The Sermon on the Balcony at Bùi Viện
Who can even entertain the thought, "Am I the Incipient Buddha?" in a world like this?
ADHD Diagnoses, Examining the Psyche, Withdrawal and PSSD Risks, ECT Harms and More: Robert...
In our first podcast of 2026, Robert Whitaker joins us to answer questions submitted by Mad in America readers and listeners. We discuss the validity of ADHD diagnoses, withdrawal and sexual dysfunction risks of SSRI antidepressants, the harms of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT), the rise of AI-generated misinformation and much more.
To Be Agents of Our Own Treatment: Demedicalization at the Heart of the Inner...
We are fighting for transparency, accountable science, and for the rights of the common people who are misinformed, as we require informed consent.
Case Studies Contradict Accepted Wisdom About AI Psychosis
Many of those who experience AI psychosis have no psychiatric diagnosis, but were experiencing social and environmental stressors, isolation, and lack of sleep.
Psychiatry’s Rightwing and Progressive Bigotries: How Each Enables the Megamachine
Whether in Nazi fascism, Soviet totalitarian communism, or U.S. corporate capitalism, psychiatry has been an enabler of the megamachine.
Nearly All ECT Recipients Report Negative Effects, Study Finds
A new international online survey published in the Journal of Affective Disorders gives voice to the lived experiences of people who have undergone electroconvulsive...
Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2025
A roundup of Mad in America's most read blogs and personal stories of 2025 as chosen by our readers.
In Defense of Instability in Mental Health Recovery
Limiting someone’s dreams based on a professional opinion of what is possible for people with serious mental illnesses is misguided at best.
Anti-inflammatory Drugs Fail for Depression
Response and remission rates failed to beat placebo in a new Harvard meta-analysis, throwing the inflammation hypothesis into question.
