Peter Groot and Akansha Vaswani - Tapering Strips and Shared Decision-Making
On MIA Radio this week, Akansha Vaswani and Dr Peter Groot discuss Tapering Strips, a novel and practical solution for those who wish to taper gradually from a range of prescription drugs. Akansha is ...
6 Juli 201846min
Sami Timimi and John Read - Latest Developments with The UK Royal College of Psychiatrists
This week on MIA Radio we provide an update on a complaint made to the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists by a group of thirty academics, psychiatrists and people with lived experience. We hear from bo...
19 Juni 201830min
Peter Gordon - Addressing the Divide Between the Arts and Medical Sciences
This week, we interview Dr Peter Gordon. Dr Gordon describes himself as a gardener with an interest in medicine. He trained in both medicine and landscape architecture before specialising in psychiatr...
17 Maj 201824min
Sera Davidow - Intersections Between Sexual Violence and Psychiatric Abuse
This week on MIA Radio we interview Sera Davidow, a psychiatric survivor and prolific activist for the human rights of people labeled mentally ill. Sera serves as the Director of the Western Massachus...
12 Maj 201839min
Laura Delano - Connecting people through the Inner Compass Initiative and Withdrawal Project
This week, we interview Laura Delano. Laura is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Inner Compass Initiative and The Withdrawal Project, which aim to create safe spaces for people to connect and t...
3 Maj 201846min
John Read - UK Royal College of Psychiatry Refuses to Retract Misleading Statement about Antidepressant Withdrawal and Dismisses Complaint
Today on MIA Radio we have a special episode which is devoted to recent developments in the UK involving a formal complaint lodged with the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists. Professor John Read from...
2 Maj 201818min
Jeffrey Michael Friedman - Trauma and Forced Psychiatric Treatment
This week on MIA Radio, we interview Jeffrey Michael Friedman, a clinical social worker and an activist in the psychiatric survivor's movement. Jeffrey provides trauma-informed therapy to victims of v...
14 Apr 201838min
Russell Razzaque: Breaking Down Is Waking Up
This week, we interview Dr Russell Razzaque. Dr Razzaque currently works as a consultant psychiatrist and associate medical director in east London and, together with colleagues, he is leading a pione...
9 Apr 201840min
