From poverty and migration to psychosis and spiritual experience, Bhugra argues for a psychiatry humble enough to recognize that suffering takes different forms in different worlds.

Many people feel that antidepressants block their true emotions, but they don’t have guidance about how to get off these drugs.

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Exclusive: Luxury aircraft owned by property tycoon close to US president’s family has twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv

A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945

Mental Health Reform rebuts psychiatry's claims that "do not accurately reflect" its position

A new qualitative study reveals the emotional and physical toll of psychiatric drug withdrawal—and the lack of professional support available to those trying to stop.

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Prospectus proposes forced displacement of entire population and puts territory into US trusteeship A plan circulating in the White House to develop the “Gaza Riviera” as a string of high-tech megacities has been dismissed as an “insane” attempt to provide cover for the large-scale ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian territory’s population. The Washington Post published on Sunday a leaked prospectus for the plan, which would see the forced displacement of Gaza’s entire population of 2 million people, and put the territory into a US trusteeship for at least a decade. Continue reading...

More than 200 refugee groups, charities and unions sign letter calling for action after weeks of protests outside asylum hotels * UK politics live – latest updates More than 200 refugee organisations, charities and trade unions have signed an open letter calling on Britain’s political leaders to end “pernicious and insidious currents” of racism and hatred that underpin a slew of anti-migrant protests. The letter, coordinated by the campaign coalition Together With Refugees, has been signed by organisations including Amnesty International UK, City of Sanctuary UK, Care for Calais, Doctors of the World, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, Freedom from Torture, Islamic Relief, Oxfam, the Public and Commercial Services Union, Refugee Action and Safe Passage. Continue reading...

Standing in front of the mirror, i wonder, “what outfit should i wear for scanning my psychiatric records at the local library?” the choice is obvious. i reach for my Sinead O’onnor t-shirt. a sense o...

The current discussion on the reform of the Mental Health Act in Ireland is quite disappointing. Not because of its outcome (although that most certainly will add to this feeling), but because it rein...

The Patriots for Europe, a new far-right force in Brussels, has won the right to lead the European Parliament’s 2040 climate target discussions.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion on July 3, 2025, that countries must protect the climate system as part of their human rights obligations under the American Convention on Hu...

When Hurricane Irma devastated the region in 2017, it paved the way for the Antigua-based administration to make good on its intent to turn Barbuda into a millionaires’ playground

Ben de Pear hits out at ‘PR person’ Tim Davie and claims the corporation attempted to use legal gagging clauses The producer of a film about medics in Gaza that was dropped by the BBC has accused the corporation of attempting to gag him and others over its decision not to show the documentary. The programme, Gaza: Doctors under Attack, finally broadcast on Channel 4 on Wednesday night, recounts how hospitals in the territory have been overwhelmed, bombed and raided. Medics also recount being detained and make claims of being tortured. It had originally been due to run on the BBC. Continue reading...

Compassion is not just a moral imperative—it is a neurobiological necessity for healing and well-being. Unlike coercion, which activates the body’s defensive systems and reinforces disconnection, comp...

If forced treatment amounts to torture, how can it legally - and morally - be retained?

In all the debate about the Mental Health Act, it is troubling that the discussion has been among doctors and commentators — and not those directly impacted, write Jennifer Hough and Liam MacGabhann

In all the debate about the Mental Health Act, it is troubling that the discussion has been among doctors and commentators — and not those directly impacted, write Jennifer Hough and Liam MacGabhann

Muhammad Al Muhammad called a hero after helping to halt train station attack in which 18 people were injured A 19-year-old Syrian refugee in Germany has been hailed as a hero after he pinned down an assailant at Hamburg’s main railway station, helping to halt an attack in which 18 people were injured. Police on Friday said a 39-year-old German woman had been arrested at the scene of the attack and that she was believed to be in a state of psychological distress. The 18 people injured were later reported to all be in stable condition, while the woman was placed in psychiatric care. Continue reading...

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Psychiatry should not be in sole charge of youth mental health

A week after Reform cleans up at the local elections, the prime minister decides it’s time to ‘take back control’

The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.

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Power is invested in one profession - psychiatry

Rethinking mental health in Ireland: Why not a Trieste-style

Podcast Episode · The Human Rights Podcast · 05/03/2025 · 49m

Seven people have been arrested over ‘horrific’ death of Sam Nordquist, 24. A similar case in Wyoming once helped fuel the LGBTQ+ rights movement A body discarded in a field. Cold weather. Signs of torture. So far, seven people have been charged with…

Former top Trump adviser Steve Bannon denies making Nazi salute at CPAC and says Jordan Bardella is "unworthy to lead France".