Psychiatry at the Margins is a newsletter about exploring critical, philosophical, and scientific debates in psychiatric practice and the psy-sciences. I am Awais Aftab, a psychiatrist in the US who is active in these debates as a clinician, educator, scholar, and writer (learn more about me here).
I started this newsletter in November 2022. If you are new to it, you can start with some of the posts linked below. You can also see “top posts” in the archive, as determined by the Substack algorithm.
Treatment Resistant Depression — A Collective Failure of Imagination
A New Reanalysis of STAR*D Data (for paid subscribers)
Adventures in Personalized Psychopharmacology: A Conversation with David Mordecai
Mixed Bag #1: Adam DeVille on Psychoanalysis (the entire Mixed Bag series is worth exploring!)
30 Years of Listening to Prozac: A Discussion with Peter Kramer
Are Critiques of DSM/ICD as Devastating for Psychiatric Diagnosis as Some Critics Seem to Think?
Guest Posts (Examples):
On Burning Your Maps: A Parent-Caregiver Perspective on Mental Healthcare in the US
Finding My Way Out of Anti-Psychiatry: A Patient Perspective
I post links to a curated selection of online articles and stories about once a month. These posts are for paid subscribers with a preview available for free subscribers. I also occasionally share quotes/passages from books/articles that I find interesting and thought-provoking. Examples:
For general posts, comments are usually restricted to paid subscribers. There are occasional open threads.
Although most posts are and will continue to be public, if you have a specific interest in these issues and have the means to support this newsletter, I hope you will consider becoming a paid subscriber.
Stay tuned!
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See this post for an introduction to Psychiatry at the Margins.
To learn more about me and my work, see my personal website.