“Eating at Joe’s”: the shared fate of Mad lives and Black lives by Peter Barham
We tend to think about troubling questions about ‘being mad’, ‘being white’, and ‘being black’ separately rather than in association with each other.
Mad Fiction: who has the right to write what? by Nathan Filer
I’ve just finished reading a deservedly hyped novel: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.
Some catches of the mental health system by Andy Baxter
Recently I read the novel ‘Poppy Shakespeare’, in which the lead character was admitted against her will to a day hospital in London and found herself in a Catch-22 situation.
Asylum Magazine (Volume 27 No 4) Winter 2020
As the pandemic continues, our Winter issue opens with a mental health nurse’s reflection on its detrimental impact on his capacity to offer genuine support to service users. Read more
Beyond the Pale? by Raza Griffiths
Raza Griffiths reflects on racism in mental health services.
An Illustrated Mind by Kathryn Watson
In 2016, I was a GP trainee and had a PhD under my belt. My husband and I were thinking about buying a place of our own and starting a family. I was 29 years old. I couldn’t have been more wrong.