Stigma & Bigotry

Individuals who experience psychosis can also experience posttraumatic growth, which can be a central component of the recovery paradigm.

A new study provides an insider’s look into how psychiatrists view the establishment of drug-free programs in Norway.

New data interpreted to suggest a hierarchical, dimensional system of mental disorders will aid future research efforts and improve mental health care.

Sociocultural context, language, and sense-making process are among concepts that can help hearers and providers better understand the phenomenon of hearing voices

Dr. Gail Hornstein, author of Agnes’s Jacket: A Psychologist’s Search for the Meanings of Madness, discusses the importance of personal narratives and service-user activism in the context of the global mental health movement.

Researchers examine psychiatrist-client interactions and find that clients are often left with few opportunities to make explicit requests to change their medication regimen.

Study examines the effects on participants of being told they are at risk of developing psychosis.

Contemporary empirical research explores new ways to conceptualize and heal racial trauma through anticolonial and sociohistorical lenses.

The authors outline reasons for renaming schizophrenia and the way a change can reform practice.

A new analysis finds multiple antecedents of refugee prejudice, including religiousness, conservatism, and education.

I believe that those who understand psychiatry’s self-serving claims and want to be most effective in a campaign of re-education must never lose sight of the critical role of language in the forming of public opinion. Here I will use the example of stigma to illustrate psychiatry's “War of the Words.”

Researchers explore pathways of healing racial trauma in Latinx immigrant communities.

CBT forwards a hyper-rational perspective of human suffering that complements a managerialist culture of efficiency and institutionalization in the Western world.

Greater perceptions of discrimination during adolescence are linked to more depressive and internalizing symptoms.

Interviews with peer providers indicate that they strategically use their personal illness and recovery story in order to assist others.

Critical participatory action research conducted on the higher education programs offered in prison leads to mobilized advocacy and shifts in public policy.

Dr. Dainius Pūras argues that the status quo in mental health treatment is no longer acceptable and demands political action to promote human rights.

While well intentioned, providers and volunteers can do more harm than good at the border. The Global Psychosocial Network issues guidelines on how to work for the benefit of migrants and refugees.

In an effort to reduce coercion, researchers isolate associated factors including age, relationship status, location, and diagnosis.

Individuals diagnosed with a psychotic disorder are 4-6 times more likely than the general population to experience victimization.

An article on contributory injustice describes the clinical and ethical imperative that clinicians listen to service users experiences.

Practitioners and public leaders identify methods and barriers for integrating those diagnosed with mental health issues into community life.

A new paper explores how the disputed nature of psychiatric knowledge influences public perceptions and debates within the field of mental health.

A new study examines the benefits of collaborating with mental health consumers in research.

A new study explores feelings of belongingness as a protective factor for childhood trauma and adult mental health outcomes.