#madstudies

[goodgriefgoodlife]

five interesting readings i did this week 📚

Chapman, R. (2020). The reality of autism: On the metaphysics of disorder and diversity. Philosophical Psychology, 33(6), 799–819. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2020.1751103

Eco, U. (2015). How to Write a Thesis. The MIT Press.

Green, J., & Shaughnessy, N. (2023). Autistic phenomenology: past, present, and potential future. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1287209

O’Halloran, L., Coey, P., & Wilson, C. (2022). Suicidality in autistic youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 93, 102144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102144

Molina, N., Viola, M., Rogers, M., Ouyang, D., Gang, J., Derry, H., & Prigerson, H. G. (2019). Suicidal Ideation in Bereavement: A Systematic Review. Behavioral Sciences, 9(5), 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9050053

[hexaflexageek]

When Google gets confused and irrelevant. Fire ants and mad studies aren't connected in any useful way. #mad #madstudies #fireant #google #irrelevant #confused #silly #mentalhealth #mentalhealthblogger #mentalhealthwarrior #research #academic #study #wrong #lost https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjEbXYhJu0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jicuanvom9zl

[blobthing]

#theatre skills: "Show me your #happy face!" Not sure it's an Oscar winning performance. But it's definitely not as scary as I used to be. It's a day being ill at home rather than using my #multipass ticket for the film festival. Frustrating. I'm sure reading about #schizophrenia and the Nazis (and others pre-Holocaust when #eugenics was popular in the UK and USA too) has helped my mood. Quarter of a million killed who were diagnosed. Also been reading on misuse of psychiatric meds, and moved onto #madstudies. About to settle in with a book about antidepressants. I'd rather be well enough to go see movies. As for me, I'm coming off my meds. Soon. Slowly. #happyface #smile #smilefail #smileface

[madsoc-ca-blog]

Our latest newsletter is out! New database, forum, and more!

[madsoc-ca-blog]

A central part of the history of survivor advocacy and alternatives.

“Vancouver’s MPA (Mental Patients Association) was formed in 1970-71 as a grassroots response to deinstitionalization and tragic gaps in community mental health. Inverting traditional mental health hierarchies, the group put former patients and sympathetic lay supporters in charge. MPA provided homes, work and a sense of belonging and self-determination to ex-patients.

Working collaboratively with academic scholars and talented young artists and film-makers, a group of early MPA members created this 36-minute documentary. Provocative, passionate and engaging, our film has something important to say about social justice, community-building and mental health today.”

[whythedarkness]

Great case for the new thinking required in mental health