Critical Psychiatry Network – A New Vision for Mental Health

Unconventional Views About Mental Health

Author: Editorial 31st March 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Evgeny Legedin has been published by Mad in the UK. It follows complaints against him by four other psychiatrists because of his non-mainstream views. These complaints led to his employment being terminated – a decision that was…
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a coherent system

Critical Psychiatry Network, Evgeny Legedin, Linda Gask, Mad in the UK, Open Dialogue, psychiatry, Samei Huda

Are you mentally ill, or very unhappy? Psychiatrists can’t agree

Author: Editorial 4th March 2022 0 Comments

This article by Sophie McBain has been published in The New Statesman. It begins: “One afternoon in December 2004, Samantha* left her house in northern England and walked to the nearby river. She tried not to think about her five young…
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a coherent system

Critical Psychiatry Network, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, diagnostic labelling, DSM, Lucy Johnstone, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychiatry, Sami Timimi, Sophie McBain, The New Statesman

Unconventional Views About Mental Health

Author: Editorial 30th April 2020 0 Comments

“I am very concerned that senior, powerful, psychiatrists are trying to silence those who are vocal regarding psychotropic medications, and psychiatry’s ’medical model’. These issues can’t be ignored. Academic Psychiatry should acknowledge when new research raises serious issues (like withdrawal…
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collaborative practice

academic psychiatry, Critical Psychiatry Network, Evgeny Legedin, Mad in the UK, Open Dialogue, psychiatry