Mad in America

JANUARY 16, 2024

None of the problems we think about when we think about mental disorder—mainly depression and the anxiety disorders—are explained by psychiatry’s biological/medical paradigm, and not for want of trying. Only Down syndrome, dementia, and brain damage from alcohol and drug abuse fit psychiatry’s biological/medical paradigm.

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Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Anxiety disorders Construction 145

Mad in America

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It was a fun thing to do, and we launched it in the British Medical Journal on April 1 st , 2006. A recent real-life example of this kind of advertising was for binge-eating disorder , and Monica Seles was the celebrity they used. We investigated social anxiety disorder. I think this is a serious problem.

Pharmaceuticals 145

Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Healthcare Neurotransmitters and mental health 145

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

At a cost of 35 million dollars, NIMH’s STAR*D study, which was published in 2006 , is the most extensive and expensive study ever conducted to determine the effectiveness of drug treatment for depression. D epression is the most frequent psychiatric diagnosis.

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Aging and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Manufacturing Anxiety disorders 145