mental health

Historical information about the Mental Patients Union, formed in London in 1973 to oppose psychiatric oppression, compiled by Past Tense.

A compendium of anarchist writings on social work and work in mental health services, published in 2004.

This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed 'Capitalist Realism', argues…

Article by Mark Fisher on the relationship between depression and class.

In this guest article Dr Bruce Scott challenges the way the “mental health” system and its institutions have been co-opted and actively promote…

Benefit sanctions, workfare, cuts to disability benefits, cuts to benefits for migrants, cuts to benefits for young people…… To the long list of…

Sending the police to deal with mental health crises is bad for everyone, so why does it continue to happen?

Capitalism intrudes on the daily life of a mental health worker.

Anti-psychiatry is the belief that the psychiatric system is a system of social control masquerading behind made-up science. The Marxist anti-psychiatry movement failed because of its overly intellectual focus and the inability of its key thinkers to put theory into practice. However, with mental health very much on the political agenda, there are lessons that can be learned from the work of R D Laing and David…

Using a recent article critical of positive thinking this short and ranty response looks at a…

An essay, published on a blog, anonymous refused, that elaborates many of the problems with "safer spaces" as they are currently practiced in activist collectives, and puts forward a nuanced perspective that does not totally reject the project of "safer spaces". Content warning for discussion of sexual assault and mental illness.