Hypothesising that #Suicide is born out of extreme emotions that cloud the capacity for rational thought and action, psychiatrist/psychotherapist, Konrad Michel uses #NarrativeMedicine to help sufferers keep themselves safe. #AcademicChatter #Medicine #Wellness #Mentalhealth #SelfHelp #Trauma

Walters proves a crucial, critical foundation for a reimagined #Feminism, and thus a modicum of hope. This is a book that we need, right now. #ClimateChange #Wellness #Activism #HumanRights #DiversityEquityInclusion #SystemChange #HealthJustice #Trauma #Injustice #Poverty #Inequity

Micha Frazer-Carroll argues that mental health may be experienced as personal, but it is deeply political. Psychiatric systems are about social control and capitalism and are thus incapable of delivering wellbeing. #Madhistory #MadStudies #Medicine #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Madart #HealthJustice

Philosopher Lisa Bortolotti argues that delusions are beliefs of consequence to the speaker's identity and should be regarded as a form of agency and an opportunity for engagement and collaboration. #Philosophy #MadStudies #Medicine #Stigma #Advocate #Survivor #DisabilityAwareness #Empowerment

Barbara Gordon’s damming indictment of America’s male-dominated psych industry made public the intense sexism in 1970s psychiatry and the casual manner in which highly potent medications were being prescribed. #Medicine #BigPharma #WomeninPsych #Stigma #HealthJustice #Feminism #Trauma #Injustice

THE BYLAW STATE shows how Canadian municipalities have fostered the idea that public space belongs to some but not others, making this ugly concept a reality through evictions and banishment. #Advocate #HumanRights #DiversityEquityInclusion #SystemChange #Trauma #Injustice #Housing #Poverty

British psychiatrist Sami Timimi brought an Iraqi mindset to mental health, and his book shakes things up in other ways as well, troubling ADHD treatment protocols and reminding readers that there is no objective, biological test to identify mental health differences. #Medicine #ADHD #Decolonize

In an intense intimate memoir, Canadian novelist Miriam Toews opens the door to the family heartbreak that fuels much of her fiction, offering insights into loss, literature and what we don’t discuss. #Memoir #Mentalhealth #Stigma #HealingJourney #SelfHelp #Suicide #Caring #Family

In this intimate set of personal essays, Esmé Weijun Wang discusses hallucinations, links between madness and creativity, and what it is like to experience Cotard’s Syndrome, where people believe that they are actually dead. #Madhistory #MadStudies #WomeninPsych #Stigma #Memoir #Family #Madartists

Over July and August Mad Can is posting a selection of analysis, memoir, or prose. Most books are about madness, but there are a few on other progressive subjects. #Madhistory #Survivorculture #Equity #SystemChange #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Medicine #Decolonize #2SLGBTQIA #BIPoC #MadArt

🚨 New Exhibit Alert 🚨 "Childhood Madness" looks at young people's experience in Canadian psychiatric facilities between 1900-1930. Curator: Kira A. Smith Illustrator: Maia Weintrager Explore here: buff.ly/1YPVqpr #publichistory #madstudies #madhistory #CdnHist

The deinstitutionalization/reparative justice approach sees survivors as victims of state-sanctioned violence who are owed a genuine restoration of independence, legal capacity, and community integration. Read about New Brunswick buff.ly/bMOQzi0 Learn about the Reparations Approach buff.ly/5sIDkLL

American sociologist Alexander Leighton and Dr. Jane Murphy compared rates of depression among representative samples of adults from a population in Atlantic Canada – a large epidemiological survey in a field where research is often highly individualized. #Madhistory #CanadianHistory #HistPsych

How often do people in mental health crisis get asked: WHAT MATTERS TO YOU? Social prescribing begins with this question, centering personhood and leaning into the social determinants of health. Learn more: buff.ly/mfdC7Ey and buff.ly/wjqLjRB #AcademicChatter #DiversityEquityInclusion #SystemChange

Be inspired by films from around the world that provide insights into how we can understand life and mental health. All welcome buff.ly/L0zojbU #Madhistory # #Survivorculture #MadStudies #BigPharma #Stigma #Activism #Advocate #Survivor #CallMeCrazy #Documentary #Film #Movie

MICHELLE SRAHA-YEBOAH is a change maker. Her dissertation calls out the limitations of biomedicine and neoliberal logics, arguing for a Black mental healthcare rooted in freedom-making practices and emancipation.#AcademicChatter #SystemChange #DiversityEquityInclusion #HealthJustice #Inequity #BIPoC

CFP: Interrogating Canadian Identities – Les identités canadiennes – une interrogation August 11–13, 2026 at York University, Toronto. In person/online The full English Call for Papers and abstract submission link (late submissions considered): buff.ly/6uzO3uO #AcademicChatter

Yes, it’s possible to argue that accessing MAID is about eligibility, choice and autonomy, but MAID has unmasked the cruel character of our social security net, revealing the impossible choices that our most vulnerable neighbours must make. #DisabilityAwareness #HumanRights #HealthJustice #Inequity

Recent research shows that shared music-making facilitates collaboration and creates a sense of belonging. Visit IAM LAB and learn more about the Physiological Benefits of Protest Songs and much more: buff.ly/XAm7Jrh

Why are we giving long-term care residents antipsychotic drugs when they haven’t even been diagnosed with psychosis? This is a human failure in eldercare being addressed with dangerous psychiatric medication. Shame on Canada. #Institution #Aging #Elders #Medicine #BigPharma #HumanRights #Caring

What happens when psychiatry gives up its power? La Borde was a famous institutional alternative to the psychiatric hospital. Nobody wore uniforms, not doctors, nurses, care aids or patients and patients were permitted to wander the grounds at will. #Madhistory #Institution #HistPsych #MadStudies

The May 30 seminar is titled LIVED EXPERIENCE, SURVIVAL AND THRIVING BEYOND PSYCHIATRY. Join an international panel of activists, artists, educators, scholars and survivors and explore harm, resistance, and the creation of meaningful lives beyond diagnosis. Register: buff.ly/O34y7gi

“Mad Tea isn’t just a conversation; it’s an invitation to rethink history, embrace divergent minds, and take your place in a community where madness speaks for itself.” Tune in this podcast with a difference: buff.ly/aheCsR6 #Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #MadStudies #CallMeCrazy

This ongoing workshop welcomes those with lived experience of carceral mental healthcare or psychiatric treatment and diagnoses to explore Mad counter-narrativity. To register email Jessica Lowell Mason (she/her) at madwomenofwny@gmail.com, with info about your and your interest in the workshop.

The R-Word used to be a common derogatory term. Now it’s back and seemingly normalized. Words matter. The R-word does damage. It is discriminatory. “People should know that the R-word is very very hurtful, in every way,” says Paul Sawka, Awareness Leader at the Canadian Down Syndrome Society.

University of Winnipeg’s Jan DeFehr was a closet critic of the mental health system until she was invited to teach her perspective on mental health. Read DeFehr's A CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH PRIMER and Mad in America interview: buff.ly/SvtVUWV #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #SystemChange #HealthJustice

We are excited to relaunch the Madness Canada / Folie Canada website! Please consider circulating our Canada Helps page or setting up a monthly gift for ongoing impact: buff.ly/TDjvkJz. #Madhistory #Onlinelearning #Survivorculture #HistPsych #MadStudies ##AcademicChatter #Archivetwt #Archive #Museum

The MAD PASTS, MAD PRESENCE CONFERENCE is taking place at the University of Victoria APRIL 28-29, bringing together activists, scholars, artists, and survivors to reflect on the mad movement and its legacies. Eventbrite buff.ly/m4V61mY FREE. In-person spaces limited. Wide open online!

HEL SPANDLER, a Professor of Mental Health, thinks that the important and compassionate question to ask someone in psychic or emotional distress is, “What matters to you?” Hear Hel April 25th: buff.ly/KVFWYbQ #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #Empowerment #DiversityEquityInclusion #HealthJustice

The MAD PASTS, MAD PRESENCE CONFERENCE at the University of Victoria APRIL 28-29, with activists, scholars, artists, and survivors. Register: buff.ly/wj8gcfE This is a FREE EVENT. Spaces are limited for in person but wide open online! #Madhistory #MadStudies #Dishist #AcademicChatter #HealthJustice