Rhythms Part of the series on the society of stimulation, this post introduces the idea of rhythms as theoretical machines and political tools of capital and workers.
Speed & politics: an amphetamine political economy Building on the society of stimulation, this long-read post is a theoretical examination of pharmacology as material practice and as metaphor…
The society of stimulation An introduction to the idea of a society of stimulation that produces hyperaroused bodies which, unable to take the strain, become anxious and…
Subjectivity as kinesthetic A speculative theory of subjectivity that begins from the assumption that there is no inside, specifically no "depth interiority". Originally…
On Institutional Mindfulness A short critical article on CBT and mindfulness proposing that we understand how the other side of responsibilisation is a kind of meditative…
A brief history of cognitive behavioural therapy, part 1 First part of a brief history of cognitive behavioural therapy, focussing on the role of…
Carol Malone, Benefits Street, and mental health Journalist at the Mirror and general scumbag, Carol Malone, has attacked an individual on Channel 4's 'Benefits Street - calling her a lazy,…
Psychopolice order What will the announcement that community psychiatric nurses are to be posted in criminal justice settings do to psychiatric services and…
Dan Hodges, mob mentality and the white working class Dan Hodges has written an article for the Telegraph, using the horrific murder of Bijan Ebrahimi as…
The madness of austerity: Simon Stevens's NHS A brief look at what the appointment of Simon Stevens as head of NHS England means for mental health services in context.
Thomas Szasz and the antipsychiatry of neoliberalism A short critical introduction to the work of grandfather of psychiatry Thomas Szasz.
The Sun and the "Mental Patient" Analysis behind today's headline in The Sun newspaper: "1,200 killed by mental patients".
