Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America jointly published this four-part series on neurodiversity earlier in the year. It proved extremely popular and started a wide debate, and so we are re-publishing it as we approach...
Are you available to attend a protest march about the Mental Health Bill next week: on Tuesday 29th April from 11.30am-3pm in London. The Bill continues to be highly discriminatory - and still allows involuntary detention in hospital and...
Jo: Hi Cathy thanks for joining me to talk about your new book ‘Unshackled Mind: a doctor's story of trauma, liberation and healing’ that was published by Book Guild, February 2025. Can I start by asking you about your...
First published on April 3rd 2025 by Mad in America
On 20 January 2025, I notified the UK drug regulator, the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that the package inserts for antidepressants – called patient information leaflets (PIL) -...
Originally published in Spanish on Mad in Puerto Rico
We live in a culture of silence, and this is something that affects many of us from childhood. The struggle to end this silence belongs to all of us. The same...
First published on Mad in America on 14/04/25
Antidepressant Trials Last Eight Weeks, So Why Do We Take Them for Years?
The studies are of short duration and are riddled with methodological issues like unblinding, nonstandard assessments, and failure to assess...