Mad in the UK – Page 2 – A New Vision for Mental Health

The importance of empathic listening for making meaning of distress

Author: Editorial 17th April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Robert Murphy has been re-published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Psychiatry has failed to provide a definitive explanatory framework for mental illnesses, despite more than a hundred years of scientific and medical research. Its failure results…
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biomedical model, diagnostic labelling, empathic listening, empathy, Mad in the UK, madness, meaning-making, psychiatry, Robert Murphy

Mental health awareness campaigns may actually increase distress

Author: Editorial 14th April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Jack Sears has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “An article published in New Ideas in Psychology hypothesizes that mental health awareness efforts in Western countries may be partially responsible for the rise of mental health problems…
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Jack Andrews, Jack Sears, Lucy Foulkes, Mad in the UK, mental health awareness campaigns, New Ideas in Psychology, Prevalence Inflation Hypothesis, wellbeing

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

Doctor knows best, poisoned chalices, and beings on drugs: Young people’s accounts of getting the diagnosis of bipolar disorder

Author: Editorial 21st November 2022 0 Comments

This account by JP Marshall of part of a research study has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Not long ago, as part of a research study, I asked six young people how it was for them to…
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antidepressants, biomedical model, bipolar, diagnostic labelling, JP Marshall, Mad in the UK, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

Calling someone ‘anti-psychiatry’ is not an argument – and for many it feels abusive

Author: Editorial 18th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by James Davies has been published on the Mad in the UK website. It begins: “Different groups use phrases and words in dissimilar ways to achieve specific ends. This has never been truer than when considering the highly contentious…
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anti-psychiatry, James Davies, Mad in the UK, psychiatry, Ronald Pies

Despite More Treatments for Depression, Prevalence Doesn’t Decrease—Why?

Author: Editorial 4th November 2022 1 Comment

This article by Peter Simons has been published on the Mad in the UK website. It begins: “Between 1987 and 2007, the number of people receiving treatment for depression in the United States increased fourfold (and has continued to rise more…
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Clinical Psychology Review, depression, evidence-based practice, Johan Ormel, Mad in the UK, Peter Simons, Research, treatment-prevalence paradox

Top 10 Myths about the critics of psychiatry

Author: Editorial 8th September 2022 0 Comments

Charlotte Taylor-Page reports for Mad in the UK. “Following the publication of Joanna Moncrieff and Mark Horowitz’s Chemical Imbalance review last month we at MITUK have been increasingly aware of the strongly held and often opposing opinions on social media. There are multiple voices…
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Conversations in Critical Psychiatry, Mad in the UK, psychiatry

The Psychologist

Author: Editorial 25th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Charlotte Beale has been published by Mad in the UK It begins: “One day, after very many preceding days, I decided to stop functioning. I lay in my mother’s bed, which was sodden with hours of tears, and…
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CBT, Charlotte Beale, Mad in the UK, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, Schema Focus Therapy, Talking Therapies, trauma

Are critics of psychiatry stranded in a ‘Jurassic world?’

Author: Editorial 18th November 2021 0 Comments

This article by psychotherapist James Barnes has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “In a recent Psychiatric Times interview with Lucy Johnstone, 1 the interviewer took the very unusual step of seeking ‘clarification’ from two psychiatrists that she mentioned…
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biomarkers, biopsychosocial model, James Barnes, Lucy Johnstone, Mad in the UK, medical model, philosophy, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Robin Murray

Philosophy & Madness: A Discussion with Wouter Kusters on his new book

Author: Editorial 18th August 2021 0 Comments

Wouter Kusters is a Dutch philosopher and linguist from the Netherlands. He is best known for his books, ‘Pure Madness, A Quest for the Psychotic Experience’ and ‘A Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking.’ The latter was translated into…
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books, James Barnes, Mad in the UK, madness, philosophy, psychosis, spirituality, transliminal, Wouter Kusters