Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In research circles, he’s known as the founder and executive director of the controversial Stanley Medical Research Institute, which has spent more than $550 million on biological research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder over the past few decades.

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Genetics and mental health Bipolar disorder Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

MARCH 30, 2024

The last visit to the ER jolted us to next-level intensity beginning with the ER doctor who traded the Xanax for Klonopin, another benzo, and prescribed Remeron, saying Matt needed to spend the night at the hospital so that they could “make sure he could sleep.” They assured him they would admit him, and I left the hospital.

Sleep and mental health 127

Sleep and mental health Bipolar disorder Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health 127

Mad in America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When the incident occurred, my panic-stricken mother told my father to take me to the hospital right away. Dr. Fulmer quickly pumped the drugs out of my stomach and told my father I would not have lived if he had tried to get me to the hospital. which questioned the rising cases of young children diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Manufacturing 142

Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals Aging and mental health Nonprofits 142

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 144

Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 144