A new international survey of 858 electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) recipients has delivered stark findings relating to women’s experiences of this controversial procedure. The paper explicitly ...

After this happened to me, I know that I can handle anything in life, no matter how hard it is. Welcome to the Mad in America podcast. My name is Brooke Siem, and I am the author of a memoir on ...

Steven Morgan, who was well known for his activist efforts in challenging conventional psychiatry, which included writing for Mad in America, recently passed away, at age 45. We would like to share ...

It has now been 11 years, two months, and five days since I took my last psychotropic medications, Prozac and Ativan. And I must confess that after all this time, recovery still feels impossibly out ...

Treatment guidelines generally support trying to discontinue antipsychotics in patients diagnosed with “first-episode psychosis” after one or two years of initial use, but these guidelines also ...

A new consensus statement argues that medicine should treat mental and physical health as products of relationships with people, animals, and the living world. A new open-access consensus statement in ...

A Swedish survey of 700 providers shows that biological and cognitive-behavioral models correlate with higher stigma, while social explanations appear protective. A new article published in the ...

More than half of young adults began to think they had ADHD after awareness campaign—despite not meeting criteria for this disorder. About a quarter of “healthy” young adults already think they have ...

A Nature Mental Health study suggests a small pathway from income gaps to youth distress through brain structure and connectivity. A study in Nature Mental Health suggests that children living in U.S.

Joining us for a roundtable discussion are Brooke Siem, David Antonuccio, Kim Witzak, Angie Peacock and David Healy. They discuss the challenges of openly discussing psychiatric drug withdrawal, the ...

Medical organizations and the media dismiss the experts and the large body of research telling of fetal harm from exposure to SSRIs during pregnancy. Augmenting with antipsychotics was no better at ...

Dr. Tia Trivisonno is a dedicated naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist committed to helping you take control of your health and vitality. She believes in shifting the focus from sick care to true ...