Why I don’t like the idea that mental disorder is a disease
By Joanna Moncrieff. This blog was inspired by a talk I gave at the conference of the American Association for Philosophy and Psychiatry in May 2017. The title of this talk was: Many
Toronto Critical Psychiatry Reading and Discussion Group
The Toronto Critical Psychiatry Reading and Discussion Group has been meeting since 2018. It has been open to all interested people. The aims of the group have included: 1) a
Critical Psychiatry Network Conferences – A Retrospective
By Hugh Middleton. During the pre-Covid years, the Critical Psychiatry Network ran a series of successful one-day conferences at the University of Nottingham each April. A move to London was
Psychiatry in Transition – Critical Psychiatry Network 2017 conference report
By Joanna Moncrieff. The Critical Psychiatry Network’s 2017 conference “Recovery in a Time of Austerity” raised some tricky issues for the audience and like-minded people, but also pointed to the potential
CPN meets Luciana Berger, MP
CPN co-chairs, Hugh Middleton and Joanna Moncrieff, went to meet Luciana Berger MP (the shadow minister for Mental Health) to convey the importance of a Critical Psychiatry perspective in developing
Clozapine may not be all it's been cracked up to be
A recent meta-analysis of antipsychotic drug treatment for people with ‘treatment refractory schizophrenia’ suggests clozapine may not be better than other antipsychotics. Clozapine has been the mainstay of treatment for
American suicide rate continues to rise
Suicides in the Unites States have reached a 30-year high. The steepest rise is in the middle-aged. The rate of suicide in women rose more than in men, but male
Mental Health Trust still not doing enough to improve patient safety
A recent spot check by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found that Southern Health NHS Mental Health Trust, previously criticised for its inadequate investigations of serious incidents and deaths in
More equal societies have less mental illness: what should therapists do on Monday morning? Wright D., 2015
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Psychiatric hospitals and instrumental rationality: toward a democratic practice. Wright D., 1998
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