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Getting Rid of the Pain Before Answering Its Questions: Psychiatry’s Damage to Self and Culture

Getting Rid of the Pain Before Answering Its Questions: Psychiatry’s Damage to Self and Culture

Editor’s note: this report was first published on Mad in America 3rd October 2026 “If you get rid of pain before you have answered its questions, you get rid of the self along with it.” —Lewis Hyde, Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking, 1975. People come to mental health professionals in pain—the […] The post Getting Rid of the Pain Before Answering Its Questions: Psychiatry’s Damage to Self and Culture appeared first [...]
A War Song to the Person Who Told Me to Die by Raine Ajani

A War Song to the Person Who Told Me to Die by Raine Ajani

I just thought you should know I’m doing okay now, I’m shielded by hardened sweat and scum, Wielding a sword of my broken fingernails, Voice rupturing with my vengeful war song. I am forged by the failure to be perfect, The pressure to exist with precision cracks my knees, Self-assured strides callous my feet, All […] The post A War Song to the Person Who Told Me to Die by Raine Ajani appeared first on [...]
ADHD-tutkimusta tekemässä

ADHD-tutkimusta tekemässä

Johdanto Otan työssäni kantaa psykiatrisiin diagnooseihin, esimerkiksi ADHD:n suhteen. Medioissa ADHD:sta puhutaan ja kirjoitetaan todella paljon. Ihmiset kuvaavat kokemuksiaan näistä tutkimuksista, oireiden kanssa elämisestä tai oireiden sivuuttamisesta. Usein tähdennetään ”oikean diagnoosin” ja ”perusteellisen tutkimuksen” merkitystä. Olen tehnyt näitä tutkimuksia reilusti yli kymmenen vuoden ajan ja ollut mukana katsomassa ADHD-diagnostiikan valtavaa tulvaa julkisen sektorin mielenterveystyössä. Olen […] Artikkeli ADHD-tutkimusta tekemässä julkaistiin ensimmäisen kerran Mad In Finland - Hulluna Suomessa.
MANIFIESTO INAPREHENSIBLE

MANIFIESTO INAPREHENSIBLE

En este manifiesto Bernabé De Vinsenci declara a la locura como aquello que no se puede tomar, describir, ni comprender, aquello que la civilización occidental transformó en una forma de exterminio, en un genocidio contemporáneo que no se reconoce como tal. No nos enfrentamos al DSM, el pasquín de Occidente para darle juridicidad a lo […]
Och plötsligt fanns inga murar

Och plötsligt fanns inga murar

• AKTUELLT • Vad händer när människor med levd erfarenhet, professionella, forskare, konstnärer och aktivister möts utan de vanliga gränserna mellan roller och kunskap? Jenny Wetterling rapporterar från Mad in Norways internationella filmfestival Rethinking Mental Health i Lillehammer – tre dagar fyllda av film, samtal och mänskliga möten som väckte både hopp, frågor och en […] The post Och plötsligt fanns inga murar appeared first on Mad In Sweden.
Kaj se je zgodilo z otroštvom?

Kaj se je zgodilo z otroštvom?

Kaj če problem niso le pametni telefoni, ampak način, kako smo spremenili otroštvo? Članek Joshue Rothmana, objavljen v reviji The New Yorker, obravnava porast težav z duševnim zdravjem mladih in vse manjšo samostojnost oziroma avtonomijo otrok. Pri tem primerja poglede psihologa Petra Graya in socialnega psihologa Jonathana Haidta. 1. Otroštvo pod vse večjim nadzorom Peter […]
Conference to explore alternatives to coercive mental health care

Conference to explore alternatives to coercive mental health care

The 18th annual Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI) conference will take place at University College Cork November 12 and 13, bringing together speakers and participants to explore critical and alternative responses to human distress. Finding Our Own Solutions: Critical Perspectives and Responses to Human Distress, this year’s conference will focus on approaches grounded in meaning, […] The post Conference to explore alternatives to coercive mental health care appeared first on Mad in Ireland.
Wenn finanzieller Stress zu einer psychischen Belastung wird

Wenn finanzieller Stress zu einer psychischen Belastung wird

Anmerkung der Redaktion: Dieser Beitrag erschien zuerst auf unserer Partnerseite Mad in America am 21.08.2026. Im August befasste sich Richard Sears von Mad in America in einem Forschungsüberblick mit vier neuen Studien zum Thema finanzieller Stress und psychische Gesundheit. Die erste Studie stellt einen Zusammenhang zwischen finanziellem Stress und schlechter psychischer Gesundheit bei Pflege-Studierenden her. Die […]
La storia naturale del disturbo bipolare prima degli psicofarmaci: una ricostruzione storica documentata

La storia naturale del disturbo bipolare prima degli psicofarmaci: una ricostruzione storica documentata

IMPORTANTE: Questo articolo ha unicamente finalità informative e non è una esortazione alla sospensione degli psicofarmaci. “Gli psicofarmaci possono causare reazioni di astinenza, talvolta includendo reazioni emotive che minacciano la vita e problemi di astinenza fisici. In breve non è solo pericoloso cominciare ad assumere psicofarmaci, ma è anche pericoloso sospenderli. La sospensione degli psicofarmaci dovrebbe essere […] The post La storia naturale del disturbo bipolare prima degli psicofarmaci: una ricostruzione storica documentata appeared first on Mad [...]
Mad in Brasil é Presença Confirmada no Festival de Filmes da Noruega

Mad in Brasil é Presença Confirmada no Festival de Filmes da Noruega

Parte da equipe do Mad in Brasil participará do Mad in Norway International Film Festival, que ocorrerá de 24 a 26 de setembro de 2026, em Lillehammer, na Noruega. Também estarão presentes representantes do coral Cidadãos Cantantes e integrantes da equipe do documentário brasileiro “Cidadãos Cantantes e a Partitura das Humanidades Criativas”, inscrito no festival […]

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