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The Forgotten Voices of Mad Studies Challenge Traditional Psychiatry

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Centuries-old writings and activism by those labeled as mad are reshaping our understanding of mental health, challenging conventional psychiatric practices, and empowering marginalized voices.

Who is Forgotten in the Deficit Framing of Global Mental Health?

Hearing Voices Groups Provide Meaning Through Peer Support

BMJ Investigation Finds FDA Commissioners Enriched by Industry

Harms After Psychedelic Use Can Persist for Years

Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis Often Used to Discredit Patient Experiences

Japanese Study Strengthens Link Between Childhood Adversity and Later Psychological Distress

Types of Trauma Exposures Predict Specific Psychosis Symptoms

Global Mental Health Leaders Shift Away from Biomedical Model Towards Rights-Based...

Antiseizure Drug Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Large Risk of Autism,...

Ending the Fear-Driven Cycle in Suicidal Care

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Living Near Greenspace Linked to Fewer Antidepressant Prescriptions

Chennai vs. Montreal: Cultural Differences in Psychosis Outcomes

More Psychologists, More Problems? The Paradox of Mental Health Workforce Expansion

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Many Results in Psychology and Medicine Are False Positives

Childhood Maltreatment Linked to 25% of Mental Health Disorders in Australia

Art as Clinical Method: The Radical Legacy of Nise da Silveira...

Adverse Childhood Experiences Linked to ADHD Symptoms

Wunderink: Antipsychotics Can Be Tapered Safely Without Increasing Relapse Risk

New Study Reveals Stagnant Depression Outcomes in Clinical Trials Over Time

MIA Reports

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Features

“Confidential” 988 Conversation Records Shared with Corporations

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Recordings of 988 callers’ voice, text, and chat conversations are being shared with researchers, AI developers, and corporations without consent.

Dramatic Rise in Police Interventions on 988 Callers

Demedicalizing Depression: An Interview with Milutin Kostić

Leaving Biological Psychiatry Behind: An Interview With Rodrigo Nardi

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

The New York Times Is Now Engulfed in the STAR*D Scandal

Context and Care vs. Isolate and Control: An Interview on the...

Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with...

Deprescribing Psychiatric Drugs to Reduce Harms and Empower Patients: Interview with...

Is Madness an Evolved Signal? Justin Garson on Strategy Versus Dysfunction

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and...

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“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental...

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Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic

The Psychological Humanities Manifesto: An Interview with Mark Freeman

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Winding Back the Clock: What If the STAR*D Investigators Had Told...

Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Pharma Marketing and Psychiatric Drugs

Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Mad in America, the Biopsychosocial...

After MIA Calls for Retraction of STAR*D Article, Study Authors Double...

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Book Review: Truth and Consequences for Medical Whistleblowers

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From Undark: In “The Occasional Human Sacrifice,” Carl Elliott notes that those who expose medical wrongdoings are hardly hailed as heroes.

How an Opioid Giant Deployed a Playbook for Moulding Doctors’ Minds

Bartonella Infection, Psychosis and Tardive Dyskinesia | Beyond Meds

FDA Panel Rejects MDMA-Aided Therapy for PTSD

Researchers Plan to Retract Landmark Alzheimer’s Paper Containing Doctored Images

‘Illuminating Journeys’: Using Creativity for Change in Mental Health Treatment

Grief Is Horrible – But It’s Supposed to Be. We Have...

In the House of Psychiatry, a Jarring Tale of Violence

How Anecdotes Sell Drugs: On the 30th Anniversary Edition of “Listening...

Psychiatric Patients Denied Period Products ‘For Safety Reasons’

Americans Are Paying Billions to Take Drugs That Don’t Work

Why You Don’t Want a ‘Diagnosis’ of ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’

FDA Sued for Not Acting on Petition About Antidepressant Harms

The STAR*D Scandal: More on the Fraud

Psychiatric Drugs Unmasked

Most NYC Public Hospitals Deny Psych Patients Time Outside, Lawyers Say

Doctors Can Be Socialized to Cooperate in “Unthinkable Practices,” Says Bioethicist

‘I Felt Kidnapped.’ Another Patient Comes Forward After Investigation Into MI...

We All Want to Cut Out the ‘Bad Parts’ of Ourselves....

America’s Drug Safety System is Broken

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