Schizophrenia and Black Politics: Jonathan Metzl
How did the definition of schizophrenia change during the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s? Why did a disease primarily affecting withdrawn white housewives suddenly become focused on...
View ArticleExporting Mental Disorders: Ethan Watters
How did pharmaceutical giant Glaxo Smith Kline create "depression" in Japan -- and a billion dollar market for its anti-depressant drug Paxil? Why do people diagnosed with schizophrenia recover more in...
View ArticleDignity of Elders: Carole Hayes-Collier
Why are nearly a third of all elders in nursing homes given anti-psychotic drugs, despite life threatening side effects? Are medications being used as chemical restraints? Can nursing homes be places...
View ArticleHealing Veterans: Paula Caplan
How can we truly help combat veterans facing the aftermath of war? Is veteran trauma a sign of mental illness, or a healthy response to violent situations? Are medications and therapy the answer? Paula...
View ArticleChemical Crucifixion: Grainne Humphrys
Could a young man’s overwhelming visions of Christ and apocalypse be a creative response to life trauma, rather than signs of paranoid schizophrenia? Does madness unfold differently depending on...
View ArticleBipolar Children: Sharna Olfman
Why are so many children being diagnosed bipolar? Do medications treat disease – or just keep children under control? What else can parents do when faced with difficult behavioral problems? Sharna...
View ArticleUnderstanding Borderline Trauma: Rita Marshall
Why are so many trauma survivors, especially women, diagnosed “borderline?” Is the label useful — or sexist and degrading? How can people who live through intergenerational violence be understood and...
View ArticleThinking Upstream: Winning Real Mental Health Reform By Joining the...
At the end of my talk at the American Psychiatric Association Institute on Psychiatric Services, a psychiatrist in the crowded lecture room put his hand up and posed a surprising challenge: Why was I...
View ArticleCannabis for Treating Mental Health Conditions? A Clear Yes, Maybe.
Marijuana is now legal in two states, and legal for medical use in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Polls show the majority of Americans support cannabis legalization, and more and more of the...
View ArticleAusterity Economies and Mental Health | Mary O’Hara | Madness Radio
Is mental health about individual diseases, or the health of communities and countries as a whole? How do economic policies after the 2008 crisis impact disability rights, suicide rates, and community...
View ArticleIntergenerational Trauma | Naas Siddiqui | Madness Radio
What if psychotic experiences express historical and intergenerational trauma? Does one person’s emotional crisis reach beyond their own individual mind? Could synchronicities and meaningful...
View ArticleRefugees and Trauma | Khatera Aslami-Tamplen | Madness Radio
What is it like to flee a war-torn country as a child? What lasting psychological effects do refugees face? Can peer support and trauma informed care lead to lasting recovery? Khatera Aslami Tamplen,...
View ArticleMeditation and Liberation | Nirali Shah | Madness Radio
Is mindfulness meditation about calming the mind and accepting things as they are? Or is it a force for social change and challenging oppression? Can meditation help us become intimate with our wild,...
View ArticleLegacy of R.D. Laing | Michael Guy Thompson | Madness Radio
Is psychosis a journey and a breakthrough to somewhere more authentic? Should unhappy people be made to adjust to a mad society? Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing was a fierce critic of the mental...
View ArticleDignity and Humiliation | Evelin Lindner | Madness Radio
What is at the root of world violence? How does psychiatry re-create dynamics of humiliation and shame that drive people crazy? Is there a just and equitable way out of the spirals of attack and...
View ArticleDecolonizing Early Psychosis | Rachel Jane Liebert | Madness Radio
Do early psychosis programs serve healing – or function as surveillance and control? Are treatments for paranoia actually themselves forms of paranoia, based on scientific racism and white supremacy?...
View ArticleOddball Magazine w/ Will Hall | Jason Wright | Madness Radio
In this guest podcast, Jason Wright of Oddball Magazine sits down with Madness Radio host Will Hall, author of the Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs, to discuss mental health...
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