CICSI NEWS

Before the 1980s, meeting a psychiatric diagnosis was rare—and socially stigmatising. Today, it is estimated that over 80% of people meet the criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis. Have we all gone mad? Or has the meaning of illness changed? Or is it society that is sick? What is our psychiatric present, and why can we speak about "normal sickness"? Find out in our new article just published in Les Temps Qui Restent ('The time that remains'; successor publication to Les Temps Modernes ).

We are happy to share with you the newly published special issue containing all the papers from our online seminar series -- revised in light of the wonderful comments and questions participants contributed. It is freely available as open access publication here -- Vol. 9, Number 2 (July, 2025): https://www.bjct.de/BJCT_text_archive.html

We are excited to announce that two new papers from CICSI research have been published, exploring new forms of self and psychic suffering...