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Decolonizing Psychiatry in Pakistan: A Reckoning with our Colonial Past and a Call for Reconstruction

Mad in America

The diagnostic guidelines we follow are not scripture, and they are definitely not based on unquestionable science. It is an archaic, essentially Western model that believes reality is mechanical and is best understood by breaking it down into its most fundamental parts. 10 Minutes per Patient?

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Mad in Ireland

Mad in America

Hough notes that, while Irelands mental health system has recently started using terms like biopsychosocial model, human rights, and trauma-informed, actual practices remain essentially the same as always. If you use the evidence that supports their treatment, then by definition the purpose is to harm others.