Mad in America

JUNE 9, 2025

This deep divide is not merely theoretical: it plays out in clinical settings, within healthcare systems, and in the lived experience of those seeking support. This asymmetry between psychiatry and psychology is further exacerbated by enduring forms of coloniality in global mental health systems.

Poverty and mental health

Mad in America

JANUARY 25, 2025

R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. South African allocates only 5% of its annual health budget to mental health, placing it at the bottom of international benchmarks of government spend on psychological well-being.

Poverty and mental health

Mad in America

APRIL 24, 2024

His critiques advocate for a more nuanced and compassionate approach to psychiatry, one that recognizes the importance of individual patient stories and the socio-cultural dimensions of mental health. In this interview, Kleinman explores critical issues facing modern healthcare. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

Global mental health

Mad in America

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Accounting for Mental Disorder: Time for a Paradigm Shift Allan Leventhal, author of Grifting Depression: Psychiatrys Failure as a Medical Science, writes that Ten years ago the WHO called for a paradigm shift in mental health care. That has not happened.

Genetics and mental health