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Desperate Measures: Ghaemi’s Response to Our Review of Lithium and Suicide Prevention

Mad in America

The main evidence cited to support this belief came from a meta-analysis published in 2013, which had excluded a large proportion of trials due to the fact that no suicides had occurred in them ( Cipriani et al, 2013 ). If lithium does prevent suicide, a preventive effect on suicide attempts should be seen, too, and it is not.

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Self Stolen: How ECT Fried My Brain

Mad in America

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. I was told that only temporary, minor memory loss was possible, in rare cases, before starting ECT in 2013. A traumatic brain injury in 2002 didn’t help anything.

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How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality

Mad in America

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. Thomas Insel, quoted in 2013.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. Whereas from 2001 to 2008 I was hospitalized at a rate of almost once per year, from 2008 to 2013, I was hospitalized only once every three years. I was hospitalized in 2013 in the context of my separation and divorce. I was also hospitalized in 2016.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

Mad in America

The psychiatrist called me the next day and announced that Matt had “bipolar disorder” as if this were a “new” diagnosis — and had clearly not seen Matt’s medical records. Thankfully, the owner of the office, a renowned bipolar expert, said he could take Matt. This led to the symptoms that were diagnosed as bipolar disorder.

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Celebrate World Bipolar Day: Breaking Barriers and Building Awareness

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

This initiative was born out of a council meeting of the Asian Network of Bipolar Disorder (ANBD) in 2013, at which Prof. Pichet Udomratn proposed a date to bring worldwide attention to bipolar disorder. To register your activities and share event details, please visit: [link]. Together, we can make a difference.

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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

Mad in America

This initiative had been established in 2013 to enable researchers to reanalyze data sets from publicly funded trials, particularly when there was reason to think that the initial results may have been incorrectly reported. As our society embraced the use of SSRI antidepressants, disability due to affective disorders dramatically increased.