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This essay stems from a feeling shared by some people and recently investigated by science: that we are becoming less intelligent.

A play about addiction and the invisible system behind it that promises recovery, rehabilitation, and healing. A production that stands out for its sensitivity and ability to portray the human fragility of three fellow patients who cling to the naive hope that the very system that segregates them will bless them with "healing."

Mad in South Asia: Whispers of Care documents everyday acts of care, resistance, joy, and community among people with psychosocial disabilities, challenging deficit-based narratives...

Recently Gretchen LeFever Watson wrote on Mad in America about the different boxed warnings on SSRI drugs in Canada and the US. Patients in Canada have been warned since 2004 that these medications carry a risk of suicide and violence including ‘harm toward others’.

A recent study published in the journal Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity examines the relationship between intersectional minority stress and depressive symptoms among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who are sexually and gender diverse (SGD).

The seminal Power, Meaning, Threat Framework (PTMF) text “The Overview” has now been translated into Danish under the title “Magt Trussel Mening Forståelsesrammen – Overblik.” The translation is available, along with other translations, on the British Psychological Society’s website, where it can be downloaded.

The death of Abderrahim Fakir in Bologna on July 19, 2026, exposes serious shortcomings in how the mental health system interprets and manages psychological distress, particularly in its acute phases.

A recent study published in the journal Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity examines the relationship between intersectional minority stress and depressive symptoms among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who are sexual and gender diverse (SGD).

Mad in Canada TALKS are monthly talk shows featuring members of the Mad in Canada editorial team, and occasional guest contributors.

Kiasma is currently hosting Emma Ainala’s exhibition “Like A Prayer.” Kiasma’s website describes how “Emma Ainala opens up a seductive and chaotic world in her oil paintings. The main characters of the works are often girls and women who spend time in open nature or in closed rooms.

On December 18, 2018, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued a public health advisory urging parents, teachers, and health professionals to take action against the epidemic of e-cigarette use among children.

A growing number of voices within psychiatry are questioning today's focus on diagnoses – and there is now even discussion of whether the concept of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) needs to be reconsidered.

At the monthly Mad in The World (MitW) meeting in late autumn 2025, the Norwegian editorial team took up the call from the network to follow up on the success of Mad in America's (MIA's) film festival in Boston 2014, and the film festival in Gothenburg 2015.

When people protest too much, their over-explaining usually comes from insecurity, low self-esteem, or a threat to their identity. People who have personal stakes or investments in a situation often react with strong defence mechanisms particularly if they might lose status, money, or emotional security.

This article encourages readers to experience writing as a self-directed, empowering resource. Writing helps me, especially during times of crisis, to process my emotions and strengthen myself mentally.

This report by Jenna Portnoy for The Washington Post exposes a private hospital in Washington, D.C., that has been criticized for numerous incidents of violence occurring within its walls.

The National Nomenclature is an official catalog that regulates the health benefits and services used by people with disabilities. The Argentine government is moving forward with the 2027 budget law to eliminate it, thereby denying the right to life of people with disabilities

In this evocative essay, Trijita traces the moments that render the body a living, sensing presence, inhabiting the uncertain space where the interpersonal and the personal converge.

The 18th annual Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI) conference will take place at University College Cork November 12 and 13, bringing together speakers and participants to explore critical and alternative responses to human distress.

Before the era of modern psychiatric drugs, manic-depressive illness (the forerunner of "bipolar disorder") had an episodic natural history, with long periods of full recovery, low chronicity, and limited disability.