Science is supposed to be self-correcting. But what happens when the journals entrusted to uphold this principle become its ...

This text was written on the occasion of the publication in Greek of Mary Boyle and Lucy Johnstone's book "The Power-Threat-Meaning Framework as an Alternative to Psychiatric Diagnosis: An Honest ...

This week, Mad in America examines four studies related to patient and psychiatrist characteristics and psychiatric detention ...

A rapid response to The BMJ from Joanna Moncrieff, James Barnes, Lucy Johnstone and James Davies.

For more than two decades, Jay Amsterdam was known as a “thought leader” in academic psychiatry for his research and writings on mood disorders. A professor of psychiatry at the University of ...

If you are willing to take on the challenge of losing your income, your home, your relationships, your reputation, and your ...

I hope that legal cases like these will encourage psychiatrists to think twice before administering such a potentially ...

A couple from Malmö were denied assisted fertilization after psychiatric diagnoses and previous contact with healthcare ...

Involving a patient’s family and friends as part of a new approach to mental health treatment makes it three times less ...

L eaving my weekly session with an existential therapist, I find myself reflecting on the interaction. I notice a modest ...

The use of psychiatric medications is becoming increasingly common. The pills promise that we can be “the best version of ...

Robert Whitaker keynote at the Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress (German Psychological Association), Berlin, June 2026.