Diagnostic Overshadowing Harms Patients With Psychiatric Diagnoses By Richard Sears A systematic review links stigma, stereotypes, and healthcare system pressures to missed physical diagnoses, while raising questions about psychiatric drug-related harms. buff.ly/pVdu1Nj

From Mad in Italy: This article summarizes and expands on the original narrative published at the link above, adapting it to the Italian context and integrating it with updated epidemiological data, clinical reflections, and specific implications for general practice in our country. buff.ly/gqNXP3k

Nobody Told Me to Do This: What It Means to Be a Dissident Psychiatrist By Rupinder Legha, MD The more honestly I have reckoned with my own story—warts and all—the more capable and responsible I have become of understanding the suffering of others. buff.ly/YFlMYVi

Mad in America affiliate, Mad in Norway, is hosting an international film festival from September 24-26 in Lillehammer, Norway. Each week, we will feature a film. This week is In Love with Craziness. buff.ly/KAoiuDp

From Mad in Greece: Jordan Reyne rose to prominence through her distinctly atmospheric and often dark music, which develops through the motifs and themes of Steampunk. buff.ly/VAHnhnH

Unshrunk and Beyond—Important Lessons/Bigger Questions By Richard Lewis It’s very hard to challenge a troubling environment and be a radical activist for social change when you’re consumed with negative thought patterns about being permanently defective and sedated with psych drugs. buff.ly/pqYy3rR

The Tragedy of Morton the Sixth by Arthur Rosenthal I don’t know when my father had his first psychotic break, but by the time I was a small boy he was already diagnosed as schizophrenic and had been in and out of mental hospitals.

Joining us on the Mad in America #podcast is Carla Delgado. Carla discusses her experience of #antidepressant withdrawal and the hurdles created by dealing with a health system that is largely ignorant of withdrawal and tapering.

From Mad in Canada: The following is Irit’s Mad Pasts, Mad Prescence conference talk, as she wrote it: In 1978, when I was 20 years old, I had three big shocks in a row. First, my father, who I lived with, told me he was getting married again and I’d have to move out. buff.ly/90LbViP

Robert Whitaker appears on the Psychophobia #podcast hosted by existential psychoanalyst Dr. Michael Montgomery. #madinamerica #psychiatry #psychology buff.ly/vETXFb4

Where Psychedelics Meet Madness: Intersections, Lessons and a Call for Transformative Research Agendas By Tam Martin Fowles When I had my “psychotic” experience, and for years afterwards, I longed for someone to ask me the kind of questions included in the Ego-Dissolution Inventory. buff.ly/i0YEDX1

Google and other search providers are making it harder than ever for independent publishers to get noticed. That’s why your support is more vital than ever. Join the Mad in America community for just $20 a year or $5 a month and help us continue our mission to rethink psychiatry. buff.ly/JVdUhW8

From Mad in Finland: I don't think I can describe or understand what a paradigm shift in psychiatry should be like and what the reality of a new kind of mental health work should look like as a whole. Such a goal would be impossible for one person and one article. buff.ly/t4CPEJJ

Google and other search providers are making it harder than ever for independent publishers to get noticed. That’s why your support is more vital than ever. Join the Mad in America community for just $20 a year or $5 a month and help us continue our mission to rethink psychiatry. buff.ly/JVdUhW8

Psychiatric Inpatient Safety Risks Driven by Systemic and Environmental Factors, Review Finds By Richard Sears A systematic review of inpatient settings shows that staffing, communication, and hospital environments play a major role in patient safety incidents. buff.ly/gyWFts2

An Attorney Goes Public—My Experience of Misdiagnosis, Damaging Drugs, and Lack of Informed Consent By Ellen Lubensky True informed consent means having a transparent conversation about the risks of a psychiatric medication before physical dependency results. buff.ly/WZV7HqT

From Mad in the Netherlands: From approximately age 35, women's sex hormone levels decline, specifically estrogen and progesterone (Mosconi, 2024 – The Menopause Brain). buff.ly/OFegg8k

Researchers Caution Against Emerging Risks as AI Use in Mental Health Grows By Richard Sears New research highlights concerns about emotional dependency, privacy, racial bias, and the growing role of AI companions in psychological support. www.madinamerica.com/2026/06/rese...

Our Mad in America affiliate, Mad in Norway, is hosting an international film festival from September 24-26 in Lillehammer, Norway. Each week, we will feature a film. This week is Life After You. buff.ly/lMSnJQX

On Alienation and the Chimeric Promise of Neuro-Identitarianism By Joe Cottrell-Boyce As provision of basic needs continues to atrophy, resistance takes an individualised, myopic form, dissipating collective pressure that might otherwise demand the system be fixed. buff.ly/7RoC6Vf

On Psychological Abuse: How The System Twisted My Pleas For Help by Natalie Rose

From Mad in Sweden: In a new report, the Swedish Medical Products Agency expresses concern about the sharp increase in ADHD diagnoses in Sweden. buff.ly/ygMiuV4

Mad in Norway: This year's "Hamar Dialogues" was the second time in Mad in Norway's history. The gathering took place at the Hamar Scandic Hotel, and the participant list had grown by a whole school class since last year, now reaching 84 people. buff.ly/UnP2sT9

The Mental Health Crisis We’re Not Naming by Karine Bell Sometimes overwhelm is an appropriate response to what’s happening around us. And sometimes healing requires not just self-regulation, but reconnection to collective life, collective care, and collective action. buff.ly/52QE1vQ

The Call for Art! Mad in Norway is seeking submissions for a digital Art Exhibit to be displayed between films throughout the Mad in Norway International Film Festival on September 24 to 26, 2026 in Lillehammer, Norway. The call is be open for one month, starting today! #artheals buff.ly/ZOf60JI

From Mad in Mexico: Originally published in: Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society. Translation by the editorial team of Mad in Mexico. This essay addresses several debates around "borderline personality disorder (BPD)” . buff.ly/Wtl96a3

Economists conclude that the Dutch government could save billions by reimbursing tapering strips to help patients safely discontinue prescription medications such as antidepressants. By Peter Groot, PhD

New Research Challenges the Logic of Coercion in Psychiatry By Richard Sears Recent studies examine long-term harms of psychiatric detention, ward environments as a major driver of coercive interventions, and why some staff are more likely to support coercive practices. buff.ly/BenbLBR

Our Mad in America affiliate, Mad in Norway, is hosting an international film festival from September 24-26 in Lillehammer, Norway. Each week, we will feature a film. This week is Life After You. #madintheworld buff.ly/5cpwrnt

Surviving Psychiatry’s ‘Help’ By G.T.O.

Mad in the UK: Some people weren’t taught safety, so they learnt surveillance, which often makes them the most perceptive people in the room. Do you seem to notice things before anyone else? The almost imperceptible tightening around the eyes of the man across the table. buff.ly/SYVSzgt

On our #podcast we are joined by novelist and neuropsychologist Jussi Valtonen. He talks about his research on Finnish narrative medicine groups, where clinicians described experiences of wonder, connection, mercy, and renewed attention to human complexity. www.madinamerica.com/2026/06/juss...

From Mad in Deutschland: It all started in October 2018 in the quiet, academic atmosphere of Leipzig. I was there to do my doctorate – a dream I had worked towards for years. But after my return from a research stay in China, the retreat of my home began to dissolve. buff.ly/6Di2qQX

Robert Whitaker appears on the Psychophobia #podcast hosted by existential psychoanalyst Dr. Michael Montgomery. #madinamerica #psychiatry #psychology open.substack.com/pub/psychoph...

Beyond Medication: What England’s Experience Can Teach Us About Psychosis Care By Alison Brabban For over 20 years, NICE in England has recommended that people experiencing psychosis should be offered psychological therapy—not simply medication alone. buff.ly/RcTw3iG

LAST CHANCE! Join us Tuesday, June 9, at 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT, 5:00pm GMT, 7:00pm CEST for a special webinar, Empowering the Silenced: Trauma-Focused Therapy for Psychosis, hosted by Ron Unger. #mentalhealth #therapy Register here:

Maternal Antidepressant Use Linked to Abnormal Fetal Brain Development By Richard Sears New research shows distinct structural changes in utero, while revealing the placenta's possible role in buffering against reduced brain volume. www.madinamerica.com/2026/06/mate...

Poem of the Week: The Voice by Nicola Clare Follow the link for the text and a spoken-word rendition of the poem: buff.ly/kimNrrR

Song of the Week: Night of the Hunter by Thirty Seconds to Mars

Featured Artwork: Deceived by Michelle I You can view our art gallery and submit your own work here: buff.ly/w9sAa0u

From Mad in Portugal: A pathologized childhood is ultimately the uncomfortable mirror of a culture that has lost the meaning of the human. Contemporary children run the risk of becoming protagonists of the strangest anthropological experience of late modernity. buff.ly/xFUULyK

Approving a Drug for Children and Adolescents That Is More Likely to Induce Suicidality Than Relieve Anxiety Is Concerning By Martin Plöderl, PhD buff.ly/aaEbv2M

What’s in a Label? New Studies Explore How People Talk About Disability and Mental Health By Richard Sears Emerging research suggests that debates over person-first and identity-first language cannot be resolved with a one-size-fits-all approach, as preferences differ. buff.ly/maXhOMD

Mad in Norway, is hosting an international film festival from September 24-26 in Lillehammer, Norway. Each week, we will feature a film. This week is Love and Mercy. This film portrays the life of Brian Wilson, the brilliant composer behind the band The Beach Boys. buff.ly/kIiiTzp

New Device for PTSD Being Sold to Veterans—No Evidence Provided to the Public by Peter Simons on the Mad in America Substack Neither the FDA nor Neurovalens have provided the results from the clinical trial of the device showing how well the device works or its risks. buff.ly/l1kG1kI

Reconstructing 20+ Years of Psychiatric Treatment Through Medical Records by Jules Jones

Mad in Slovenia: The prevailing information available to people from official Slovenian medicine and the media portrays antidepressants as very safe medications. At the margins of the mainstream, however, a more complete picture does occasionally emerge. buff.ly/MVLjJJF

Fiona Frenzen joins us to talk of her experiences of healing from #antidepressant withdrawal and how moving to Iceland had a powerful effect on her health and wellbeing. "Things can heal, because that's the only thing our body wants. That's what it does, and it takes time."

A Tribute to Diana Rose By Ayurdhi Dhar Diana Rose recently passed away and I remember her for her brutal honesty, her path-breaking work in service-user led research, and sadly, her pain. buff.ly/e5gJnri

EVENT NEXT WEEK! Join us Tuesday, June 9, at 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT, 5:00pm GMT, 7:00pm CEST for a special webinar, Empowering the Silenced: Trauma-Focused Therapy for Psychosis, hosted by Ron Unger. #mentalhealth #therapy Register here: