An  Audience  with an  Ally  - Professor John Read

An Audience with an Ally - Professor John Read

Join AD4E ally, Professor of Clinical Psychology , author and activist John Read for an informal chat and Q&A

By AD4E

Date and time

Tue, 7 Oct 2025 10:00 - 11:00 PDT

Location

Online

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About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour


AN AUDIENCE WITH AN ALLY offers an informal, interactive space for you to ask John about his decades of activism against western psychiatry's labels and the harm it causes.


Dr John Read is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. He has published over 180 research papers, primarily on the relationship between adverse life events and psychosis. He also researches the negative effects of bio-genetic causal explanations on prejudice, the experiences of recipients of anti-psychotic and anti-depressant medication, electroconvulsive therapy, and the role of the pharmaceutical industry in mental health research and practice.

John is Chair of the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal , and on the Board of the Hearing Voices Network, England.

John is also a regular contributor to A Disorder 4 Everyone events.

He has been the Editor of the scientific journal ‘Psychosis’ for 12 years and is the editor/author of several books, including:

Read J, Dillon J (eds) (2013) ‘Models of Madness’, Routledge.

Read J, Sanders P (2022) ‘A Straight Talking Introduction to the Causes of Mental Health Problems’, PCCS Books.





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This event will be recorded for delegates who can't make it live.

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‘A Disorder For Everyone!’ (AD4E) is now in its 8th year of offering events that challenge the culture of diagnosis and disorder.

`For more info go to www.adisorder4everyone.com

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