Fundamentally re-thinking UK mental health practice
BLOGS
Essays from a diverse selection of writers, which aim to change the professional and public discourse about emotional distress and unusual experiences.
Antidepressants in Pregnancy—Turning a Blind Eye, Again
Editor's note: First published on Mad in America on August 25th 2025
You might think that...
How peer are you?
Are you in a ‘peer’ or lived experience role and struggling to understand how valid...
The GP Active Problem List: an Active Problem for the Patient
Over the last couple of years, I have become one of many volunteers who give...
Community, Ethics, and Healing Amidst the Great Unraveling
Editor's note: First published on Mad in America on 15th August 2025
“The biggest gift you...
Not Even the Unborn Are Safe from Psychiatric Harm
Medical organizations and the media dismiss the large body of research telling of fetal harm...
Confessions of an Ad Writer: How I Helped Turn Atypical Antipsychotics into a Billion-Dollar Industry
Editor's note: This was first published on Mad In America on August 9th 2025
How we...
UK Crisis Care Model Prioritizes Trauma, Empathy, and Collaboration
Editor's note: This is a report by a MIA researcher, first published on Aug 15th...
How not to diagnose your child
The reflections of a mental health professional on saving her own son from labelling
Editor's note:...
ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent
This blog is published simultaneously with Mad in America.
ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of...
Subpatterns: A Deeper Dive into Attachment Theory
Editor's note: This article was first published on Mad in the Netherlands. It was written...
Student mental health nurse reveals shocking truths in recent memoir
Fragile Minds: stories from an NHS mental health ward by Bella Jackson
This is an important...
Cochrane Recommends Antidepressants for Anxiety in a Garbage In, Garbage Out Review
Editor's note: first published by Mad in America on 29th July 2025
In early 2025, Cochrane...
New research opportunity
Trainee Clinical Psychologist Rebecca Williams from the University of Manchester, working under the supervision of Professor Sara Tai is currently conducting an important research study aimed at informing ethical best practices and meaningful, person-centred informed consent processes in psychedelic-assisted therapy.
This research seeks to address critical gaps in the existing literature by engaging directly with people who have lived experience of mental health difficulties. We are asking participants to share their views on what information they would consider necessary and helpful when deciding whether to take part in psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Our aim is to produce a paper that authentically reflects the user voice, contributing to the development of guidance that can be used in clinical trials. This will help ensure that individuals are better supported in making fully informed decisions, while also enabling professionals to provide more ethically sound and effective care in this emerging field.
We are looking to recruit as broadly as possible to capture a wide range of perspectives. Are you, or do you know of anyone who might be interested in taking part in the study?
For more information or questions email Rebecca Williams
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OTHER RESOURCES
A helpful list of groups and resources. If you are aware of other resources that we should consider adding, please email: [email protected].
Mad in America – Mad in America’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad).
A Disorder 4 Everyone – Exploring the culture of psychiatric diagnosis – creating change. Provides events, blogs and other resources including ‘An Audience with an Ally’
The Power Threat Meaning Framework – Towards the identification of patterns in emotional distress, unusual experiences and troubled or troubling behaviour, as an alternative to functional psychiatric diagnosis.
Drop the Disorder (Facebook) – a group for anyone interested in challenging traditional approaches to emotional distress.
Healing Psychological Trauma – a free-to-use guide with links to resources and selected clinicians, organisations, projects and support groups.
Hearing Voices Network offer information, support and understanding to people who hear voices and those who support them.
The Inner Compass Initiative and Withdrawal Project – provides information, resources, tools, and connecting platforms to facilitate informed choices for all things “mental health”.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prescribed Drug Dependence aims to address the growing problem of prescribed drug dependence with a multi-pronged approach.
More resources are listed here.