May 22, 2016
What exactly are “mental health problems”? In the mainstream, psychological difficulties are seen as “symptoms” of an “illness” or “mental disorder” and based on this the […]
March 13, 2016
When people are “mad,” they are often insisting that certain things are so, and frequently seem unwilling or incapable of appreciating or learning from other perspectives. […]
June 24, 2015
Cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT has been pretty heavily criticized by a number of Mad in America (MIA) bloggers and commenters in the past few years. […]
January 31, 2015
As we struggle to invent a humane approach to the extreme states that get called “psychosis” or “madness” or “schizophrenia,” it may be helpful to investigate […]
September 7, 2013
What would happen if professionals opened their minds about the nature of madness? What new possibilities might be created if they questioned labels such as “schizophrenia” […]
April 3, 2011
Psychiatrists working within our current mental health system often complain they have no choice other than to practice as they do, which usually involves, for example, […]