Conversations between Piia and John 

Professor John Read

Piia Tuominen

I invited Professor John Read (University of East London) to be a guest on my podcast because I think he is doing very important research, bringing forward, for example, patient voices and their experiences with ECT.

After recording an episode in October 2025, we decided to create a series of interviews in which we'll focus on one important topic at a time. 

Originally, we talked about recording a new episode once a month. For now, we’re planning to space them about two months apart.

In this episode, we talk about the problems of mainstream psychiatry and the medical model of mental health. We also discuss why we need a paradigm shift in mental health care. . 

Dr John Read is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. He is also the Chair of the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal.

Piia Tuominen is a former psychiatric patient, solution-focused brief therapist, multipassionate person who likes to use blogging, illustrations and her podcast to challenge the views of mainstream psychiatry.

If you have questions, feedback or something else you would like to share with me, you can contact me via email: piia@piiatuominen.com

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