Mad in America

DECEMBER 29, 2023

I tried going back to school after the brain injury, but between the bipolar disorder and the head trauma, I couldn’t handle the stress and pressure anymore. As I was saying, I have an education background in Aerospace Engineering and Construction Management. I clean houses now and do senior caregiving.

Trauma and the brain 144

Trauma and the brain Bipolar disorder Construction Education 144

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Ever since 1970 s when the treatment was invented it has shown more or less evidence for several conditions such as eating disorders (Murphy, Straebler, Basden, Cooper, & Fairburn, 2012), bipolar disorders (Swartz, Frank, & Frankel, 2008), PTSD (Markowitz et al., 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A.

Autism spectrum 40

Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 40

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

667 In an NIMH study of 547 patients that compared six-year outcomes for depressed people treated for the disorder and those who eschewed medical treatment, the treated patients were three times more likely than untreated ones to suffer a cessation of their principal social role and nearly seven times more likely to become incapacitated.

Bipolar disorder 145

Bipolar disorder Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals 145

Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. When I look at the numbers—the number of sui­cides, the number of disabilities, the mortality data—it’s abysmal, and it’s not getting any better.”

Technology 143

Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 143