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2023 in Review: A Paradigm Shift Is Underway by Robert Whitaker Our growing community is eager to change the narrative of psychiatry. And that is how paradigm shifts occur: the collective voice for radical change grows ever louder. madinamerica.com/2023/12/2023-i…

@H2OhTwist @randompammit I wrote to Dr Ian Carroll after he published this because I was so excited to see someone actively looking for spinal CSF leaks. I had already recovered by then. In Series 2 Episode 6 of HeadsUp Podcast, I explain my experiences and recovery from a spontaneous spinal CSF leak.

There is no 'world drug problem' Don't collude with this nonsense We have a world drug policy problem that has been caused by ideologically driven 'drug' prohibition that has peddled propaganda, misinformation & lies Expose it Challenge it #WeAreAllDrugUsers

Global Mental Health is Heading into a Rights-Based Era Rights-based approaches to mental healthcare are creating a culture of zero-tolerance for coercion in #globalmentalhealth By Samantha Lilly #humanrights #mentalhealth #coercion #psychiatry madinamerica.com/2023/12/global…

Plotting a Research Path to a New Model of Mental Health Care There needs to be interdisciplinary research on #humanrights and social determinants of health. By Kelli Grant #mentalhealth #psychiatry #psychology madinamerica.com/2023/11/plotti…

Both the @WHO and the @UN have urged that psychiatry’s biomedical model be replaced by one that centers on human rights, with an understanding that social determinants—poverty, race, violence, and environment—are factors that greatly influence mental well-being.

A refocus on the necessity of inclusive foundations.