Please SIGN THE PETITION to prevent DSM-5 from compromising patient safety and scientific integrity.
Statement of Concern – Complete Version Note: DSM-5 refers to the American Psychiatric Association’s fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of [...Read more]
The Hearing Voices Movement: In Response to a Father – ‘My Daughter, the Schizophrenic’
Originally posted on: http://www.madinamerica.com/ There was a heart-breaking and disturbing story in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper entitled, My Daughter, the Schizophrenic’, (1) which featured edited extracts [...Read more]
The Hearing Voices Movement: Beyond Critiquing the Status Quo
Originally posted on: http://www.madinamerica.com/ I am thrilled to have been invited to write about the important and innovative work of the Hearing Voices Movement alongside [...Read more]
Watch Keynote Presentation The Personal is Political Online
Here is a link to my recent presentation ’The Personal is the Political’ which was filmed at the Critical Perspectives [...Read more]
New Foreign Correspondent for Mad in America
I am thrilled to have been invited to become a foreign correspondent for the Mad in America web site – see: http://www.madinamerica.com/ I will be [...Read more]
Exciting new Hearing Voices Research & Development Fund in USA
Hearing Voices Research & Development Fund http://femhc.org/Giving.aspx#Hearing_Voices_Research__Development_Fund The Hearing Voices Research and Development Fund has been established to advance the development of the Hearing Voices [...Read more]
Royal College of Psychiatrists: Abolish use of formal psychiatric diagnostic systems like ICD & DSM
Abolish use of formal psychiatric diagnostic systems like ICD & DSM Psychiatric diagnoses are not valid. Use of psychiatric diagnosis increases stigma. Using psychiatric diagnosis [...Read more]
Mental Health Campaigners Welcome New Book About Schizophrenia
The letters, journals and scribbled observations of David, diagnosed with schizophrenia, have been collated for a new book. A positive piece published in the Guardian, 5th [...Read more]