Electroshock therapy peaked in the 1940s and 1950s. But the controversial practice - with patients sometimes shocked while ...

This week's Song of the Week is suggested by Ivy Wilson: "Ren Gill has lots of songs that would be great for Mad in America's ...

I hope that legal cases like these will encourage psychiatrists to think twice before administering such a potentially ...

On hospice, a psychiatrist finally said yes to deprescribing. Once someone is on hospice, taking medications away becomes the ...

Science is supposed to be self-correcting. But what happens when the journals entrusted to uphold this principle become its ...

This week, Mad in America examines four studies related to patient and psychiatrist characteristics and psychiatric detention ...

If you are willing to take on the challenge of losing your income, your home, your relationships, your reputation, and your ...

A rapid response to The BMJ from Joanna Moncrieff, James Barnes, Lucy Johnstone and James Davies.

A couple from Malmö were denied assisted fertilization after psychiatric diagnoses and previous contact with healthcare ...

Involving a patient’s family and friends as part of a new approach to mental health treatment makes it three times less ...

Robert Whitaker keynote at the Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress (German Psychological Association), Berlin, June 2026.

This text was written on the occasion of the publication in Greek of Mary Boyle and Lucy Johnstone's book "The Power-Threat-Meaning Framework as an Alternative to Psychiatric Diagnosis: An Honest ...