Dr Pat Bracken

Dr. Pat Bracken is a Consultant Psychiatrist who recently retired from his position as Clinical Director of the West Cork Mental Health Service. He has worked in Ireland, Africa and New Zealand. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy and was Professor of Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health at the University of Central Lancashire. He is also one of the co-founders of the critical psychiatry network. In this episode Dr. Pat Bracken and I discuss Mens Mental Health and the use of Creative Arts Therapies in mens mental health services. I also mention toxic masculinity and the work IDLES are doing as an example of the use of creativity to combat stereotypes and binary thinking. To learn more about Dr. Pat Bracken you can tune into his interview on The Blindboy Podcast or you can read some of post-psychiatry papers here http://www.criticalpsychiatry.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/docs/patphilresponse.pdf

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