17th May- International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. In almost 80 countries around the world, loving someone of the same sex is still considered illegal, at times involving lifetime imprisonment and, in nine countries, it is even punishable by death! And in many more countries still, citizens are denied their right to live according to their preferred gender identity. Read more
I listened to a very interesting interview on Madness Radio recently entitled ‘Beyond Biological Reductionism’ (Click Here). The interview was with Raymond Tallis, a neurologist, philosopher, poet, Academy of Medical Sciences Fellow, and author – among others- of Why the Mind is Not a Computer and Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity. Read more
I watched ‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’ last night…I first watched the film in the late 1980s when I was at University in Greece…the film came out in 1975 and was an adaptation of a book that was written in the early 1960s…I had forgotten how brilliantly powerful this film is…a timeless indictment of psychiatric oppression and abuse of power… Read more
Asylum magazine is looking for images of artwork for publication. Asylum magazine is a forum for free debate, open to anyone with an interest in psychiatry or mental health. We especially welcome contributions from service users or ex-users or survivors of psychiatry (www.asylummagazine.org). Read more
I read Andy McNicoll’s Mad World blog on the Community Care website regularly. One of his latest posts is entitled ‘20 commandments for mental health workers’; the commandments were put together by Twitter user @nurse_w_glasses, a community mental health nurse. Read more
