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Mad, Crip, Queer Pride: a Panel This University of Sydney Disability Inclusion Week 2024, The Centre for Disability Research and Policy invites you to join our panellists, Gemma Lucy Smart Robin heart Eames Shane Clifton and myself, dialogue the discourse and plurality of truths and

Mad Scholars: Reclaiming and Reimagining the Neurodiverse Academy (Critical Perspectives on Disability)✍️ In twenty-three essays—from contributors working in nearly a dozen disciplines and across three continents—Mad Scholars explores how neurodivergent scholars’ work and lived

It is sad that several psychiatrists have performed faux moral outrage over this cartoon but are unperturbed about genuine harm occurring to patients

It’s a shame that some people seemed to have misunderstood this cartoon. Clearly the cartoon was not making fun of patients (of which I am one!) or individual clinicians. It’s about how medicine works – to offer treatment even when… (1/n)

This #RecoveryMonth, join us at our Annual Conference this September 25-27 to deepen your skills & connect with others doing this vital work. We’ll be talking recovery action plans, peer support work & more––additional information at rightsandrecovery.org/annual-events/… #RecoveryIsPossible

Mental health is a social justice issue‼️ Systemic inequality, racism, poverty, ageism, sanism ableism, homophobia, transphobia and discrimination increases suicide risk for marginalised communities⚠️ This Suicide Prevention Month, lets advocate for universal affirmative

Mental health is a social justice issue‼️ Systemic inequality, racism, poverty, ageism, sanism ableism, homophobia, transphobia and discrimination increases suicide risk for marginalised communities⚠️ This Suicide Prevention Month, lets advocate for universal affirmative

Use of antidepressants to treat pain in older people must be reviewed, study says Six out of 10 aged care residents in Australia are prescribed the drugs, despite weak evidence and side-effects such as dizziness and falls bit.ly/3zoLug3

Hi everyone, I'm on a panel 7pm AEST on Wednesday 18th September for the Australian Queer Medical Collective discussing: Medical ethics ❤️ Structural determinants 🌈 Queer and Mad affirmative care 🌎 Resisting the medicalization/ psychiatrisation of human suffering Please

This hard-hitting personal story and investigative narrative about guardianships via Mad In America is, unfortunately, all too accurate. “Do not go to the courts. They are in on it.” Indeed, there's too much money at stake; lawyers often can't be trusted. madinamerica.com/2024/09/elder-…

An advert for stimulants for adults and children (with ADHD) was in the conference programme - relevant to increasing rates of ADHD? holeousia.com/2024/09/18/sol…

Inquest recommends "holding an independent inquiry, led by a party separate from a health authority, when an unexpected death occurs" in a psychiatric hospital. Much needed! All deaths in psychiatric "care" custody need inquiries--it'd be very revealing. timescolonist.com/local-news/inq…

An interesting provocation from German psychiatrist, Tilman Steinert, in his commentary on a Forum for World Psychiatry (of which I am co-author). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wp…

Universal and inalienable human rights is the most important advancement of the new millennium in mental health. Let's aim towards universal affirmative healthcare #mentalhealth #HumanRights #SocialJustice

Hi community, The Australia Centre for Lived Experience has engaged with Wellcome Trust and Queen Margaret University on a lived expertise focus group project in the Western Pacific World Health Organization (WHO) region. Are you from this region and interested in

Hi community, The Australia Centre for Lived Experience has engaged with Wellcome Trust and Queen Margaret University on a lived expertise focus group project in the Western Pacific World Health Organization (WHO) region. Are you from this region and interested in

International Lived experience of anxiety, depression and/or psychosocial participant recruitment for the Wellcome Trust and Queen Margaret University around where funding will go, and what interventions are most helpful. We are seeking the Western Pacific Region representation

Writing a Scientific article: A step-by-step guide for Beginners (1/7)

One of my biggest regrets from my last ten years as a psychiatrist is telling so many people that antidepressants were safe for long-term use. In hindsight, I realize now that for many, the drugs wear off after 1-2 years, leaving them stuck on medication that’s no longer

AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE & OFFER FEEDBACK! Via Mad In America "This first brainstorm will address this question: 'Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: If this has worked for you, what helped?' The brainstorm discussion, which will be open for one week, from October 2 to October