Mad in America (website)

Mad in America is a webzine dedicated to critical perspectives on modern psychiatry.[1] It was founded in 2012 by Robert Whitaker, who also publishes the site. Whitaker founded the Mad in America website in response to the positive reactions to his books Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic.[2] Its mission statement originally stated,

Mad in America’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad). We believe that the current drug-based paradigm of care has failed our society, and that scientific research, as well as the lived experience of those who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, calls for profound change.[3]

Mad in America
Available inEnglish
Founded2012
HeadquartersCambridge, Massachusetts,
United States
URLMad in America

The site has been described as "one important umbrella site for critical engagements with psychiatry" and an example of "active groups and actors with a history of providing robust commentary on the DSM" by Martyn Pickersgill in the Journal of Medical Ethics.[4]

References
  1. Double, Duncan B. (February 2019). "Twenty years of the Critical Psychiatry Network". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 214 (2): 61–62. doi:10.1192/bjp.2018.181. ISSN 0007-1250. PMID 30681051.
  2. Rosenberg, Samuel J.; Rosenberg, Jessica (2017-07-06). Community Mental Health: Challenges for the 21st Century. Taylor & Francis. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-317-42683-7.
  3. Whitaker, Robert (2019-11-22). "MIA at Eight Years: Are We Fulfilling Our Mission?". Mad In America. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  4. Pickersgill, Martyn D. (August 2014). "Debating DSM-5: diagnosis and the sociology of critique". Journal of Medical Ethics. 40 (8): 521–525. doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101762. ISSN 1473-4257. PMC 4112449. PMID 24327375.


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