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The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview...

Ayurdhi Dhar, PhD - May 21, 2025 3

Ayurdhi Dhar interviews influential cultural psychiatrist Laurence Kirmayer on how metaphors, histories, and social structures contour our experiences of suffering and healing.

In the News

Mental Health and Justice for Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh

June 12, 2025

The Weaponization of Woundedness: Feminist Scholars Examine Trauma Talk

June 11, 2025

Why Psychiatry Trainees in France Want More Philosophy

June 10, 2025

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Researchers: “We Do Not Suggest” Antipsychotics for Depression

June 9, 2025

Blogs

A young blonde woman looks sad in bed with the covers up to her neck

Inertia as Neuroceptive State Beyond the Pathologizing Lens

June 12, 2025

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A Relationship Imbalance, Not A Chemical Imbalance

June 10, 2025

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Between Diagnoses and Dialogue: The Silent Conflict Between Psychiatry and Psychology

June 9, 2025

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Depression Caused by Kissing? Psychiatry Hits New Low with Clickbait Fear-Mongering

June 7, 2025

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