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Don is shuffling around the ward again with his belly stuck out and it is too big for his tee shirt and so I can see quite a lot of hairy, pink flesh; his trousers which are pyjama bottoms in a green and white stripe are too big even for him and look like they […] The post The injustice of it all: playing the psychiatric game. appeared first on Mad in the UK .
Editor’s note: first published on Mad in America on July 28th 2026 As you will see in this article, antidepressants don’t work for depression despite their misleading name. The story psychiatric leaders have told to the public is the opposite, that these drugs are highly effective. I shall debunk this claim and give advice about […] The post A Story of Bad Science: How Defenders of Antidepressant…
Editors note: First published by Mad in America on 20th July 2026 A new scoping review exposes the psychological trauma and institutional power dynamics behind forced drugging, highlighting the urgent call from survivors for alternatives. new article published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology finds that patients often experience forced drugging in psychiatric contexts as dehumanizing and…
Online event Wednesday 16 September • 6 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+1 Overview A philosophical exploration of how social disconnection is produced and why its consequences are often pathologised. In this workshop, philosopher and host of The Loneliness Industry podcast, Jordan Reyne presents an original philosophical model exploring how social disconnection is systematically produced and how its […] The post…
Part of the Challenging the culture of diagnosis & disorder! collection Online event Wednesday 16 September • 1 PM – 3 PM GMT+1 Overview Jacqui Dillon revisits the groundbreaking ideas of Judith Herman that totally reshaped how we talk about trauma. For many people around the world, Judith Lewis Herman’s work transformed how trauma, abuse and emotional […] The post Sept 16th: Revisiting Judith…
Online event Wednesday 26 August • 6:30 PM – 8 PM GMT+1 Overview Jacqui Dillon introduces a non medicalised approach to working compassionately and respectfully with people who experience dissociation. If you support people who experience dissociation and are looking for training that goes beyond the familiar ‘disorder’ narrative, we’d love you to join […] The post Aug 26th: Making Sense of…
As a mother my involuntary psychiatric treatment profoundly impacted my young children, and it was also an even more difficult experience for me because of being a mum. My life, before being subject to the Mental Health Act, had centred around being the mother of my three children. As a nursery teacher by profession, being […] The post “Mummy, you were never the same after hospital” appeared first…
For those who don’t know, a peer support worker is someone who uses their lived experience as a resource to help others in their own recovery, either professionally or voluntarily. They are often employed by the NHS and various charitable organisations, with roles often advertised under the name of “lived experience worker” or “peer support […] The post Lived Experience Matters — But Where Are The…
Editor’s note: first published on Mad in South Asia 24th July 2026 The Ward and the Vanishing ‘I’: How Psychiatric Wards Silence Testimony This essay critiques psychiatric wards for silencing patient testimony, reducing people to diagnoses, and privileging control over understanding, arguing instead for relational, culturally sensitive care that restores personhood, meaning, and agency. There […]…
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