Madness on Many Levels is a series of posts about the Australian psychiatric systems within large public hospitals. This series draws from lived experience as a patient and work experience over several years across many psychiatric facilities.

Taking a critical lens but still exploring novel solutions, we look at the broken mental health system and what it’s like for patients and workers who exist behind the façade of the modern asylum.

This series is dedicated to the bruised but brave humans recovering from mental illness.

Series Topics

  1. Introduction
  2. The Legacy of Bedlam
  3. Neoliberalism and trickle-down toxicity
  4. The Façade with the Revolving Door
  5. Consumerism Gone Mad
  6. The Heart of the Matter
  7. The Façade of Language
  8. The Zombification of Patients and Staff
  9. Ex-Patient (Peer) Workers
  10. Conclusion: Getting Healthy?