MHE Launches New Video on Article 27 of the UN CRPD
Mental Health Europe has launched a new animated video explaining Article 27 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.Ā Article 27...
Group Homes for People With a Disability Must be Phased Out
FromĀ ABC: More than 100 academics have published an open letter to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to hold a royal commission investigating abuses and...
Here’s a Great This American Life Segment About Being Neurotic
FromĀ Science of Us: This week'sĀ This American Life, which addresses questions regarding whether extraterrestrial life exists, reveals a great deal of truth about what it...
What the Fidget Spinners Fad Says About Disability Discrimination
FromĀ Thinking Person's Guide to Autism: For decades, autistic and developmentally disabled people have been conditioned and coerced into behaving like neurotypical people, including suppressing...
The Virtues of Boredom
FromĀ The Atlantic: Like loneliness, boredom is an emotion that almost everyone feels, but almost no one talks about. Boredom may be useful in revealing...
A Suicide Therapist’s Secret Past
In this piece forĀ The New York Times, suicidologist and psychotherapist Stacey Freedenthal tells her story of having struggled with suicidality and discusses the importance...
May 2nd – Day of Remembrance and Resistance
On May 2nd, 2017, the International Association Against Psychiatric Assault (IAAPA) staged a demonstration in Berlin to commemorate the psychiatric mass murders in Nazi...
Yes, I Hear Voices, But No, I Don’t Want You to Call Me Mentally...
In this piece forĀ The Independent, Rachel Waddingham describes her experience with hearing voices as well as learning to live with and understand her voices.
"When...
Mental Health is Different for People of Color in These 3 Ways
In this piece forĀ Rest for Resistance, Dom Chatterjee discusses the white-centricism of mental health as well asĀ the specific ways that the mental health system...
We Need Ecstasy and Cocaine in Place of Prozac and Xanax
FromĀ Aeon: While psychiatric drugs are often ineffective and can have serious side effects, there are many psychedelics and other illicit substances that have proven...
Beyond the Hysteria, What “13 Reasons Why” Gets Right
FromĀ Medium: "13 Reasons Why," the most-watched series in Netflix history, raises many important real-life concerns that need to be addressed, such as the impact...
Trump’s Pick to Run Mental Health
FromĀ STAT: President Trump has nominated Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, a proponent of increasedĀ psychiatric treatment for those diagnosed with serious mental illness, to run the Substance...
When Disability is Misdiagnosed as Bad Behavior
FromĀ Pacific Standard: People with hidden or invisible disabilities are often subjected to violence and verbal abuse, as well as denied accommodations and asked to...
Racism Linked to Poor Health Outcomes in Children
New study finds children who have been exposed to discrimination show higher likelihood of anxiety, depression, and ADHD.
Food Insecurity Linked to Mental Health Globally
Global analysis of 149 countries finds food insecurity is associated with poorer mental health.
AHCA Puts Disabled People One Step Closer to Institutions
FromĀ Talk Poverty: Last week, the House passed the American Health Care Act, which wouldĀ cut funding from in-home care programs and community support for seniors...
Mental Health Awareness Month: Seven Things to be Aware of
In this piece forĀ Truthout, Noel Hunter lists seven facts it is important to be cognizant of during Mental Health Awareness Month, from the influence...
Stop Chasing the Drug, Focus on ACEs
FromĀ ACEsĀ Connection: According to Dr. Daniel Sumrok, director of the Center for Addiction Sciences at the University of Tennessee, addiction is a normal response to...
Donald Trump’s Drug Czar is Very High on Forced Rehab
FromĀ Vice: Donald Trump's expected nominee for director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Congressman Tom Marino, is a proponent of mandatory inpatient...
Providing Trauma Informed Brief Counseling to College Students
Recommendations on how to provide trauma-informed, short-term counseling to college students who have experienced sexual assault and interpersonal violence.
You are not Mentally Ill
In this piece forĀ Medium, Brendan O'Neill critiques campaigns that aim to de-stigmatize "mental illness" and the trend toward identifying as "mentally ill."
"The problem here...
Rethinking Madness: An Integral Vision
FromĀ Emerging Proud: Activists from around the world are gearing up for the launch of #EmergingProud, a grassroots social movement with the goal of de-stigmatizing...
Researchers Fail to Predict Criminal Intent with Brain Scans
A new study in the journal PNAS explores whether brain scans are ineffective at identifying criminal intent in carefully designed situations.
ASAN Condemns White House Autism Proclamation
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has voiced opposition to the President's autism proclamation and participation in Autism Speaks' "Light it Up Blue" Campaign. The...
The Virtues of Isolation
FromĀ The Atlantic: While solitude is often stigmatized and even viewed as dangerous to our health, spending time alone can actually prove to be valuable...
