Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

My first column was about David Foster Wallace, whose ‘This is Water’ commencement address at Kenyon College (2005) had become a touchstone ( see transcript here , and audio recording here ). To paraphrase Wallace’s last words to the Kenyon College Class of 2005: We will need way more than luck.

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Child Mind Intitute

JANUARY 28, 2025

Other research shows the benefits of journaling include: Improved emotional and physical health: Regular journaling enhances mood and emotional awareness and reduces stress levels (Baikie & Wilhelm, 2005). Effects of constructive worry, imagery distraction, and gratitude interventions on sleep quality: A pilot trial. Digdon, N.

Sleep and mental health 52

Sleep and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-awareness Construction 52

Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

However, in addition to these financial and political explanations, a fundamental cultural reason why psychiatry lives on is Western society’s worship of technology—but I’m getting ahead of myself. Psychiatry’s technology history is one of repeated failures. That’s just two psychiatric drugs from one drug company.

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