It’s only okay to talk about mental health/mental illness if you’re actively in recovery. Otherwise you’re seen as just ...

My method had to involve some kind of loophole so that my death wasn’t technically by my own hand. Then it came to me: my ...

Mental health "epidemics" dominate public discourse, with increasing rates of diagnoses of anxiety, depression, autism, bipolar disorder and ADHD, to name a few examples. At the same time, the Western ...

The main take-home message is that regulatory approval doesn't mean a device works. It means it's safe,” according to Katya ...

The March 2025 policy guidance, which called for “urgent transformation of mental health policies,” reflects decades of efforts by both the European and World Networks of (Ex)-Users and Survivors of ...

This week, Mad in America examines three articles around peer support in mental healthcare settings, including the creation ...

Those of us who agree with Szasz that “mental illness” is a myth will often put quotes around the term to bring attention to its problematic nature. Should we also be bringing attention to the ...

I didn't want a diagnosis to be put on meds, I wanted a diagnosis in order to validate the pain I was in and to be taken seriously by the adults around me.

When I noted the worrying incidents I was witnessing as a student nurse, I was advised that my complaints would only make it difficult for me.

People with mental health diagnoses are often the victims of violence and abuse, both within and beyond mental healthcare systems. Media reports of sexual A new study finds survivors of sexual and ...

This week Mad in America examines several articles related to adolescent suicide, including one that finds a link between ...

Decades of research on attachment and developmental trauma tells us what happens when we separate children under terrifying conditions.