Awais Aftab
Psychiatrist and writer; author of the newsletter Psychiatry at the Margins and editor of Conversations in Critical Psychiatry.
How Does the Psychiatrist Know?: On the Epistemology of Psychiatric Diagnostic Reasoning by Adrian Kind
Recently I reviewed Adrian Kind’s 2025 book, “How Does the Psychiatrist Know?: On the Epistemology of Psychiatric Diagnostic Reasoning,” on this substack. I had mentioned that Kind’s book is the first systematic, in-depth, book-length philosophical investigation into how psychiatrists arrive at their diagnostic conclusions.
on psychiatrymargins.com · 25 May 2025 · Report
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance by Laura Delano
(publication date March 18, 2025, Viking) by Laura Delano is a compelling and troubling memoir of psychiatric patienthood, iatrogenic harm, and finding a meaningful and flourishing life outside of the mental healthcare system.
on psychiatrymargins.com · 23 Feb 2025 · Report
Roll Back the World: A Sister’s Memoir by Deborah Kasdan
Deborah Kasdan’s Roll Back the World: A Sister’s Memoir (2023) is an honest and vulnerable account of her sister Rachel’s life with schizophrenia and the challenges this presented for the family.
on psychiatrymargins.com · 25 Jan 2025 · Report
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