World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
It is an excellent opportunity for aspiring healthcare professionals to contribute to the global conversation on mental health and social equity, shaping policies and practices that can drive real change.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
T wo years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a 300-page document titled “ Guidance to Community Health Services ” that called for a paradigm shift in psychiatric care, with the biomedical model replaced by one that promoted “Person-Centred and Rights-Based Approaches.”
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Mad in America
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Global Study Questions Antidepressant Use, Points to Social Determinants of Mental Health In February, Liam Gehrig Bach wrote about a new cross-national study which questions the effectiveness of antidepressants, highlighting the crucial role of social and economic factors in addressing global mental health challenges.
Mad in America
JANUARY 17, 2025
Both can also be found in one form or another in many ancient spiritual practices but are invariably lacking or not present at all in the biomedical approach to mental health. Two important elements found in all the Wellness approaches include a supportive environment and a practice known as Active Listening.
Mad in America
JANUARY 8, 2025
They have less expertise than what theyre trying to present. Ayurdhi Dhar: I see the same thing with the global mental health movement. Its really a dishonest practicea cover-up. It comes from a place of self-doubt within psychiatrythey know less than what theyre acknowledging. Maybe you dont know. She never wrote back.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
I was looking at the global mental health movement coming in and erasing these diverse ways of being human, Dhar explains. Ayurdhi Dhar at a mental health conference in India This issue is exactly what Dhar aims to address through Mad in South Asia (MISA). Farmers in Indi are killing themselves, says Dhar.
Mad in America
APRIL 24, 2024
healthcare, and offers insightful reflections on the global mental health movement. The most important findings come from global mental health studies in countries like India. He discusses the often-overlooked narrative of patient experiences, critiques the mechanistic approaches that dominate U.S.
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