Mad, Mad World is a monthly show produced by MHAPS. Airing on the first Tuesday of every month, we take a critical look at social issues that intersect with mental health and addiction. From topics like housing, debt, and climate change, to issues in the mainstream psychiatric industry, and the kinds of activist work and grass root initiatives that aim to improve lives through meaningful social change. Mad, Mad World invites listeners to look beneath the symptoms of illness to broaden our understanding of mental health and recovery by looking at the social causes of trauma and distress.
MHAPS (Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support is a free and confidential, peer-led community mental health and addiction service in Ōtautahi.
Mad, Mad World - Rerun - Alternatives to Diagnosis with Dr Annie Southern
This is a rerun of one of our favourites from last year looking at the history and power of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Starting from the early good intentions of the DSM, we cover everything from the politics of proliferating diagnoses to the role of trauma , alternatives to the biomedical model of mental health, difference and social change.
1 Jan 2024
Mad, Mad World - 2 Jan 2024
People with lived experience talk about significant issues that impact on mental health and addiction
2 Oct 2023
Mad, Mad World - Mad Studies with Lynda Hills
In this episode, Jai speaks with University of Auckland doctoral candidate and lived experience expert Lynda Hills about Mad Studies and how a critical perspectice on mental health has helped reframe her own remarkable story.
4 Sept 2023
Mad, Mad World - Dignity and the Living Wage with Nathaniel Herz-Edinger
On this episode Jai talks with Nathaniel Herz-Edinger from the Living Wage Movement about what a living wage means for people's wellbeing, and some of the challenges faced by the living wage campaign.
31 Jul 2023
Mad, Mad World - Climate Change Redux
This week we are replaying an episode from earlier this year in which Jai talks with Michael Apathy about climate change, anxiety, and political activism.
3 Jul 2023
Mad, Mad World - Debt and Distress with Natalie Vincent
Natalie Vincent from Good Shepherd joins Jai to talk about the impact of poverty and debt on mental wellbeing.
5 Jun 2023
Mad, Mad World - Power, Interest and Mental Health with Dr Bruce Cohen
In this episode Jai talks with Dr Bruce Cohen from the University of Auckland about his work in the critical sociology of mental health. We cover a wide range of issues, from power relations in mental health to the role of capitalism and work in the proliferation of mental distress.
1 May 2023
Mad, Mad World - Beyond Diagnosis with Dr Annie Southern
Dr Annie Southern joins us for a critical look at the history and power of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Starting from the early good intentions of the DSM, we cover everything from the politics of proliferating diagnoses to the role of trauma , alternatives to the biomedical model of mental health, difference and social change.
3 Apr 2023
Mad, Mad World - What MHAPS does with Sara Crow, Nicole Garner and Damian Holt
In this show Jai speaks with Sara Crow and Nicole Garner about their work with the Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support Trust, before interviewing Damian Holt about the importance of lived experience in mental health and addiction advocacy
6 Mar 2023
Mad, Mad World - Climate Change and Anxiety with Michael Apáthy
In this episode we talk with psychotherapist and climate advocate Michael Apáthy from the Restore Passenger Rail campaign about the intersection between mental health and climate change. In the wake of devastating climate events in Aotearoa we talk about everything from grief and loss, to anger and immobilisation, while also discussing the barriers to meaningful action on climate change, eco therapy and the therapeutic effect of being involved in climate action.
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