Lewis Edwards

Articles in the category 'Mental Illness'

"Distress"

Discussing arguably the single most problematic word in psychiatry

Cognitive Impairment Is Not "Feeling Bleh"

An enumeration of exactly what I'm juggling every time I say I "don't have capacity" to discuss something

Intervention As The Origin Of Risk

A sentinel case for how institutions can create the exact risks they claim to be mitigating, then punish anyone who tells the truth about it

Sigma Receptors And Psychosis

A pretty wild but interesting piece of speculative neuroscience

Non-Dopaminergic Antipsychotics

Some exciting (speculative) developments in the research on how to treat psychosis

Microchip Implants As A Firehose Of Untreated Psychosis

The unfortunate intersection of a technical micro-subculture and a psychiatric disease

Mania Is Terrifying

Clearing up a point of ignorance I've repeatedly witnessed

On Remaining Sane in Insane Systems

A book on my experiences navigating the Victorian psychiatric system