Psychiatric power a personal view

A paper presented as a poster in a IEPA conference in 2006. The abstract was been published in a special issue of Schizophrenia Research. Prodromal_States_and_Psychosis

Posted on Mad In America blog on 5th March 2012

A PhD dissertation that seeks to examine the validity of the justification commonly offered for a coercive psychiatric intervention, namely that the intervention was in the ‘best interests’ of the subject and/or that the subject posed a danger to others. Gerry Roche_PhD Dissertation_Volume 1_Feb 2012 Gerry Roche_PhD Dissertation_Volume 2_Feb 2012

Redler We All Go Astray An earlier version was given at the celebration of the 40 th anniversary of the Philadelphia Association (founded by RD Laing), but this paper was for presentation at “Madness, Citizenship & Social Justice: A Human Rights Conference”, held at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in June, 2008.

Communities, Madness and Globalisation Philip Thomas [1611 words] I’m grateful for the opportunity to speak in support and solidarity with Occupy London’s achievements in drawing attention to matters that are fundamentally important for every single one of us. In this brief contribution I want to do three things: briefly outline what critical psychiatry is, then

Occupy the Madness, Tent City, St. Pauls, London. January 15 th 2012. I bring you greetings from Sherwood Forest, the home of Robin Hood! I guess I am here in my role as an NHS psychiatrist. Psychiatry is variously depicted, often demonised and generally opaque. What I want to do is tell you a little

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Diagnosis and treatment