The Mental Health Case for Universal Basic Income by Matt Smith
It’s the end of the month. Rent is due, bills are looming and the peanut butter in the cupboard is looking lonely all on its own. It can be stressful even if you have a regular income.
The lunatics are taking over the… means of production: 5 years of Madlove by the Vacuum Cleaner
Artist and mental health activist the vacuum cleaner (AKA James Leadbitter) explains what he has been (mostly) doing for the last five years of the Madlove project he has been leading on.
Asylum 26.4 – Winter 2019
‘Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?’ asks Mark Schwalbe in his film review of the Joker. Whatever the result of the UK election, it feels like we are at a turning point in history.
Psychiatry and experiences beyond consensus reality by Dave Barton
This article begins with two of my experiences of extreme inner states. It goes on make some observations about psychiatry, psychiatric training and wider culture.
Does box-ticking ensure good care by Dieneke Hubbeling
Managers in the NHS nowadays assume that good health care consists of many boxes being ticked on an electronic patient note system.
Extinction Rebellion: the movement of tipping points by Jonathan Gadsby
In the past four years, since the Paris Climate Agreement, the idea of linear effects caused by a linear increase of greenhouse gases has pretty much gone. Climate science is now focused on run-away effects and sudden or exponential change – tipping points.