When she was fourteen, Lauren thought she was crazy. She didn't think she was 'clinically depressed'. That word only came later, when a doctor told her that she was. Last month Lauren came to ...
This excerpt is from the end of my 135-page-long story “Yesmad Journey” ( originally published in Finnish on Mad in Finland ) ...
Inger-Mari Eidsvik, together with Føniks Lawyers and support from ICJ-Norway (the International Commission of Jurists), has been through many rounds in court to have it established that the Norwegian ...
What was gained and what was lost in the translation of something ancient and human into the language of biomedical ...
The global mental health movement has faced criticism for its promotion of standardized interventions that lack cultural ...
This week, Mad in America examines three studies related to economic disadvantage and mental health issues. The first finds ...
Anyone who talks about fundamental rights should not overlook psychiatry. It is precisely here that the state and ...
What if the upcoming midterm election for the first time sends a politician to Washington who is on record against forced ...
It was something we set up through Antidepressant Risks, the not-for-profit I founded to improve informed consent around ...
This week’s Song of the Week was suggested by Anonymous. Mad in America hosts blogs by a diverse group of writers. These ...
Mad Law and Human Rights: An attorney and psychiatric survivor, Tina Minkowitz writes on the new perspectives in human rights law that emerged in the work done by users and survivors of psychiatry on ...
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