Mad in America
JULY 13, 2024
But Ghaemi wants to claim that lithium is special—that it does more than target symptom mechanisms, it modifies the disease process that underpins bipolar disorder. 2004) and Diamond et al. Ghaemi thinks glutamate is the culprit in schizophrenia, however, which is unaffected by antipsychotics ( Ghaemi, 2022 ).
Mad in America
MARCH 30, 2024
The psychiatrist called me the next day and announced that Matt had “bipolar disorder” as if this were a “new” diagnosis — and had clearly not seen Matt’s medical records. Thankfully, the owner of the office, a renowned bipolar expert, said he could take Matt. This led to the symptoms that were diagnosed as bipolar disorder.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Mad in America
JULY 19, 2024
I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. That lengthiest hospitalization occurred just prior to the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 2004, which killed 230,000 people. Around the 2016 hospitalization my diagnosis was elevated to schizoaffective disorder and I was placed on everyday Zyprexa.
Mad in America
JANUARY 9, 2024
In 2004, the evidence that pretty well the entire pediatric antidepressant literature was fake, with GSK sued for fraud, caused Cochrane problems. 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.
Mad in America
JANUARY 4, 2025
Although the study protocol was silent on how dropouts would be counted, a 2004 article by the STAR-D investigators stated that patients with missing HAM-D scores at the end of each treatment step were assumed to not have a remission, meaning that they were to be chalked up as treatment failures.
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Psychiatry cites twin studies as the gold standard in support of the discipline’s disputed claim that psychiatric conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia are genetically based brain disorders only minimally influenced by environmental factors or “triggers.” Bouchard, Jr.,
International Society for Interpersonal Psychother
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Ever since 1970 s when the treatment was invented it has shown more or less evidence for several conditions such as eating disorders (Murphy, Straebler, Basden, Cooper, & Fairburn, 2012), bipolar disorders (Swartz, Frank, & Frankel, 2008), PTSD (Markowitz et al., 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
145 
Let's personalize your content