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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

Mad in America

In 2012, during my master’s programme, my younger brother got sick and could not get appropriate treatment so he died. The doctor gave me an injection and also placed me on Risperdal, which had side effects such as overeating, excessive sleeping, bloating and agitation. I also used part of the money to start my master’s programme.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

Mad in America

Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. Iatrogenesis is social when the institution of medicine subverts autonomy and social supports.