeklong “Brainstorm” discussion on this topic: “Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: If it worked for you, what helped?” Usorum is a new non-profit led by Dimitriy Gutkovich, a voice-hearer who has written for Mad in America. Add your thoughts to this first “Brainstorm.”
The Aggressive Suppression of Spiritual Awakening
What Helped and What Hindered My Recovery from PSSD and Protracted Withdrawal from Antidepressants?
Is Mental Health a Choice—and Can Understanding Help Us Heal?
Right-Wing or Left-Wing: Who Really Owns the Critique of Over-Medicalisation?
Go Where You Are Watered
Researchers Accuse Lancet Article and British Psychiatrists of Minimising Antidepressants’ Withdrawal Effects
Please join us Saturday, October 5, for a special panel discussion on Antidepressants and Homicide: Automatism Spectrum Disorders
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.
International online survey on the positive and negative effects of ECT, for patients and their loved ones. Please see here for more information.