Mad in America
AUGUST 3, 2024
A 2006 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) study, “ The Naturalistic Course of Major Depression in the Absence of Somatic Therapy ,” examined depressed patients who had recovered from an initial episode of depression, then relapsed but did not take any medication following their relapse.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 28, 2023
His early books are dense, information-rich field manuals, but his writing from 2006 is what really captured my attention. Gordon Warme was kind of an endangered species, since many psych-professionals today peddle cures and new technologies. I read the books intently; easy to do since they are written in clear, accessible language.
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. Psychiatry is undeterred by its repeated technological failures.
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