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Jennifer Hough

@jenniferhaw.bsky.social

Social justice & human rights. Once was a journalist.

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Mad in America@mad-in-america.bsky.social · last mo.

Dinesh Bhugra, former chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, features in the #Channel4 documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?”. He recently spoke with us for the Mad in America #podcast. Listen/read here: buff.ly/VDylQY7 #adhd #channel4 #neurodiversity

The West Doesn’t Have All the Answers: An Interview with Dinesh Bhugra

From poverty and migration to psychosis and spiritual experience, Bhugra argues for a psychiatry humble enough to recognize that suffering takes different forms in different worlds.

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)@glanlaw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨In January 2024, Barbudan land defender, fisherman and tour guide George Jeffery & GLAN started a legal battle with Antiguan-based Development and Control Authority (DCA) over the approval of a controversial private development complex of luxury villas🧵

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Jennifer Hough@jenniferhaw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Ireland’s leading mental health advocacy group has been compelled to rebut a letter sent by the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (CPsychI) to lawmakers correcting what it deemed to be a series of inaccurate misrepresentations... madinireland.com/2025/11/ment...

Mental Health Reform rebuts psychiatry's claims that "do not accurately reflect" its position - Mad in Ireland

Mental Health Reform rebuts psychiatry's claims that "do not accurately reflect" its position

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Mad in America@mad-in-america.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A new qualitative study from Trinity College Dublin reveals the emotional and physical toll of psychiatric drug withdrawal—and the lack of professional support available to those trying to stop. www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/the-...

“The Stuff of Demonic Nightmares”: People Describe Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs

A new qualitative study reveals the emotional and physical toll of psychiatric drug withdrawal—and the lack of professional support available to those trying to stop.

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing

Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing

Prospectus proposes forced displacement of entire population and puts territory into US trusteeship A plan circulating in the White House to develop the “Gaza Riviera” as a string of high-tech megacities has been dismissed as an “insane” attempt to provide cover for the large-scale ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian territory’s population. The Washington Post published on Sunday a leaked prospectus for the plan, which would see the forced displacement of Gaza’s entire population of 2 million people, and put the territory into a US trusteeship for at least a decade. Continue reading...

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

UK party leaders urged to end ‘pernicious currents’ of hatred fuelling anti-migrant protests

UK party leaders urged to end ‘pernicious currents’ of hatred fuelling anti-migrant protests

More than 200 refugee groups, charities and unions sign letter calling for action after weeks of protests outside asylum hotels * UK politics live – latest updates More than 200 refugee organisations, charities and trade unions have signed an open letter calling on Britain’s political leaders to end “pernicious and insidious currents” of racism and hatred that underpin a slew of anti-migrant protests. The letter, coordinated by the campaign coalition Together With Refugees, has been signed by organisations including Amnesty International UK, City of Sanctuary UK, Care for Calais, Doctors of the World, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, Freedom from Torture, Islamic Relief, Oxfam, the Public and Commercial Services Union, Refugee Action and Safe Passage. Continue reading...

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Jennifer Hough@jenniferhaw.bsky.social · last yr.

Evocative blog piece today about the on-going trauma associated with mental health treatment: Counter archiving “mental health records” madinireland.com/2025/08/coun... via @Mad_In_Ireland

Counter archiving “mental health records” - Mad in Ireland

Standing in front of the mirror, i wonder, “what outfit should i wear for scanning my psychiatric records at the local library?” the choice is obvious. i reach for my Sinead O’onnor t-shirt. a sense o...

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sahouraxo@sarahabdallah.bsky.social · last yr.

“I truly hope that people understand what’s happening.” “I’m a UN pro bono official — I’m not even paid. Yet suddenly I’m a threat to the global economy. Why? Because I asked big tech to comply with international law and stop profiteering from genocide.” — Francesca Albanese

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Jennifer Hough@jenniferhaw.bsky.social · last yr.

Really important piece from János Fiala-Butora of @uniofgalway.bsky.social re mental health reform: Mental health debate in Ireland is reinforcing old clichés to allow forced treatment madinireland.com/2025/07/ment...

Mental health debate in Ireland is reinforcing old clichés to allow forced treatment - Mad in Ireland

The current discussion on the reform of the Mental Health Act in Ireland is quite disappointing. Not because of its outcome (although that most certainly will add to this feeling), but because it rein...

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Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · last yr.

Roughly 98% of people crossing the channel seek asylum, and the vast majority get it. The main reason for them doing so is because they have existing ties to the UK, although these may not, on paper, be strong enough to count directly for family reunification. 2/

Richard Pearshouse@richardpearshouse.bsky.social · last yr.

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 The Inter-American Court of Human Right’s long-anticipated Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency + Human Rights was released last week: Countries need to adopt concrete, science-based measures to progressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels, agriculture + deforestation

Inter-American Court Says Countries Must Prevent Climate Harms

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion on July 3, 2025, that countries must protect the climate system as part of their human rights obligations under the American Convention on Hu...

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Jennifer Hough@jenniferhaw.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to the Simon Cumbers media fund for funding this trip to Barbuda to highlight how the island is being exploited for private profit against the wishes of local people. Thanks also to @glanlaw.bsky.social and all of the people who assisted and spoke to me www.irishtimes.com/world/americ...

‘Colonisation 2.0’: inhabitants of unspoilt Caribbean island Barbuda push back against Robert De Niro-linked development

When Hurricane Irma devastated the region in 2017, it paved the way for the Antigua-based administration to make good on its intent to turn Barbuda into a millionaires’ playground

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Gaza film’s producer accuses BBC of trying to gag him over decision to drop it

Gaza film’s producer accuses BBC of trying to gag him over decision to drop it

Ben de Pear hits out at ‘PR person’ Tim Davie and claims the corporation attempted to use legal gagging clauses The producer of a film about medics in Gaza that was dropped by the BBC has accused the corporation of attempting to gag him and others over its decision not to show the documentary. The programme, Gaza: Doctors under Attack, finally broadcast on Channel 4 on Wednesday night, recounts how hospitals in the territory have been overwhelmed, bombed and raided. Medics also recount being detained and make claims of being tortured. It had originally been due to run on the BBC. Continue reading...

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Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · last yr.

"Tougher border policies" have been shown for years to force more people into more dangerous irregular routes. With scrapping the Afghan Resettlement Scheme Labour has shown it's not serious about reducing channel crossings. If it was it would be implementing safer and simpler routes to seek asylum.

Zoe Gardner@zoejardiniere.bsky.social · last yr.

Me for Metro: The crucial point is deterrence & border violence has never & will never work We need safe routes & the right to work legally for asylum seekers - IT IS SCREAMINGLY OBVIOUS But pressure might be working, we must press harder than ever for a humane policy💪 metro.co.uk/2025/07/02/a...

Jennifer Hough@jenniferhaw.bsky.social · last yr.

Beyond control: Why compassion, not coercion, is the path to healing suffering madinireland.com/2025/07/beyo... via @Mad_In_Ireland

Beyond control: Why compassion, not coercion, is the path to healing suffering - Mad in Ireland

Compassion is not just a moral imperative—it is a neurobiological necessity for healing and well-being. Unlike coercion, which activates the body’s defensive systems and reinforces disconnection, comp...

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Jennifer Hough@jenniferhaw.bsky.social · last yr.

"A right to choice should be enshrined in legislation, and requisite funding must be put into things like family work, peer support, peer-run grassroots organisations, community development, non-medical crisis houses and open dialogue." www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Psychiatry cannot be allowed to dominate debate on Mental Health Act

In all the debate about the Mental Health Act, it is troubling that the discussion has been among doctors and commentators — and not those directly impacted, write Jennifer Hough and Liam MacGabhann

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