Mad Pride
Inside the Complex Realities of OCD
Understanding one of our most common—and least understood—mental health experiences.
Why New Zealand’s Mental Health System Needs Te Ao Māori to Fix Itself
As New Zealand launches an inquiry into its beleaguered mental health system, some mental health workers and consumers are saying the answers are on our doorstep: in traditional Māori strategies for mental health.
Getting Back on Meds
New Zealand comedian Cori Gonzalez-Macuer on coming to grips with managing anxiety and depression—medically.
Hundreds of Mental Health Patients Given Forced Electroconvulsive Therapy
The use of non-consensual electroconvulsive therapy in New Zealand has more than tripled in two years. Why are so many more mental health patients being shocked without permission?
WATCH: Mad Pride and the Fight to Reclaim Mental Health
Check out our documentary on the Mad Pride movement, and meet the New Zealanders dealing with the voices in their heads.
Mental Health Survivors on Institutions, Recovery and What Actually Helps
Here are some voices of experience from inside the New Zealand mental health system.
The Dark, Unknown Story of Eugenics in New Zealand
How a powerful group of New Zealanders attempted to wipe out 'mental defectives' and improve the white race.
Making a Truce With the Voices in Your Head
The Hearing Voices network is a group of New Zealanders who are living with—and accepting—schizophrenia.
Remembering Mad Pride, The Movement That Celebrated Mental Illness
"When mainstream society rejected people who are mentally ill, it created a kind of alternative society."