Of or About: Classifying Memoirs Concerning Schizophrenia
Arunima A. Vasudevan examines the need for an academic distinction between ‘memoirs of’ and ‘memoirs about’ schizophrenia to better account for complexity of expression within the experience.
The Intersections Between Memoir Writing and Histories of Alcoholism
Jennifer Wallis reflects on her personal experience of an alcoholic parent and how her expertise as a historian has shaped her understanding of alcoholism.
What the Grandmother Knew That the Law Did Not
Maria Teresa Marangoni considers how a universal biomedical paradigm collides with local cultural knowledge and historical memory in debates surrounding Veneto’s vaccine mandates.
‘Figments: Madness, Health and Creativity’ Conference
Mila Daskalova, Julia Macintosh, Cheryl McGeachan, and Azra Khan organised the Figments: Madness, Health and Creativity Conference. In this piece, they reflect on how the conference unfolded, examining how delving into the history of madness fosters connection, belonging, and continuity for the mad present.
Miss Marple and the Quiet Art of Knowing
Loshini Rajentharan reflects on Miss Marple’s attentiveness to human nature, the concept of epistemic injustice, and the relevance of lived experience and pattern recognition to clinical judgement in the field of psychiatry.
Queer methods of presence, proximity, and pressure
Susie Russell examines her experience of embodiment, relationality, and interdependence at the 2025 PhD School: Queer Methodologies in Medical Humanities.
The Architecture of Suffering: Notes from a Johannesburg Trauma Ward
Louis Kennedy reflects on working at a public trauma hospital in Johannesburg, unpicking how it operates as a ‘sociostructural space of pain’.
Co-Production and Physical Activity: Reflections from Research, Practice, and Lived Experience
Crystal Voyle, Michelle Pullen, and Kate Marks reflect on the key points raised at the Co-Production and Physical Activity event held at Durham University in March 2026.
Reimagining Access: Self-Managed Abortion in India
Garima Shrivastava considers how self-managed abortion (SMA) in India unsettles simple ideas of access, drawing attention to the social, technological, and institutional conditions that shape experiences of abortion.
Metaphor Map for Psychiatric Experiences
Anita Wohlmann and Birgit Bundesen introduce us to the ‘Metaphor Map’- a way to help those express, listen to, and create meaning out of psychic experience.