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Feature: Is the ‘Uber of Psychiatry’ Actually Helping People?

John Lubbock

Psychiatry UK’s income has more than doubled in the last year, while patients report being summarily dropped from its services, writes John Lubbock. Is for-profit, on-demand mental healthcare what patients need?

Interview: Meet the Mental Health Podcaster Sounding the Alarm on AI

Harriet Williamson

Novara Media spoke to Mollie Adler about how entire industries are being built around collecting, sorting and monetising our inner worlds.

Mad Youth Organise protest outside Priory Roehampton.

Long Read: Former Priory Patients Tell of ‘Traumatic’ Privatised Mental Health Treatment

Harriet Williamson

The Priory Group receives over £2bn a year from UK taxpayers - and for what? Harriet Williamson reports on force-feeding, untrained agency staff, criminal safety failures and the ‘mad’ youth activists who aren’t having it any more.

Red Flags: My Partner Is Broke. Should I Pay His Rent?

Sophie K Rosa

Sophie K Rosa tells a woman wondering how to help her broke boyfriend that, while sharing resources can be a way to put your politics into practice, reciprocity and communication are key.

Red Flags: I Can’t Fit It All In: How Do I Do My Job and Also Be a Good Person?

Sophie K Rosa

Work, activism, hobbies, exercise, eating, sleeping and showing up for the people you love: In the second instalment of Novara Media's advice column, Red Flags, Sophie K Rosa advises a burnt-out worker who blames herself for not being able to fit it all in.

A man hugs a child besides a firetruck, with smoke and fire visible in the distance

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Three-quarters of survivors of Australian bushfires struggle with anxiety two years on. Charlie Hertzog Young reports.

Novara FM: Will We Still Be Mad After Capitalism?

Mad World author Micha Frazer-Carroll tells Charlotte England why mental health is a political matter.

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Opinion: Mental Health Diagnoses Are Capitalist Constructs

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Mental and physical diagnoses aren’t objective facts that exist in nature, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll: they're constructed by capitalism.

A firefighter cries in front of white vans with plumes of smoke from a wildfire in the background

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Those who buckle in the face of climate collapse are entirely in tune with reality, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.

Feature: How a Cumbrian Community is Building Working Class Confidence

Craig Gent

The cost of living crisis is only compounding crises of poverty and mental health nationwide. But one community in Barrow-in-Furness is pulling together.

Long Read: Mental Healthcare Often Isn’t Care at All

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Carceral approaches to mental healthcare are on the rise in Britain. This should worry us all, argues Micha Frazer-Carroll.

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

By forcing people to work through illness, our inadequate sick pay system is a tool of domination, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. Let’s replace it with one that puts people before profit.

Health secretary and former DWP secretary Therese Coffey. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

Opinion: The Government’s New Mental Health Funding Will Be Spent on ‘Helping’ Depressed People Into Work

Jay Watts

Liz Truss just announced £122m of new funding for mental healthcare. But it won't be spent on the psych beds and specialists we so desperately need, writes psychologist Jay Watts - it’s for 700 employment advisors to ‘help’ depressed people into work.

View from behind of female psychotherapist on session

Opinion: I’m a Therapist, Not a Cop

Erene Hadjiioannou

New government guidance is supposed to make it easier for victims to talk about their perpetrators' crimes in therapy. The catch? Prosecutors may be able to access their therapy notes.

a man and woman sit back-to-back in their respective office cubicles, on their computers

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

I’ve often blamed myself for my poor mental health, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. The concept of neurodiversity showed me it’s society that’s at fault.

A photograph of Kim Kardashian pointing to herself with long wavy brown hair and a green turtleneck

Opinion: Self-Help Culture Is a Lie – But Its Opposite Is Just As Bogus

Daisy Schofield

Kim Kardashian says get off your ass and work. Fail, says Elizabeth Day – but only if failure fuels further success. Daisy Schofield looks at our maddening inability to think beyond self-improvement.

A man on a ladder makes a speech to a large crowd on speaker's corner in London in the 1970s

Opinion: Free Speech Means Nothing Anymore

Lorna Finlayson

It’s tempting to rebut cancel culture panics by insisting that nobody has literally been silenced. This buys into a rightwing notion of free speech, argues philosopher Lorna Finlayson.

Opinion: The Government’s New Depression Treatments Are a Scam

Paul Atkinson

The government’s 'progressive' new depression treatment plan, which involves fewer antidepressants and more talking therapy, is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, writes Paul Atkinson.

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Feature: Is the ‘Uber of Psychiatry’ Actually Helping People?

John Lubbock

Interview: Meet the Mental Health Podcaster Sounding the Alarm on AI

Harriet Williamson

Long Read: Former Priory Patients Tell of ‘Traumatic’ Privatised Mental Health Treatment

Harriet Williamson

Red Flags: My Partner Is Broke. Should I Pay His Rent?

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Novara FM: Will We Still Be Mad After Capitalism?

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Feature: How a Cumbrian Community is Building Working Class Confidence

Craig Gent

Long Read: Mental Healthcare Often Isn’t Care at All

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: The Government’s New Mental Health Funding Will Be Spent on ‘Helping’ Depressed People Into Work

Jay Watts

Opinion: I’m a Therapist, Not a Cop

Erene Hadjiioannou

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: Free Speech Means Nothing Anymore

Lorna Finlayson

Opinion: The Government’s New Depression Treatments Are a Scam

Paul Atkinson

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Feature: Is the ‘Uber of Psychiatry’ Actually Helping People?

John Lubbock

Interview: Meet the Mental Health Podcaster Sounding the Alarm on AI

Harriet Williamson

Long Read: Former Priory Patients Tell of ‘Traumatic’ Privatised Mental Health Treatment

Harriet Williamson

Red Flags: My Partner Is Broke. Should I Pay His Rent?

Sophie K Rosa

Red Flags: I Can’t Fit It All In: How Do I Do My Job and Also Be a Good Person?

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Novara FM: Will We Still Be Mad After Capitalism?

Opinion: Mental Health Diagnoses Are Capitalist Constructs

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Feature: How a Cumbrian Community is Building Working Class Confidence

Craig Gent

Long Read: Mental Healthcare Often Isn’t Care at All

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Analysis: How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: The Government’s New Mental Health Funding Will Be Spent on ‘Helping’ Depressed People Into Work

Jay Watts

Opinion: I’m a Therapist, Not a Cop

Erene Hadjiioannou

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: Self-Help Culture Is a Lie – But Its Opposite Is Just As Bogus

Daisy Schofield

Opinion: Free Speech Means Nothing Anymore

Lorna Finlayson

Opinion: The Government’s New Depression Treatments Are a Scam

Paul Atkinson

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