Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The mental health industry, including therapists, pharmaceutical companies, and even heads of departments and trauma experts, have a vested interest in diagnosing as many individuals as possible. Since 2010, trauma diagnoses among adolescents have surged, rising from about 3% in 2010 to over 8% by 2023.

Resilience and coping 141

Resilience and coping Self-awareness Nutrition and mood Sleep and mental health 141

Mad in America

AUGUST 3, 2024

Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. This alienation is of course quite stressful and a source of ill-health. The natural course of depression without any medication?

Genetics and mental health 139

Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Hospitality Technology 139

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But back in 2009-2010, the years of the first of three “suicide clusters” in Palo Alto, teen suicides across America were rarer. Then, finally, technology offered a solution: insurmountably high fences and surveillance cameras. And as we later found out, only 46% of the kids who died by suicide even had a known mental health problem.

Nutrition and mood 108

Nutrition and mood Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Technology 108

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The young dancer’s story—at her request and her father’s, she’ll remain anonymous—illustrates both the lure and harms of social media, which has been drawing more and more attention of late for its ubiquity, its addictiveness, its corporate habits, and its role in the youth mental health crisis. hours a day on social media.”

Aging and mental health 132

Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Self-awareness 132