Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

Back in 2009 I was incredibly blessed to have a couple of my fellow patients who comforted me, listened to me and took care of me. Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Mad in the UK. The author, Catherine Heseltine, is a psychiatric survivor, a mum to three wonderful children and a political activist in London.

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Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Social Services Aging and mental health 119

Mad in America

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The whole of my family had suffered horrendously during the seven years from 1994, when I was repeatedly hospitalized as a psychiatric patient, drugged, and given ECT. The whole of my family had suffered horrendously during the seven years from 1994, when I was repeatedly hospitalized as a psychiatric patient, drugged, and given ECT.

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Hospitality Trauma and the brain Personality disorders Pharmaceuticals 145

The Art of Healing Trauma

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

April 2009 – I had Severe PTSD. April 2009 – I had Severe PTSD. I wrote the journal entry for this Snapshot in April, 2009. Although the accidents that gave me PTSD occurred in 2007, in April, 2009, I was still generally pretty sick. I kept trying and discarding therapists.

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Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Hospitality 52

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.

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Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 144