This article sets out clearly and convincingly why the medical model in mental health is fundamentally flawed, and how psychiatry is essentially different from other branches of medicine, describing the implications of this difference. Recommended!
The medical model in mental health an explanation and evaluation
Welcome to the Soteria Research blog! This blog will share updates from our research which explores how the Soteria approach could be introduced in the UK. Although there are currently no Soteria houses here, the Soteria approach is gaining momentum internationally...
Tickets and information on Eventbrite Welcome to our online event, the Soteria Research Webinar Q & A presented by Rita Long, Kate Allsopp, and Nic Warriner! The event will last one hour from 7pm - 8pm BST. John Reid and our president Jen Kilyon will provide us...
March 2025 New research will explore the ‘Soteria’ approach as an alternative to psychiatric inpatient admission in the UK Greater Manchester researchers have partnered with service users, carers, families, and community groups to explore an alternative approach to...
The following blog, shared on Mad in America, provides an overview of the research study “Designing Recovery-Oriented Care”. The study explores how therapeutic farm communities can implement recovery-oriented mental health practices, and is informing the development...
Friend of Soteria Network UK, Mad in America are hosting an online event in three weeks time titled The Case For Soteria: Past, Present and Future. It features Robert Whitaker as host, with Al Garves, Gene Larkin and Susan Musante as panelists. Panelists discuss the...
