Mad in America is a
webzine
An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to an online only magazine was the computer ...
dedicated to critical perspectives on modern
psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior.
...
. It was founded in 2012 by
Robert Whitaker, who also publishes the site. Whitaker founded the Mad in America website in response to the positive reactions to his books ''
Mad in America'' and ''
Anatomy of an Epidemic''. Its mission statement originally stated, The site has been described as "one important umbrella site for critical engagements with psychiatry" and an example of "active groups and actors with a history of providing robust commentary on the
DSM" by Martyn Pickersgill in the ''
Journal of Medical Ethics''.
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Magazines established in 2012
Anti-psychiatry
Online magazines published in the United States
American medical websites
Health magazines
Works about psychology
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