Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article is being simultaneously published on Mad in America and on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. For many years, I received mental health services and accepted the “mental illness” diagnoses, which I now call labels. W hy do I do the work that I do? My experience was compliant.

Poverty and mental health 103

Poverty and mental health Technology Education 103

Mad in America

APRIL 24, 2024

As a Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Kleinman has profoundly influenced how medical professionals understand the interplay between culture, illness, and healing. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

Global mental health 102

Global mental health Poverty and mental health Healthcare Insurance 102

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

M any people are traumatised rather than healed by their interaction with mainstream mental health services, especially their admission to a psychiatric inpatient unit. Concurrently, many mental health professionals carry a burden of their own trauma and are not healthy individuals. What do we mean by healing?

Hospitality 92

Hospitality Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Construction 92