Two new publications: On patronizing praise and madness and problems of knowledge
I have published two new papers. I have written Patronizing Praise together with Daphne Brandenburg. The paper focuses on subtle cases, in which [...]
Distinct questions about psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic drugs that we shouldn’t mix up
Recently, Moncrieff et al’s paper “The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence” made headlines. You can read it [...]
Autobiographical paper in the Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Şerife Tekin’s comments on my self-illness paper
Since last year, I've been working on and struggling with a paper mixing pieces of autobiography with epistemological musings and thoughts on psychiatric [...]
Invisible disabilities: coming out of the closet again and again
I’ve recently come across more and more texts that question the distinction between visible and invisible disabilities. Perhaps we should talk about hidden [...]
Summer course on the philosophy of psychiatry post-poned, and some reflections
I had planned a course for this summer called "The philosophy of psychiatry and mental disorders", and I was really enthusiastic about it. [...]
New article: Solving the self-illness ambiguity: the case for construction over discovery
My article "Solving the self-illness ambiguity: the case for construction over discovery" has been accepted for publication in the journal Philosophical Explorations, for [...]
New summer course: The philosophy of psychiatry and mental illness
It's all set now: I'll give a summer course next year in the philosophy of psychiatry and mental illness. It will be held [...]
The recorded presentations from the Responsibility, Psychopathology and Stigma conference are out
A number of presentations from the Responsibility, Psychopathology and Stigma Conference are now out on Youtube, including my own. To be completely honest, [...]
Guest-blogging at Mythcreants about madness and psychosis
I wrote a blog post at Mythcreants, a social justice oriented website for authors of fantasy and science fiction, about portrayals of madness [...]
Beginning my last conference week
Last week, Zsuzsanna Chappell and I presented together at the Philosophy SIG Conference for philosophers and psychiatrists. I've written about this before: We [...]
