NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Listen now to the recording of this mind-provoking disucssion! www.youtube.com/watch?v=atQ3...

New article from myself and colleagues exploring the feasibility of a cluster RCT of Method of Levels therapy delivered by care coordinators in early intervention in #psychosis services. Some promising findings but also some feasibility challenges to address. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Maybe madness is more like wilderness, with a mix of dangers and possibilities....https://recoveryfrompsychosis.org/2026/01/a-conversation-about-madness-mysticism-and-the-reenchantment-of-psychology/

I agree, no line except in many people's imagination. Instead it's a spectrum from experiences that are more clear to more muddled.....

Dolly Sen dismantles psychiatric authority through art activism, exposing the politics of diagnosis and reclaiming the narrative of madness. thepolyphony.org/2026/01/02/d...

A fun new article argues that attempting to understand psychotic experiences takes us way deeper than just trying to treat those having the experiences - "Deviations in the dark. About bats, veterans, visionaries and philosophers" by Wouter Kusters. Free at journal.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/index.php/fi...

Check out this series of free webinars exploring the latest in CBT for psychosis, offered by the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center www.octc.co.uk/the-oxford-c...

Why it matters 👇 👉 Assess trauma and mentalisation together 👉 Look out for neglect, where links are strongest 👉 Use trauma-informed, mentalisation-focused care Full blog: buff.ly/GDRBMbV

Across studies, perceived racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination was linked with psychosis risk in both clinical and non-clinical populations. The message is clear: racism is not just context, it’s a causal factor in mental health inequalities. 👉 Read our blog: buff.ly/EysiuO7

Get CE credit while learning how to facilitate recovery from psychosis! 3 6 hour self-paced courses to choose from, each just $29 till 11/15/25. Subjects are CBT for Psychosis, Trauma Dissociation & Psychosis, and Cultural & Spiritual Issues in Treatment. recoveryfrompsychosis.org/understand-p...

SAVE THE DATE 📅 Wed 10 December 1-2 IMH Lunchtime seminar: Delusion as embodied, affective and relational experience Online and in person bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Great to see this video about the iMAPS-2 trial results of imagery therapy for psychosis below 👇 @sheffielduni.bsky.social @penninecarenhs.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

"Relating positively and openly with voices through dialogue: A talking with voices implementation guide for mental health practitioners" bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Trauma-Informed Care and the PTMF: How Does It Work in Practice? The program reduced self-harm, seclusion, and restraint. Now we have a better idea of how it was able to achieve that goal—and the barriers preventing it from being used more often.

A new study on what might happen when people get support in trying to reduce antipsychotics jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Treatment for psychosis often leaves people feeling trapped, stuck taking drugs they hate and that may do more harm than good in the long term. In a webinar 9/25/25 psychiatrist Helen Speyer explores how to instead support choice, while also managing risk www.eventbrite.com/e/navigating...

Some thoughts and dialogue between me and Mathew Dillon around Madness, Mysticism and Philosophy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcG4...

CBSPp (Cognitive Behavioural Suicide Prevention for psychosis) therapy didn’t outperform usual care overall, but helped high-risk people sooner, boosted wellbeing, and improved perceived social support. What role does social connection play in recovery? Dive into the findings: buff.ly/ZMNVBSx

We need more people talking about this! It's unethical to get people trapped on medication and not give them any assistance in trying to get off when they want, often for very good reasons, to try to do that. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Blogpost #172: Deification as a Risk Factor for AI-Associated Psychosis When AI hype is taken to an extreme, delusional thinking can result. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

this is really it. and the answer is, we would all behave more decently.

Cannabis, psychosis and the structural realities for ethnic minorities buff.ly/lpRKYTP #Cannabis #Psychosis #EthnicMinorities #RiskFactors #BlackMentalHealth #SocialDeterminants 🧵 THREAD

Lived experience perspectives of acceptance and commitment therapy for people with psychosis. "This study aimed to explore participants experiences of acceptance and commitment therapy in daily life, and what they found helpful or unhelpful." www.nationalelfservice.net?p=187245

Join us for an inspiring and practical Mad in America webinar on Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis (CT-R)—a compassionate, strengths-based approach designed to reach those struggling with so-called “negative symptoms” like low motivation and social withdrawal.

When I was in uncertain mental places as a younger person, my biggest fear was that I would be seen through a psychiatric label and no one would try to understand me or find value in what I was saying. · madinamerica.com/2025/06/deps...

I'd like to see a similar survey for users of antipsychotics. I think it's likely they would find similar results. If that could be shown it would be more reason to strive to make any use of antipsychotics as short as possible, when it cannot be avoided. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

🚨 Important new op-ed in @thehill.com by @jjjordynjensen.bsky.social & @viscidula.bsky.social As political leaders push forced psychiatric confinement, the federal government moves to dismantle PAIMI—one of the only safeguards against abuse in psych settings. Read at thehill.com/opinion/heal...

Here's the video of my interview with @donie.bsky.social on the Persuadable Podcast talking about coming out of the rabbit hole of conspiracy theory belief: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxb6...

Self-paced course in CBT for Psychosis, 67% off, just $29.00 till 4/25/25 with 6 CE credits (US) – or free to nonprofessionals. Respectfully help people find ways to handle distressing voices, paranoia, and altered or confused sense of reality. recoveryfrompsychosis.org/cbt-for-psyc...

RADAR trial data showed people recover to their baseline levels of function and symptoms after a relapse, suggesting the hypothesis that relapse is toxic to the brain is incorrect 1/2 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New review article about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for psychosis, for a special issue of PCNA. Co-authored by Daniel Simsion at @latrobeuni.bsky.social www.psych.theclinics.com/article/S019... @myacbs.bsky.social

I often talk about "trama and psychosis" but the real issue is broader, it's the relationship between adverse experience and psychosis. Note that this meta-analysis found that emotional abuse had the highest odds ratio of being linked to psychosis.

Explore how mental health professionals could reduce harmful practices and increase effectiveness, learning from people who have been exposed to their services! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-hope-o...

Do Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Interventions Lead to Schema Change in People With Psychosis? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Article in Psychology Today about the successful project to introduce the Power Threat Meaning Framework approach into London AMH inpatient wards, and the encouraging results. #PTFramework #PTMF www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

The experience and role of dissociation in psychosis following developmental trauma: A systematic review

Otherwise good article on psych drug withdrawal unfortunately suggests that people diagnosed with "schizophrenia" are never able to quit antipsychotics and then do well. But they often can - I know many! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/h...

...and if you want the TL;DR version: medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02...

Exploding Myths About Schizophrenia: Robert Whitaker Interviews Courtenay Harding Harding’s Vermont Longitudinal Study belied conventional wisdom with remarkably good outcomes for people with schizophrenia. buff.ly/b9SPrr3

"Dem sey mi mad": Afro Caribbean Experiences of Psychosis www.nationalelfservice.net?p=213858 #LivedExperience #BlackMentalHealth #Psychosis #Racism #AfroCaribbean #Review #Qualitative

Doug Turkington gave an amazing presentation on how to talk to people with difficult beliefs. I was impressed with both his insight and the humanity he brought to this - hope you check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0o1...

Blogpost #166: Why Do People Believe Things That Aren’t True? The “3 M's” of false belief, and why we resist changing our minds. www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/ps...

A thoughtful, well reasoned vision of what we are likely headed for in the US. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Why is there so much in common between mental breakdowns or psychosis, and creative or spiritual breakthroughs? Some helpful perspectives in this article aeon.co/essays/what-...

As a psychiatrist, I help people understand denial. Denial is not a survival strategy. Its function is to reduce unpleasant feelings that may challenge internal homeostasis. Denial becomes self-destructive if unpleasant emotions, such as fear, signal real dangers that denial makes us ignore.

Vivid images of future harm: The relationship between paranoia, prospective imagery and present moment awareness

What is #psychosis? What causes it and how do people recover? This is a talk I gave, exploring ways of understanding these states of mind and offering hope that people can regain control of their lives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4BP...

This promises to be a mind-stretching series of discussions!