How would the psychiatric system change if the pyramids were built upside down?
What if the Earth were one giant eyeball?
What if psychiatry didn’t sit in isolation?
What if ideas travelled freely between worlds?
The Psychiatric Multiverse is a cross-disciplinary exploration of how science, systems thinking, and lived experience intersect.
I imagine parallel universes where psychiatric culture is reshaped by ideas from physics, software engineering, aviation, chemistry, my personal life – anywhere that offers a useful lens.
Between these “Psyverses”, you’ll find:
• Scientific Paperverse – explorations of intriguing research from any field
• Peopleverse – conversations with public intellectuals building their own “-verses”
• Personal essays on mental illness
I’m Alex Mendelsohn – a psychiatric patient with a background in experimental physics, building bridges between worlds that rarely speak to one another.
For a sense of my time as a psychiatric patient, see my guest post: Unmeasured Minds.
You can contact me via email.
I am also on Bluesky: @AlexMendelsohn
