Mad in America

JULY 26, 2025

Taken together, these decisions funnel public dollars away from community support and rights protection, and accelerate the drumbeat towards reinstitutionalization. The megabill will result in the poorest Americans losing access to healthcare and food assistance, beginning in December 2026. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

Healthcare

Lightwork

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Importance of Community in Women’s Wellness Women thrive in supportive communities where shared experiences create powerful bonds of understanding and healing. At LightWork, we’ve seen how community support can transform lives through our partnership with SHE RECOVERS Community.

Resilience and coping

Mad in America

JULY 17, 2024

Many of these programs don’t even take insurance, so well-off families pay cash, making them the true clients. However, there’s another aspect of freedom, which involves ensuring that people have the capacities and resources, such as education, healthcare, and safety, to act freely.

Poverty and mental health

Mad in America

AUGUST 3, 2024

Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. For Illich, the iatrogenesis of modern medicine is clinical when harm to individuals results specifically from medical treatment.

Genetics and mental health