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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. That lengthiest hospitalization occurred just prior to the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 2004, which killed 230,000 people. This solution has proved to be enormously successful.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

Mad in America

But the combined intelligence and cognitive awareness of Matt and his mother’s tenacity for answers undoubtedly gave him a second chance on life. I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.”