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Critically unlearning about madness and distress: Reflections on social work education and activism in Ireland 批判性地摒弃对疯狂和痛苦的学习：对爱尔兰社会工作教育和行动主义的思考

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v2i1.6280

Lydia Sapouna

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Moving Beyond "Recovery": Exposing and Disrupting the Eating Dis/Order Industrial Complex 超越 "康复"：揭露并瓦解饮食失调/秩序工业综合体

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v2i1.8470

Nicole Schott, Debra Langan

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Catatonic Cocoon 催眠茧

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v2i1.7052

Rosiel Elwyn

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Women’s Experiences of Social Anxiety Disorder 女性社交焦虑障碍的经历

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v1i1.5244

Katie Masters

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Mad hats. A reflection on mad leadership 疯狂的帽子。对疯狂领导的反思

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v1i1.5245

C. Maylea

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Stories of the Silenced Manifesto and Mad Studies 《沉默宣言》和《疯狂研究》的故事

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v1i1.5250

Rachael McMahon

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Exemption, Self-Exemption, and Compassionate Self-Excuse 豁免，自我豁免和富有同情心的自我原谅

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v1i1.5243

Sofia M. I. Jeppsson

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Sylvia Plath and Mad Studies: Reframing the Life and Death of Sylvia Plath 西尔维娅·普拉斯与疯狂研究:重新定义西尔维娅·普拉斯的生与死

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v1i1.5248

James Macaulay McManus

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Submitting Survivorship 提交生存

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v1i1.5242

Rosiel Elwyn

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Mad Studies Genealogy and Praxis Mad研究系谱学与实践

International Mad Studies Journal Pub Date : 2022-12-14 DOI: 10.58544/imsj.v1i1.5239

Lucy Costa, Lori Ross

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