Collective Action Can Lead to Empowerment and Strengthened Relationships
This piece has been written by Micah Ingle and was first published by Mad in America on November 1, 2019 and can be accessed here.
A recent study published in the Journal of Social and Political Psychology examines how involvement in collective political...
#WhatWENeed Campaign (2019)
Inclusion Within Development
A call from TCI Asia Pacific
This post was originally published on the #WhatWENeed Campaign official website on October 20, 2019.
Transforming Communities for...
New Review Finds Lancet Global Mental Health Report Misguided
This piece has been written by Ayurdhi Dhar and was first published by Mad in America on October 11, 2019 and can be accessed here.
A new critical review of the latest Lancet global mental health report finds that while...
Tensions in Mental Health Care in China: An Interview with Zhiying Ma
MIA’s Rebecca Troeger interviews medical anthropologist Zhiying Ma about mental health care in China today, including involuntary hospitalization, tensions between Western psychiatry and more holistic and socially-oriented local frameworks, and opportunities to rethink paradigms of care. This piece was first published by...
UN Expert Calls for Major Shift in Suicide Prevention Efforts on World Mental Health Day
This piece was first published on Mad in America on October 10, 2019 and can be accessed here.
Suicide prevention should
not be addressed by increased prescription of medication, says Dainius Pūras,
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health. In...
COUNTRY REPORT: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka signed the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2016. The Sri Lankan OPDs (Organizations of Persons with Disabilities) have since risen to the occasion with strong advocacy for implementation of laws and policies. However, the right to non-discrimination...
IN PICTURES: Indonesian Mental Health Association Investigation in Central Sulawesi.
This piece, written by Yeni Rosa Damayanti of the Indonesian Mental Health Association, explores the condition of people with psychosocial disability who live in confinement or shackling, during and post disasters in Central Sulawesi.
The protection of those...
Disability and Decolonial Studies Disrupt the Medical Model
This piece has been written by Zenobia Morrill and was first published on Mad in America on August 16, 2019 and can be accessed here.
A new paper challenges concepts used in the mental health field that view people through...
Learning a Different Way: An Interview with Maori Psychiatrist Diana Kopua
This piece has been written by Dr. Ayurdhi Dar, and was first published on Mad in America on July 18, 2019 and can be accessed here.
Diana Kopua’s life resembles the stories she uses in...
New report published by the UN Special rapporteur on health says relationships and social justice are main determinants of mental health
On the 24th of June, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Dr. Dainius Pūras, presented a report examining the multiple ways in which human rights intersect with the determinants of mental health and well-being. The report argues that policy...