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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Mad in America

JULY 19, 2024

I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. I developed and actively used The Grid for a period of about five years (2008 to 2012). Around the 2016 hospitalization my diagnosis was elevated to schizoaffective disorder and I was placed on everyday Zyprexa. It does not capture the broader rainbow of emotions (e.g.,

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Mad in America

JUNE 6, 2024

E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Psychiatry cites twin studies as the gold standard in support of the discipline’s disputed claim that psychiatric conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia are genetically based brain disorders only minimally influenced by environmental factors or “triggers.” Bouchard, Jr.,

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Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2025

But now they often say Since they have bipolar disorder, theyll never be able to manage their emotions or achieve any stability. Business Insider, GMI Ratings, Oct 31, 2012. Its debilitating symptoms will make their lives a constant battle. Rallis, D Has WebMD become Synonymous with Big Pharma? Jewett, C F.D.A.s

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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.

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