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Pretty please? We'd all love to not get murdered!

New work envisions the “positive project” of an abolitionist public healthcare system.

In the DC, there is no better tool to overcome the constant threat of death than equanimity. Meditation was my antidote to hopelessness.

New Hampshire plans to spend another $2 million to try to alleviate long waiting lists for mental health services and the housing of some people in crisis in hospital emergency departments.

The doctor is calling. She says to you, without saying, tell me what I want to hear, verify the hastiness of all my generalizations, the quick imprecise diagnoses and the bias-based confirmations,

Bill Sutherland took a plea deal for a crime he says he didn't commit. Almost two decades later, he was still being held in a psych unit.

Ted Chabasinski, patients' rights advocate, tells the story of meeting with four children, locked up in a psychiatric hospital.

Imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital for three years and considered "psychotic" because the doctors thought he was someone else.

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Psychiatry and Your Legal Rights An interview with James Gottstein.   The following interview is part of a “future of mental health” interview series that will be running for 100+ days. This series presents different points of view about what helps a person in distress. I’ve aimed ...

Psychiatrists critique surprise medical billing practices for involuntary psychiatric treatment that can cause financial ruin.