David Gray-Hammond

David Gray-Hammond

What Is "Illness"?

And what does it mean for the concept of "mental illness"?

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David Gray-Hammond
Nov 27, 2025
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It is no secret that in my own work is have focused on reframing psychological distress away from medicalised concepts of “illness” and toward an understanding of such experiences as acquired neurodivergence.

This may seem a peculiar thing for a Schizophrenic man such as myself to do. I take medication, I see a psychiatrist. I’ve had more courses of psyc…

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