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Mad in America
MAY 9, 2024
I couldn’t help but reflect that my interview with him could have been more helpful in at least one concrete sense—that I could have paid closer attention to the emotional dimension of his predicament—had I not had the completion of this unwieldy document in mind. This scenario in public psychiatry settings is, unfortunately, a familiar one.
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
For many years, I received mental health services and accepted the “mental illness” diagnoses, which I now call labels. I didn’t realize that others were actively fighting against what they call the mental health system or psychiatry. The mental health system is deeply ingrained in our culture.
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Centre for Mental Health
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The former describes its purpose as being to enable everyone to have the opportunity of secure, rewarding and fulfilling work and it details the Governments plans across a range of areas including education and training, employment support, health care, and the role of employers.
Mad in America
JULY 17, 2024
Neil’s new book, “Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics: Mental Illness and Homelessness in Los Angeles,” published by the University of Chicago Press, offers a detailed look into the starkly different worlds of mental health care in Los Angeles. How do these disparate systems reflect our societal values?
Mad in America
MAY 4, 2024
I n 1999, New York State passed the first Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) law, which creates a regime of civil courts to force psychiatric interventions on those found to have “serious and persistent mental illness” who “struggle to engage voluntarily” with care. What made this year different?
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