Critical Psychiatry

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

I was hoping the new government would revisit the Parliamentary Scrutiny Committees report on the last governments draft Mental Health Bill. This would have also given an opportunity to produce a new Bill taking into account the recent WHO/OHCHR guidance to countries on mental health legislation (see previous post ). Instead the new government has produced a Bill not that dissimilar to the draft Mental Health Bill of the last government (see eg. blog post from DHSC Media Centre and version of am

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Love & Life Toolbox

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Refresh your self-care list. What is soothing and brings you joy? Spend time in nature. The sun, the clouds, the fog and all remain gloriously present. Create a web of love, seeking and providing support from/for your closest support network. Minimize all media exposure while you strengthen your internal and external resources. Avoid doom scrolling.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Mad in Mexico. It was written by Professor Sandra Caponi and expert by experience Virginia Carril. A s Phyllis Chesler warned us in 1974, gender bias has accompanied psychiatric power throughout its history. Years later, in 2005, in the last annotated edition of Women and Madness , the author insisted on the persistence of this bias, which even today, 50 years later, seems to remain unchanged.

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