“We look for loneliness inside our heads when its source lies all around us, in the destruction of collective life, the erosion of communal bonds, the ruin of civil society, the squeezing of public spaces.” theguardian.com/global/2024/ma…

Thanks Jonathan Shedler for explaining so clearly that a psychiatric diagnosis is not a disease. Unfortunately training still tells mental health professionals otherwise- as demonstrated in this article

More confirmation that the Medical Model’s genetic causal beliefs (besides being wrong) cause stigma. Mad In The UK Mad In America Dr James Davies (PhD) 💭 CEP Jay Joseph @jayjoseph22.bsky.social Peter Kinderman Lisa Morrison @MarnieWedlake Indigo Daya Olga Runciman d ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.117…

The study contradicts widely held beliefs that people with schizophrenia need to take antipsychotics for life and that it is dangerous for people to go “off their meds.” #MedTwitter #psychiatry #psychosis #mentalhealth #psychology

Multiple orgs in areas from road safety, domestic violence, Emergency Medicine, mental and physical health calling for a Health Impact Assessment of licensing proposals. alcoholireland.ie/open-letter-an…

LINK TO THE FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL SURVEY FOR RECIPIENTS OF ELECTROSHOCK/ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY & RELATIVES/FRIENDS. Responses from 26 countries so far. More responses, positive, negative and mixed, wanted. Please retweet & pass on to relevant groups uelpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_57…

Putting the pieces back together: Working through being pathologised and silenced madinireland.com/2024/04/puttin…

Setting off today for Porto where I will be speaking at the Ramao de Sousa Foundation conference on ‘Slow Psychiatry’ with wonderful British Psychiatrists Dr Joanna Moncrieff and Russel Razzaque. I have been asked to speak on “Why the medical model of psychosis is so unhelpful”

No.1 Neuroscientist: Stress Leaks Through Skin, Is Contagious & Gives Yo... youtu.be/hCW2NHbWNwA?si… via YouTube

Protesting outside politicians homes? My view is that either everyone's home is sacred or no ones home is sacred.

Irish Open Dialogue Shut Down—Despite Expert Report Stating It Should Be Scaled Up This article was originally published on our affiliate site, Mad in Ireland. The value-base and proven positive outcomes of Open Dialogue need to be expanded, not closed. madinamerica.com/2024/04/irish-…

Urbanicity and psychotic experiences: Social adversities, isolation an... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Mad In The UK Mad In America Dr James Davies (PhD) 💭 Prof_Richard_Bentall_psychologist @MarnieWedlake Indigo Daya Peter Kinderman Prof. Peter C Gøtzsche

Great stuff from Clodagh McGree... from Mad In Ireland at University College Dublin addiction conference. Themes included impact of adverse childhood experiences, trauma & use of substances, in particular alcohol, to cope. Services need to see people holistically and not just as labels/boxes to tick

This is what we do to people in the mental health system 👇👇👇 Thank you Agnes Higgins for fighting to carry out this research. We never hear this narrative because it's somehow seen as 'dangerous' to call out the side effects of psychiatric drugs.

Medications used to treat psychosis or schizophrenia are the most common cause of akathisia. But antidepressants can cause akathisia. So can some treatments for nausea or vomiting.. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3o0MwFl

International expert Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social speaking soon CVNI Ireland UCC Ireland As yesterday's conference heard, there is still a huge stigma around stopping medication. This is wrong on many levels.

Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social outlines the serious and sometimes long-lasting side effects of withdrawal from psychiatric drugs. Drugs affect every organ of body, brain, nervous system, hormonal system etc

For professionals - this is so important. People becoming anxious after stopping drugs is often NOT RELAPSE, but withdrawal. Clinicians give people a range of disorders when they don't understand withdrawal says Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social

Following the storm of interest provoked by our 2022 review, I am pleased to announce the publication of my book telling the story of the serotonin theory of depression from the beginning to recent times. Due out Jan 2025. To pre-order lnk.to/chemicallyimba… Flint Books 1/3

New podcast on the site: madinireland.com/2025/01/social…