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Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health

James Moore

Booking Overview

A weekly mental-health interview show focused on psychiatric drugs, mental-health care, lived experience, and alternatives to conventional psychiatric practice, with recurring guests including academics, clinicians, authors, and people with direct experience of the psychiatric system. Strong candidates include credentialed mental-health researchers, psychiatrists, psychologists, authors of relevant books, psychiatric-care reform advocates, and qualified professionals developing patient-centered alternatives; booking difficulty is high because recent guests include senior academics, former professional-body presidents, award-winning authors, and established field leaders.

Metrics

Episodes: 309

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 12.9k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@madinamerica.com

art@madinamerica.com

blogs@madinamerica.com

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Host

James Moore - Podcast host and producer for Mad in America.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior academics, psychiatrists, psychologists, mental-health researchers, established authors, psychiatric-care reform advocates, and professionals or advocates with substantial lived-experience expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Authorship of influential or recently published books, Senior academic or clinical appointments, Leadership of major professional or advocacy organizations, Recognized research, writing, or reform work in mental health

Recent Guest Discussions

Alicia Martin - Antidepressant Withdrawal, Hyperbolic Tapering, Patient Support, And Pharmacist-led Tapering Care.

Gail Hornstein - First-person Knowledge Of Madness, The Hearing Voices Movement, Qualitative Research, And The Limits Of Conventional Psychiatric Explanations.

Merrick Daniel Pilling - Mad Studies, Psychiatric Narratives, Disability Studies, Social Justice, And Critiques Of The Psychiatric System.

Dinesh Bhugra - Social And Cultural Psychiatry, Patient Perspectives, Globalization Of Psychiatric Categories, Social Conditions, And The Psychiatrization Of Society.

Marianne Apostolides - Mental-health Research And Treatment, Limitations Of Current Psychiatric Models, And Her Book Go/no-go: A Journey Into The Research And Treatment Of Mental Health Disorders.

Recent Topics

Health, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychiatric Drugs, Lived Experience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health
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Psychiatric Drugs and Violence: What Can Genetics Tell Us? A Conversation With Selma Eikelenboom

October 07, 2026

In this episode of the Mad in America podcast, Brooke Siem speaks with Selma Eikelenboom, a forensic scientist and medical examiner whose career has spanned psychotherapy, medicine, emergency care, surgery, and forensic investigation. Eikelenboom works as a forensic medical examiner investigating cases involving psychoactive medications and acts of violence. In this conversation, Brooke and Selma explore what she has learned from investigating these cases, and the questions her research raise...

When Stopping Prescription Drugs Isn't Simple: Alicia Martin and the TaperMate Story

September 16, 2026

Alicia Martin is an Australian community pharmacist, a member of the Not Broken Project and founder of TaperMate. Through her work in pharmacy, Alicia saw patients struggling with unusual and severe symptoms when they tried to stop their antidepressants and realized there was little support when people wanted to stop long-term medications. Rather than waiting for the system to catch up, she started building a solution. TaperMate now supports people across the world to track and adjust hyperbo...

First-Person Knowledge and the Meanings of Madness: An Interview with Gail Hornstein

September 02, 2026

Gail Hornstein is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College. Across a long and influential career, her work has moved between psychology, psychoanalysis, history, qualitative research, and the study of first-person accounts of madness. She is the author of To Redeem One Person Is to Redeem the World: The Life of Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, a biography of the pioneering psychiatrist and psychoanalyst best known for her intensive psychotherapeutic work with people diagnosed with sch...

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Frequently asked questions

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Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health
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How do I get in touch with Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health?

Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health is hosted by James Moore. Its publicly listed emails are info@madinamerica.com, art@madinamerica.com, and blogs@madinamerica.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health?

The publicly listed emails for Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health: info@madinamerica.com, art@madinamerica.com, and blogs@madinamerica.com.

How many listeners does Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health have?

Podseeker estimates Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health?

Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: Senior academics, psychiatrists, psychologists, mental-health researchers, established authors, psychiatric-care reform advocates, and professionals or advocates with substantial lived-experience expertise. Common among recent guests: Authorship of influential or recently published books; Senior academic or clinical appointments; Leadership of major professional or advocacy organizations. Recent guests include Alicia Martin, Gail Hornstein, and Merrick Daniel Pilling.

How hard is it to get booked on Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health cover?

Recent episodes cover Health, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychiatric Drugs, and Lived Experience. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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art@madinamerica.com

blogs@madinamerica.com

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