Tag: Maori

Toward a Critical Self-Reflective Psychiatry: An Interview with Pat Bracken

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MIAā€™s Justin Karter interviews critical psychiatrist and philosopher Pat Bracken about the necessity of challenging received wisdom.

Learning a Different Way: An Interview with Maori Psychiatrist Diana Kopua

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MIAā€™s Ayurdhi Dhar interviews Diana Kopua about the Mahi a Atua approach, the global mental health movement, and the importance of language and narratives in how we understand our world and ease our suffering.

Māori Approach to Mental Health Offers Empowering Alternative to Western Psychiatry

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A new article explores Mahi a Atua, an affirming indigenous Māori healing practice which stands in contrast to the Western psychiatric methods typically promoted by the Movement for Global Mental Health.

Study Explores Māori Communityā€™s Multifaceted Understanding of ā€œPsychosisā€

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A new study explores how ā€œpsychosisā€ and ā€œschizophreniaā€ are viewed within the Māori community in New Zealand.

Our Coming to Mad in Aotearoa

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Madness cannot be separated from our cultural contexts. Our dream is that there are spaces for people of all cultures and countries who experience living with, through and beyond madness to tell their unique stories. We have created Mad in Aotearoa for all the people in our country.