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The Semantics of Suicide: ‘Suicidality’ is, at its Core, a Form of Human Communication

Evgeny Legedin 16/04/2026

By Baher Ibrahim This post was originally published on Baher Ibrahim’s Substack “Migrant Psychiatrist”. ‘The gallows in my garden, people say,Is new and neat and adequately tall;I tie the noose

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ADHD: Are We Medicalising the Strains of Neoliberal Work? A Critical Psychiatry Perspective

Evgeny Legedin 18/12/2025 No Comments

By Omar Kawam We are pleased to introduce this thought-provoking series by medical student Omar Kawam. In Part 1, he lays the theoretical groundwork, critiquing the socio-economic forces behind ADHD

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Why I don’t like the idea that mental disorder is a disease

Margreet 18/04/2021 No Comments

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

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