Suffering should not be a punishable crime. Nor should healing. I fear, in our society, both are dangerous. #survivingpsychiatry #transformyourtrauma #yourtruthyourpower

Loss, Grief, and Betrayal: Psychiatric Survivors Reflect on the Impact of New Serotonin Study By Karin Jervert & Marnie Wedlake Many feel loss, grief, & betrayal when learning that the "chemical imbalance theory" is a debunked myth. madinamerica.com/2022/08/psychi…

Spread the word! Beyond Labels & Meds: What It Feels Like To Be Me - A call for teen artists! #beyondlabelsandmeds #teenartists #teenarts #artheals madinamerica.com/teen-arts-proj…

Song of the Week 'Softly' by Winter Aid recommended by MIA Arts Editor Karin "Making this journey an “art” is something I understand as an artist." madinamerica.com/2022/09/softly…

MIA Podcast - Jim Flannery: Sorry It’s Not Funny – Comedy, Hip-Hop and Activism. Jim uses the arts to speak out publicly about his experiences with the #mentalhealth system through performing #standupcomedy & now with his album, “Sorry, It’s Not Funny,” madinamerica.com/2022/10/jim-fl…

What a beautiful conversation between MIA’s ⁦Karin⁩ and comedian-rapper Jim Flannery: two peers discussing art, hearing voices, and the need for psychiatric reform. madinamerica.com/2022/10/jim-fl…

Call for art extended until January 1st, 2023 for MIAs teen art show 'Beyond Labels and Meds: What if Feels Like to be Me' Spread the word to the teen artists in your life! #teenarts #beyondlabelsandmeds #callforteenart #callforart madinamerica.com/teen-arts-proj…

An upcoming conference focuses on the perspective of artists and activists in answering what it means to have a just mental health care system. MIA Arts Editor Karin speaks with the curator and 3 artists from the conference. Disruption Network Lab madinamerica.com/2022/11/art-an…

It felt like it’s a big risk to talk about my #spirituality on this podcast, let alone talk about #voicehearing these past few years. But, all my life I’ve been told to hush about this and that, and I’m tired. #survivingpsychiatry madnessradio.net/tea-with-spiri…

"...The most valuable thing we can lose in this life is a poem. As a person with lived experience of involuntary psychiatric treatment, I know the most powerful of these poems can live and be lost in what some people call ‘madness’. #madpoetry madinamerica.com/2023/04/lost-p…

A touching, inspiring piece by Karin about rediscovering the deep inner poetry that pathologizing labels and involuntary psychiatric treatment drove out. madinamerica.com/2023/04/lost-p…

A staggering 81,000 people who contacted the "confidential" #988Lifeline in the past 10 months got devices traced, unwanted police visits, and detentions in psychiatric hospitals. Details in my new article via Mad In America madinamerica.com/2023/05/psychi…

As #PrideMonth2023 draws to a close, we elves stand in solidarity with all of our friends & colleagues in the LGBTQ+ community. Let's work together to ensure good #MentalHealth for all! Read our latest blogs on relevant & reliable LGBTQ+ research 🏳️‍⚧️ elfi.sh/lgbtq 🏳️‍🌈

A clip from BBC Newsnight. The question itself - “How do YOU think Sinéad O’Connor should be remembered?” - broke my heart and is such a painful example of how it all works (and doesn’t work at all). Ask yourself: would this question have been asked had she been a man? I

#sineadoconnor was a warrior and in many ways paid the ultimate price for her bravery. #OneofMillions. The New York Times Rolling Stone Sound Mind Amanda Palmer 🎹 CAT POWER #musiciansandmentalhealth #psychiatryandwomen #psychiatricsurvivors #restinpeace madinamerica.com/2023/08/everyo…

Great piece from Mad In America Karin ‘The label of mental illnesses, like depression and bipolar, too, are sometimes used to mask the effects of abuse and trauma, which Sinéad had been open about having had plenty of in her life….