Mad in America
JUNE 6, 2024
Based on an earlier bio-babble theory that irregular convulsive action of the blood vessels was the cause of madness (and other diseases), Rush was an enthusiastic proponent of what was called “depletion therapy,” which included aggressive bloodletting, notes Gerry Greenstone in “ The History of Bloodletting ” ( BC Medical Journal , 2010).
Mad in America
DECEMBER 27, 2023
When my father was diagnosed with dementia in 2010, I assumed the role of Successor Trustee, per the trust documents. He removed me as the successor trustee, placing himself as both successor trustee and my dad’s attorney in 2010. We need a movement to educate people about the harms. My mother passed away in 2001.
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Mad in America
JANUARY 3, 2024
However, the creation of a “Prozac Nation” might not have been successful without the help of the NIMH, which launched an “educational campaign” at that time designed to change the public’s understanding of depression. The New Yorker, famed for its fact-checking, did so in a 2010 article.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Since 2010, trauma diagnoses among adolescents have surged, rising from about 3% in 2010 to over 8% by 2023. There have also been notable shifts in the types of traumatic events leading to PTSD. In the 1980s, combat-related trauma, especially among Vietnam War veterans, was the leading cause of PTSD, affecting about 30% of veterans.
Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)
MARCH 24, 2015
SBM has released a new position statement calling for the retention of the current school lunch standards set by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
In addition to Andre’s activism, she also wrote a blog from 2005-2010 called Grandma’s Gone Surfing , which detailed her experiences as a forty-something learning to surf in the Rockaways and which seemed to bring her joy, recalled Susan Rogers, fellow activist who’d organized, written, and protested with her.
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
(An excellent source of straightforward information on akathisia, including videos and an online course, is MISSD, a medication-induced suicide prevention and education foundation established in the memory of Stewart Dolin, who killed himself in 2010 shortly after being prescribed paroxetine for mild situational anxiety.
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