Mad in America

DECEMBER 29, 2023

A traumatic brain injury in 2002 didn’t help anything. I tried going back to school after the brain injury, but between the bipolar disorder and the head trauma, I couldn’t handle the stress and pressure anymore. I struggled despite all my efforts, struggled greatly.

Trauma and the brain 144

Trauma and the brain Bipolar disorder Construction Education 144

Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In research circles, he’s known as the founder and executive director of the controversial Stanley Medical Research Institute, which has spent more than $550 million on biological research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder over the past few decades.

Genetics and mental health 145

Genetics and mental health Bipolar disorder Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

JUNE 6, 2024

E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist.

Genetics and mental health 136

Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Aging and mental health Bipolar disorder 136

Mad in America

OCTOBER 13, 2023

However, more than 20 years later, I stumbled upon that very diagnosis in my patient record, documented during my stay at the nation’s first eating disorders inpatient clinic from the end of 2001 to March of 2002. Later, bipolar disorder took its place.

Eating disorders 112

Eating disorders Bipolar disorder Self-awareness Personality disorders 112

Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2024

In 2002, applying to the FDA to license Paxil as an antidepressant for children, GSK submitted 3 assays, one being Study 329, stating all 3 were negative. If you buy the idea your suicidality on an SSRI is evidence of a bipolar disorder, or your loss of libido, darling, is your depression, you and your doctor become more spell-bound.

Sleep and mental health 136

Sleep and mental health Legal Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 136

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The study focused on patients with a bipolar disorder diagnosis in Hong Kong. The researchers included all patients at least 15 years old who received their first bipolar diagnosis between 2002 and 2018. Lithium for bipolar disorder and risk of thyroid dysfunction and chronic kidney disease. Correll, C.

Bipolar disorder 117

Bipolar disorder 117

Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. When I look at the numbers—the number of sui­cides, the number of disabilities, the mortality data—it’s abysmal, and it’s not getting any better.”

Technology 143

Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 143