Mad in America

Regarding our children's difficulties, there is today a very strong belief in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry that as a form it should be able to explain and heal all that we experience as deviant in the behavior of children and young people.

A desire to step out of life is a radical ability most of us possess. But looking again at what drives people away from their own existence can reveal opportunities for new understanding and new, humanizing forms of help services and conversations, writes philosopher Farhan Shah.

The following writing is the narration of a mental health professional, living in Mexico City, who tells the experiences she lived through her time in different mental health centers in the city. During this narration, she intends not only to testify what happened within these institutions, but also to question the sane logic that is implemented during training and that determines the actions of professionals in their care practice.

I was in pain, wanting a better life for my children and myself. I sought help and followed the prescribed path, as I mentioned earlier. I was compliant. Almost twenty years later, I began to question, “What is happening? Why am I still stuck? How do I get unstuck? How do I live a beautiful life? Who am I? What is my purpose? When does someone declare me well?” These questions multiplied, but I stopped relying on others for answers.

Finnish physicist and geologist Timothy Ahtisaari challenges the conventional boundaries of science by introducing the idea of ​​quantum overflows. In this interview, Ahtisaari explains how these quantum phenomena could influence geological and biological changes on macroscopic scales, and also addresses their impact on the behaviour of migratory birds such as the Capilla del Monte red-backed thrush. Here he explains his hypothesis about psychosis as a revealing and transformative factor, as well as being an indicator of fundamental changes in our understanding of the interaction between quantum physics, geology and biology.

In this article, authors explore what it means to disconnect from the clock and let one’s body, relationships, desires, and needs guide one’s life.

I will share with you a few of the BS things we need to change: Human experiences are not disorders; they are coping mechanisms. Mental freedom can be learned, and everyone deserves it. Recovery is a skill; it doesn’t come from a pill.

"I could not be fixed and made healthy and normal and generally accepted social but I found myself healthy and it has been going round and round but it's true I've never really failed... - anything..."

The Italian school, in the wave of what is happening to schools in the rest of Europe, especially in the Nordic countries, is undergoing a total transformation. It is no longer the school of knowledge and skills, but it has become a place of empty and senseless design, of initiatives alien to the educational and didactic path, of indoctrination and propaganda of values far removed from those of our valuable and unique cultural tradition.

It is known that mainstream psychiatry, which, in its most reactionary and darkest manifestations, is advocated by D. Vartzopoulos, since its creation, since the beginning of the 19th century, has been "contaminated", in its culture and practices, by racist prejudices, prominent among which is the perception of mental illness as "inferiority" (from 19th century "degeneracy" theories) and "difference" as a negative quality.

Actually, you shouldn't be too sensitive about asking for help. Help should not be sought at a low threshold, at least from healthcare. The initial assessment in mental health services asks about experienced symptoms, eating, sleeping and functional ability. They are usually not very interested in what the person seeking help actually wants to talk about, such as difficult experiences and especially if they are related to childhood.

Brenda Froyen is an author, teacher and mental health activist. After two very traumatic experiences of isolation and restraint during her last psychotic episode, she decided to prosecute the hospitals where this happened. She thinks it's time for the MeToo movement of mental health care. Time to stop the real madness.

Psychiatry has failed to develop effective treatments for the illnesses it claims afflict people. The failures are widely known and yet we continue to write articles and books, lecture and participate in various discussions where we repeat over and over again what everyone already knows.

WANT MORE HUMILITY: - One cannot conclude that a slight increase in the incidence of unnatural deaths is due to the lack of prescription of ADHD medication. Trond Velken (pictured) is critical of the way Lars Lien, head of the Norwegian Psychiatric Association, interprets research results in favor of medication for individuals diagnosed with ADHD.

The following writing is the narrative of a mental health professional, based in Mexico City, who tells of the experiences he lived through his time in different mental health centers in the city. During this narrative, it is intended not to only testify to what happened within these institutions, but also questions the cuerdist logic that is implemented during training and that determines the actions of professional people in their care practice.

I want to start my story at the end. It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. I am typing this blog in the back of a taxi wending its way to the airport through the hilly landscape of Sardinia, my beautiful daughter sleeping in the seat beside me.

The creation of a mutual support group for those experiencing unique hearing experiences represents a crucial initiative in promoting health and improving quality of life. According to guidelines from The International Network for Training, Education and Research in to Hearing Voices, hearing voices goes beyond the simple perception of sounds and voices inaudible to others.

In this chronicle, the writer Alan Robinson reviews how he began to dance tango and shows some relationships between dance and the paradigm of neurodiversity.

In this article, authors explore what it means to disconnect from the clock and let one’s body, relationships, desires, and needs guide one’s life.

The President of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (CPI), Dr Lorcan Martin, received more than €20,000 in consultancy fees from the pharmaceutical industry between 2020 and 2022- despite the CPI’s own policy position clearly outlining conflict of interest issues that arise from such payments.