#mhTV episode 39 - Radical Mental Health Zines: From 35 years of Asylum Magazine to Madzines

Welcome to episode 39 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 3 March 2021] of #mhTV​​​​. Presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity were joined by guests Dr Jill Anderson, Dr Helen Spandler and Tamsin Walker to discuss Radical Mental Health Zines: From 35 years of Asylum Magazine to the Madzines project. Dr. Jill Anderson is Senior Research Fellow on the MadZines project. She is also on the editorial board of Asylum magazine; she co-facilitates CCRaMHP (Critical & Creative approaches to Mental Health Practice in Lancaster); and set up the interdisciplinary Mental Health in Higher Education Project (MHHE). Dr. Helen Spandler is Professor of Mental Health Studies at the University of Central Lancashire and Principal Investigator of the MadZines Research project (funded by the Wellcome Trust). Helen is also the Managing Editor of Asylum: the radical mental health magazine. Tamsin Walker is doing a PhD as part of the MadZines project. She has worked in various voluntary sector mental health roles over the last twenty years, setting up and developing award winning survivor led projects in schools and community settings whilst also doing freelance illustration. Her cartoons have often featured in Asylum magazine. Some links to follow: Asylum Magazine - https://asylummagazine.org Madeline research project - https://madzines.org Some Twitter links to follow are: NL - https://twitter.com/niadla​​​​ VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH​​​ JA - https://twitter.com/mhhehub HS - https://twitter.com/HSpandler TW - https://twitter.com/northern_thirty Asylum Magazine - https://twitter.com/AsylumMagUK Mad Zines - https://twitter.com/ZinesMad Credits: Presenters: Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert Guests: Dr Jill Anderson, Dr Helen Spandler and Tamsin Walker Theme music: Tony Gillam Production & Editing: Dave Munday (https://twitter.com/davidamunday)