Despite all our knowledge about attachment, trauma and relationships, many of my colleagues have ended up colluding with the message that people are “ill.

It gathers the perspectives of a diverse range of contributors with many different stakes in the debate – but all with one intention: to rid the lexicon of toxic unsubstantiated labels which pathologise our pain and justify suppressing our dissent (conscious or otherwise) to poverty, discrimination and abuse.I would also suggest from a psychological perspective, in the current sociological context, a label can also represent a recognition of the pain an individual is experiencing and give meaning to their cry for help. Our ability to make our own decisions regarding our own treatment is being questioned by healthcare authorities,” she added. event in Birmingham, with psychologist Dr Lucy Johnstone, to explore (and explode) the culture of psychiatric diagnosis in mental health.

However, I hope the people involved are arriving from all political worldviews, otherwise it will devolve into just another groupthink, echo-chamber community. However, many, many people never hear or find an alternative to the model that your brain is broken and you need to take drugs indefinitely.That has been essential to my process of tapering down and getting far away from psychiatric drugs so that I can begin the process of reclaiming the pieces of my life.