Mad Insight supports mad activism – which we define as actions which address and critique the mainstream discourse about mental health and psychiatric treatment. As mad activists, we hope to inspire dialogue and we invite people to look beyond the status quo.
The mad movement is diverse and made up of individuals who hold many different types of opinions and take many different viewpoints. Some of us are anti-psychiatry, others want reform that works within the present mental health system; some of us are anti-medication, others take and appreciate prescription drugs; some of us seek the abolition of incarceration, others find refuge in hospital. What we hold in common is a desire for our mad knowledge and experience to be respected and valued, and for our expertise to be counted in the services designed to help us. There is a saying in the movement which we uphold: nothing about us without us.
Mad Insight supports the Mad Pride movement which observes Mad Pride month in July. We will be hosting a Mad Pride event in Edinburgh in July 2025.
