The Power Threat Meaning Framework

June in Review. Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com #MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice

The way we understand psychological suffering wasn't inevitable. It has a history—and that history can be questioned. Join me for this @dropthedisorder workshop on the 21st, part of a new series exploring diagnosis, psychiatry & the medicalisation of distress. Details below!

This is libel. None of the #PTMFramework authors have or have had any affiliations, links, joint publications or contact of any kind with Scientology or CCHR @UKDCP @BPSOfficial

Why therapy harm is so difficult to report By Lucinda Brocklehurst madintheuk.com/2026/07/why-th… #MentalHealth #Therapy #clientsafety #Psychotherapy #Counselling #TherapyHarm

How can football management help people who hear voices? By Rufus May and Kate Quinn madintheuk.com/2026/07/how-ca… #HearingVoices #MentalHealth #TraumaInformed #Psychology

June in Review. Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com #MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice

July's Stolen Lives Support Group welcomes Dr Cathy Wield. Date: 6th July, 5-6PM (GMT) Book your spot here: buytickets.at/antidepressant…

I am sharing this here just to counter the demoralisation one can accumulate from listening to the ideological, defensive and often close-minded psychiatrists on this platform. In the broader world, many clinicians are open to learning about safe deprescribing, and issues with antidepressants prescribing. This is a letter sent by the chief medical director and medicines optimisation team of an ICB in England in response to webinars I delivered to hundreds of their prescribers.

June in Review. Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com #MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice

On Alienation and the Chimeric Promise of Neuro-Identitarianism By Joe Cottrell-Boyce madintheuk.com/2026/06/on-ali… #MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #Psychiatry #SystemicTherapy #SocialPolicy #Neurodiversity #ADHD #Autism #LateCapitalism

Neurodiversity moves us from being "disordered" to "differently wired," but has this meaningfully moved us away from the medical model of psychiatry? In my latest @PsychToday article, I ask whether neurodiversity gets it wrong. psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-be…

New facebook group: Critical Counsellors Collective By James Barnes madintheuk.com/2026/06/new-fa… #CriticalCounsellorsCollective #Counselling #Psychotherapy #MentalHealth #CriticalPsychology

Switzerland is the 18th country to show an interest in the #PTMFramework and invite workshops and lectures. There are now 7 translations of the PTMF documents. A common response is surprise and envy that we can make these critiques in the UK - even if there is resistance #PTMF

The #PTMFramework reaches Switzerland! Dr Lucy Johnstone did a workshop and an evening talk at the invitation of Lucerne University #PTMF

‘Calling Out the Root Causes of Loneliness’ - Philosopher Jordan Reyne unpicks the ideas that persuade us to see the problem in ourselves. madintheuk.com/2026/06/callin… via @MITUKTeam Follow her podcast!

In the more tedious regions of X, we're still hearing outrage that "some people deny that mental illness exists". To be clear, no one denies the reality of acute & deeply debilitating suffering - what's debated is the value or otherwise of framing it in psychiatric terms...

A former NHS psychiatrist survived SSRI withdrawal, akathisia, and life-threatening suicidality—and then was harmed again by his own profession after he spoke up to help others be well informed. “The profession was utilising its unique power – the power to diagnose and deem someone mentally unstable – to undermine his credibility as a critic.” --Dr. Peter Gordon Experts by experience, and lived experiences, are not anecdotes. madintheuk.com/2026/06/former…

Aligning mental health problems with medical conditions is both incoherent and problematic, as illustrated by Aftab's recent piece. Here is my short blog explaining why. joannamoncrieff.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/why…. @awaisaftab

Landmark ECT Therapy Case Settled Out of Court in the USA. Two women who suffered long term harms from ECT sued psychiatrists and a hospital. Many more legal cases are being prepared. psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psychi…

New short article about Dr. Awais Aftab's deprescribing blog: "Philosophising is Fun When You Don't Have Akathisia." Link below 👇