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19th May 2019

Since Nadiya Hussain won Bake Off in 2015 she’s rarely been off our screens. But behind the scenes Nadiya suffers...

19th May 2019

David Harewood had a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned in his 20s. David traces his steps, meeting young people living...

19th May 2019

Many voices are not heard in British mental health care (and beyond), significant flaws are overlooked. If you are not satisfied...

19th April 2019

We are gradually uploading older issues of Asylum, which will be available as free downloads. Volume 17 is now online....

18th April 2019

Are you a Lived Experience Practitioner (LXP)? (Mad) Academic? Student? Clinician? Service User? Carer? (more…)

12th April 2019

These 15 videos were created by Elisabeth Svanholmer, Charlie Heriot-Maitland and Rufus May. Filming and editing by John Richardson and his...

11th April 2019

The UK mental healthcare system is deemed by many to be failing its users, and lauded by many more as...

8th April 2019

Rachel Waddingham hears voices. The first time she heard them she was lying in a bed. “You’re so stupid”, “they...

6th March 2019

Helen Spandler recently had the welcome task of reading through every single back issue of Asylum. Here she writes about...

25th February 2019

Written by Laura Lindow in collaboration with Chilli Studios, a Mental Health charity based in Byker. (more…)