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MITUK: challenging & rethinking theory & practice around ‘mental health’ in the UK. Proud to be supported by our allies at Mad in America. Be part of the change
England, United Kingdom
Joined July 2017
We welcome written blogs that align with our aim of fundamentally re-thinking mental health theory and practice in the UK, and promoting positive change https://t.co/vVlY760m58
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What does it mean to be an addict in Egypt? A reflection on medical model imperialism. By Ahmed Mansy https://t.co/9KB0bwB2TC
#Addiction #Egypt #MedicalImperialism #MentalHealth #CriticalPsychology #GlobalSouth #Postcolonial #SocialJustice
madintheuk.com
Psychiatry governs distress. It turns social contradictions into individual pathologies and political suffering into diagnostic terms.
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October 2025 in Review Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! https://t.co/dZSW4CkbSZ
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
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October 2025 in Review Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! https://t.co/dZSW4CkbSZ
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
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What does it mean to be an addict in Egypt? A reflection on medical model imperialism. By Ahmed Mansy https://t.co/9KB0bwB2TC
#Addiction #Egypt #MedicalImperialism #MentalHealth #CriticalPsychology #GlobalSouth #Postcolonial #SocialJustice
madintheuk.com
Psychiatry governs distress. It turns social contradictions into individual pathologies and political suffering into diagnostic terms.
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October 2025 in Review Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! https://t.co/dZSW4CkJIx
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
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What does it mean to be an addict in Egypt? A reflection on medical model imperialism. By Ahmed Mansy https://t.co/9KB0bwB2TC
#Addiction #Egypt #MedicalImperialism #MentalHealth #CriticalPsychology #GlobalSouth #Postcolonial #SocialJustice
madintheuk.com
Psychiatry governs distress. It turns social contradictions into individual pathologies and political suffering into diagnostic terms.
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I'll be talking at this event online next Friday, alongside some wonderful speakers. Check it out👇 https://t.co/95T27KX3An
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AD4E festival 2025: A whole day of change-making talks, presentations, conversations - all challenging the culture of diagnosis & disorder!
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October 2025 in Review Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! https://t.co/dZSW4CkJIx
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
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Good morning and Happy Saturday. May your Saturday tasks be as easy as...
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October 2025 in Review Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! https://t.co/dZSW4CkJIx
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
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Interview with Jessica Fairfax Hirst: The Withdrawal First Aid Kit By Mad in Puerto Rico https://t.co/4Tvt6qRnKX
#WithdrawalFirstAidKit #MadStudies #CriticalPsychiatry #ContemporaryArt #DisabilityJustice #DecolonizingMentalHealth
#ArtAndActivism #JessicaFairfaxHirst
madintheuk.com
Image provided by Jessica Fairfax Hirst Editor’s Note: This interview by Laura López-Aybar originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Puerto Rico. In this conversation with artist Jessica...
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Medical Organizations Turn Blind Eye to Harms of Maternal Antidepressant Use: A Conversation With Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff By Robert Whitaker https://t.co/MHK44JQT1G
#MaternalHealth #SSRIRisk #InformedConsent #EvidenceBasedMedicine #CriticalPsychiatry #PublicHealthDebate
madintheuk.com
Pod cast discusses how after an FDA panel highlights risks, medical organizations blame it on the illness, rather than the drug.
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In a mental hospital By Anne Marie Denning https://t.co/0sgAeZgQUQ
#InAMentalHospital
#MentalHealthAwareness
#EndTheStigma
#PsychiatricSurvivor
#WritingToHeal
#PoetryOfPain
#StorytellingHeals
#HumanRightsInCare
#DropTheDisorder
#VoicesOfSurvivors
#CompassionInCare
madintheuk.com
Heart wrenching poetry by survivor of the psychiatric system
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The blues in my world as an artist By Cathy Noble https://t.co/Lrcl22iSEs
#TheBluesInMyWorld #ArtTherapy #MentalHealthAwareness #HealingThroughArt #DropTheDisorder #CreativeHealing #HolisticMentalHealth #SelfDiscovery #HumanisticPsychology #BluePeriod #HopeAndHealing
madintheuk.com
Cathy Noble shares her opinions about depression and points out that Picasso painted many beautiful pictures during his depressed Blue Period
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October 2025 in Review Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! https://t.co/dZSW4CkJIx
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
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Interview with Jessica Fairfax Hirst: The Withdrawal First Aid Kit By Mad in Puerto Rico https://t.co/4Tvt6qRnKX
#WithdrawalFirstAidKit #MadStudies #CriticalPsychiatry #ContemporaryArt #DisabilityJustice #DecolonizingMentalHealth
#ArtAndActivism #JessicaFairfaxHirst
madintheuk.com
Image provided by Jessica Fairfax Hirst Editor’s Note: This interview by Laura López-Aybar originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Puerto Rico. In this conversation with artist Jessica...
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Medical Organizations Turn Blind Eye to Harms of Maternal Antidepressant Use: A Conversation With Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff By Robert Whitaker https://t.co/MHK44JQT1G
#MaternalHealth #SSRIRisk #InformedConsent #EvidenceBasedMedicine #CriticalPsychiatry #PublicHealthDebate
madintheuk.com
Pod cast discusses how after an FDA panel highlights risks, medical organizations blame it on the illness, rather than the drug.
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In a mental hospital By Anne Marie Denning https://t.co/0sgAeZgQUQ
#InAMentalHospital
#MentalHealthAwareness
#EndTheStigma
#PsychiatricSurvivor
#WritingToHeal
#PoetryOfPain
#StorytellingHeals
#HumanRightsInCare
#DropTheDisorder
#VoicesOfSurvivors
#CompassionInCare
madintheuk.com
Heart wrenching poetry by survivor of the psychiatric system
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The blues in my world as an artist By Cathy Noble https://t.co/Lrcl22iSEs
#TheBluesInMyWorld #ArtTherapy #MentalHealthAwareness #HealingThroughArt #DropTheDisorder #CreativeHealing #HolisticMentalHealth #SelfDiscovery #HumanisticPsychology #BluePeriod #HopeAndHealing
madintheuk.com
Cathy Noble shares her opinions about depression and points out that Picasso painted many beautiful pictures during his depressed Blue Period
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Interview with Jessica Fairfax Hirst: The Withdrawal First Aid Kit By Mad in Puerto Rico https://t.co/4Tvt6qRnKX
#WithdrawalFirstAidKit #MadStudies #CriticalPsychiatry #ContemporaryArt #DisabilityJustice #DecolonizingMentalHealth
#ArtAndActivism #JessicaFairfaxHirst
madintheuk.com
Image provided by Jessica Fairfax Hirst Editor’s Note: This interview by Laura López-Aybar originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Puerto Rico. In this conversation with artist Jessica...
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Medical Organizations Turn Blind Eye to Harms of Maternal Antidepressant Use: A Conversation With Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff By Robert Whitaker https://t.co/MHK44JQT1G
#MaternalHealth #SSRIRisk #InformedConsent #EvidenceBasedMedicine #CriticalPsychiatry #PublicHealthDebate
madintheuk.com
Pod cast discusses how after an FDA panel highlights risks, medical organizations blame it on the illness, rather than the drug.
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