Mad in America

JUNE 6, 2024

In the twenty-first century, there has been no higher-level psychiatrist then Thomas Insel , director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015. Insel is a prime example of a top psychiatrist with exuberance about psychiatry regardless of his awareness of the reality of its repeated failures.

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Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Aging and mental health Bipolar disorder 136

Mad in America

OCTOBER 31, 2024

.” —Erich Fromm, The Sane Society (1955) W ith the mainstream media finally reporting that “ depression is not caused by low levels of serotonin ,” many people ask me: Why does psychiatry repeatedly get it wrong when it comes to not only to its theories of mental illness but in so many other areas?

Genetics and mental health 145

Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Education Construction 145

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

In summary, researchers have found no serotonin nor any other neurotransmitter association with depression, no neurobiological associations, and no genetic associations. A 2013 national survey, issued by the U.S. With the fall of the serotonin-imbalance theory, there was no scientific explanation for the mechanism of antidepressants.

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Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 145