
Welcome to the Mad in America podcast, a weekly discussion that searches for the truth about psychiatric prescription drugs and mental health care worldwide. Hosted by James Moore, this podcast is part of Mad in America's mission to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care. We believe that the current drug-based paradigm of care has failed our society and that scientific research, as we... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 307 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Mental HealthHealth & FitnessMedicine | |||

Merrick Daniel Pilling is an Associate Professor and Interim Co-Director of the School of Disability Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. He is the author of Queer and Trans Madness: Struggles for Social Justice and the co-editor of Interrogat... more
Dinesh Bhugra is a leading voice in social and cultural psychiatry. He is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at King's College London and has served as president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the British Medical Ass... more
Marianne Apostolides is the award-winning author of eight books, four of which have been translated and published internationally. She is a two-time recipient of the Chalmers Arts Fellowship and winner of the K.M. Hunter Award for Literature. Her boo... more
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Very enlightening conversation. I’ve found compliance model and lack of humility by PHD’s infuriating! Thank you!
Please leave Pleasantville and come spend some time in inpatient psych units across Appalachia, then tell me how we should give less antipsychotics and present a more calming presence instead. Don't fret about the time off you'll need, you'll be singing a different tune in a week or less.
Life-Changing….this organization’s work has been to me. This podcast makes it even more accessible for my disability. Thank you 🙏for doing work that matters, and for seeking (and succeeding) to do it well.
I have texted many episodes to people whose families are told the same “no cure, lifelong medication story” that many doctors follow. This podcast gives alternative views and perspectives and solutions that have helped people I know recover. The focus is on recovery not treatment. Thanks for these podcasts !
This podcast is a salve for people like me who feel alone in the psychiatric journey after spending the past two decades wrestling with medication. I was looking for a show that would serve as both a reference as well as a confidence booster as I try to taper off psychotropic drugs for good. The hosts ask great questions and the carefully curated guests are smart and informative. I love that this show doesn’t undermine the intelligence of its listeners by dumbing down the subject matter. Thank y... more
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The show consistently explores mental health care through critical, human-centered lenses, often challenging the over-reliance on medication and highlighting social, cultural, and political determinants of distress. Across episodes, guests range from clinicians and researchers to authors and people with lived experience, uncovering gaps in conventional care, ethics in research, and alternative care models. Listeners can expect nuanced debates about neurobiology versus narrative approaches, patient advocacy, and practical pathways for reform and recovery that center autonomy, dignity, and community support. A notable strength is the blend of scholarly critique with personal storytelling, offering both rigor and empathy for listeners who seek... more
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