The relaunch of Asylum is a very welcome return for a magazine that is unique in its coverage of critical, alternative and service-user-led perspectives on mental health. Asylum is unfailingly thought-provoking, and a much-needed antidote to the orthodoxy which too often presents vested interests as facts. There is nothing else quite like it in the field. It has consistently attracted contributions from leading writers, clinicians and activists, as well as giving a platform to those whose voices would not normally be heard. Subscribers may not agree with every article, but everyone needs to be aware of the views, debates, innovations and critiques that appear in its pages. Make sure you order your copy!
Lucy Johnstone
Clinical Psychologist, lecturer and author of Users and abusers of psychiatry, Routledge 2000.
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