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Peer Support and Resistance: Becky Brasfield’s Vision for Mental Health Justice

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B ecky Brasfield has emerged as a formidable advocate for change in the complex landscape of mental health care.A She has been a fellow with both the IL Care and HSRI Behavioral Health Policy programs and was appointed Commissioner of the Southeast Expanded Mental Health Services Program.

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The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview with Laurence Kirmayer

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His critiques extend to how psychiatric categories reflect colonial histories and obscure social causes , as well as how attempts to localize mental health interventions may still impose Western norms. Most of what we do depends on our more complex mental faculties, and those faculties are, at their core, social.

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2024

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Subscribers get free access to all Mad in America content and webinar events. However, the NIMHs tight focus on funding genetic research has also prevented the exploration of the known psychological causes of schizophrenia, such as the impact of trauma, isolation, and poverty. A groundbreaking study led by Rachel E.

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New WHO Guidance Calls for Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Policy

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O n March 25, the World Health Organization published a 44-page document, Guidance on Mental Health Policy and Strategic Action Plans , that reflects the ongoing work of global activists who have fought for a paradigm shift in mental health. This is not just another event. Its a call to action.

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Lessons from a Global Psychiatric Conference: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated

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The theme of the conference was public mental health. It was a star-studded event, with prominent figures from world psychiatry in attendance. Elites of the global mental health movement such as Vikram Patel were also present and so were eminent Indian psychiatrists, especially from public sector teaching hospitals.