Sat.Mar 09, 2024

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Psychiatrist for UK’s Most Dangerous Prisoners Campaigns for a Trauma-Informed Justice System

Mad in America

From Shaun Attwood : Psychiatrist Bob Johnson, along with his wife Sue Johnson, speaks about his years working in the UK’s prison for its most violent offenders, and how, rather than give his forensic patients drugs, he led them into telling of their traumatic histories, which ultimately ‘cured’ them, allowing them to give up their need for violence.

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Interpersonal Caring as an Act of Resistance Among Socially Marginalized

Mad in America

Editor’s note: This article by Gaurav Datta was first published on Mad in South Asia. Some of the most marginalized and stigmatized people in a community are those with psychiatric diagnoses and those who are HIV positive. What remains common about these two groups are how they are portrayed through a “humanitarian gaze” as helpless, burdensome, and unable to contribute meaningfully—their lives are often reduced to how much they cost (Global Burden of Disease).