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Decolonizing Psychiatry in Pakistan: A Reckoning with our Colonial Past and a Call for Reconstruction

Mad in America

If you are the only doctor on duty in a public hospital with over a hundred patients to be seen in less than 3 hours, the time constraint is understandable. Public/Private Collusion Public hospitals are, in many ways, comparable to garbage dumps, while private practices could easily be mistaken for five-star hotels.

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Mad in Ireland

Mad in America

Hough notes that, while Irelands mental health system has recently started using terms like biopsychosocial model, human rights, and trauma-informed, actual practices remain essentially the same as always. In Ireland, we’re very good at paying lip service to these things, she explains.