Art, Poetry, and Humor Galleries
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Mad in Greece
Mad in Greece came about as a small number of like-minded people who decided to create a space where voices of resistance could be heard and shared.
Eating Disorders: Where Madness Meets Medicalization
While there is overwhelming focus on the psychological side of ED healthcare, there is still an enormous gap in the physical side of it.
The Unspoken Lexicon of Healing: When My Symptoms Became Stories
Longing is not something to medicate; it’s proof of what we’ve loved.
Interview with Jessica Fairfax Hirst: The Withdrawal First Aid Kit
A conversation with artist Jessica Fairfax Hirst about the process behind her "Withdrawal First Aid Kit" art installation.
The Healing Powers of Nature
For folks who struggle to fully trust, or attach, to a therapist, forming an attachment with nature can be revelatory.
Reclaiming Myself After Lexapro
For far too many people, psychiatric drugs have become the casual default answer rather than the last resort.
RESEARCH STUDIES
A research group at the University of Pittsburgh, led by Dr. Nev Jones, is conducting research to better understand experiences of initiation and entry into outpatient civil commitment in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. They’re looking for participants to interview who’ve been or currently are on an Assisted Outpatient Treatment order or outpatient involuntary commitment order in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland or New Jersey, as well as family members, providers, attorneys or government administrators who have worked with individuals on AOT. All participants will be compensated $60. More information can be found here.
Emma Burris from Barnard College is seeking participants for a survey on the direct lived experience of former adolescent psychiatric inpatients, with the goal of improving mental healthcare in a way that’s sensitive to service users’ experiences. Find out more about the project and complete the survey here.
- November 21, 2025, 10:00 am: (Anti)-Psychiatry and Democracy
- November 25, 2025, N/A: Virtual Launch of WHO Guidance on Mental Health Across Government Sectors
Psychiatric Drugs: The Real World is Where the Harms Live
Joining us for a roundtable discussion are Brooke Siem, David Antonuccio, Kim Witzak, Angie Peacock and David Healy. They discuss the challenges of openly discussing psychiatric drug withdrawal, the meaning of informed consent, getting doctors to acknowledge medication-induced harm and much more.
How Radical Activism Transformed Mental Health in Brazil
Anti-asylum movement in Brazil led to creation of a national network of community centers, which stands in contrast to the failed mental health system in the United States.
Medical Organizations Turn Blind Eye to Harms of Maternal Antidepressant Use: A Conversation With...
Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff join Robert Whitaker on the Mad in America podcast to discuss the risks posed by maternal use of antidepressants.
A Call for Evidence-Based, Fear-Free Practice
It is right to criticize MAHA, but poorly researched, fear-based responses by mainstream psychiatry only further mislead the public.
Fifty Years of Grief
September 27, 2025, is the fiftieth anniversary of the ignominious death in prison of my sorely regretted and dearly beloved friend Mark Frechette.
Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and Democratic Socialism: A Conversation with Frank Gruba-McCallister
Frank Gruba-McCallister argues that healing must confront capitalism, reclaim spirituality, and advance justice.
Withdrawal Kit
Very few psychiatrists, and even fewer physicians, are very knowledgeable about withdrawal and therefore may miss withdrawal symptoms diagnosed as a relapse, or the development of a new condition, leading to even more diagnoses and prescriptions. The work Abstinence Kit by Jessica Fairfax Hirst is part of the 31st National Biennial of Visual Arts of the Dominican Republic, which takes place at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo until December 17.
How do novelists write about characters who are experiencing emotional distress?
I hope my novel will contribute to an honest debate about ‘autism’ research in the 1930s and 40s. Adelheid tells us, in her own inimitable way, how these brave pioneers held true to their ideas and values, even as the net of fascism closed around them. Of course, an historical novel is always a lens through which we look at our own times.
Decolonial Futures on Display: “Antillean Continent”
In this interview, we delve into the community-based collage workshops where people are invited to imagine decolonial futures. In this final part, they talk about their first exhibition, Continente Antillano (Antillean Continent), which opens on October 29th at the Oller Gallery, located at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and will be open to the public until December 17th.
