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Not Before Time: Lived Experience Led Justice and Repair

Mad in America

There are some hopeful threads, including a lived experience-led residential service and a legislated opt-out advocacy service, run by Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) , a government-funded organisation that has demonstrated exemplary practices in supporting consumer rights, dignity and autonomy.

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Women’s Mental Health Care: A Historical Perspective & Progress

Lightwork

Ongoing Challenges in Women’s Mental Health Care Despite significant progress in women’s mental health care, persistent gender bias continues to impact diagnosis and treatment quality.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

I went to see Whitaker, and he presented a systematic, well-researched critique of antipsychotics, laying out the long-term harms in a way that was deeply grounded in empirical literature. Another example Ive studied and presented on is anorexia. War is whats disordered, yet we treat the soldier as the one who needs fixing.