Asylum Magazine (Volume 29, No 3) Autumn 2022.
Our Autumn issue opens with our feature article by Mud, also our cover artist, who makes a powerful case for changing the way health professionals treat suicidal people.
Chemical imbalances or problems in living? You don’t decide! by H. Spandler
A new study might signal the final nail in the coffin of the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of depression. This new review of existing studies has concluded the idea that low levels of serotonin cause depression does not stand up to scrutiny. Read more
The Wrong Kind of Sick by Mud
[Trigger warning: suicide and psychiatric neglect] Read more
The Psychiatrist’s Catch-22 by Lindsay-Rose Dykema
I am a licensed physician in the United States of America, where the Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade, nullifies constitutional protections on access to abortion.
Asylum Magazine (Volume 29, No2) Summer 2022
This Summer issue of Asylum contains several articles about the state of mental health services today.
Asylum’s tribute to Peter Campbell, 1949-2022
Peter Campbell was a gentle giant of the UK psychiatric survivors’ movement.