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The Core Error of Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Certainty about “Consensus Reality”

Mad in America

A report released by Common Sense Media in 2014 stated: “The proportion of children who are daily readers drops markedly from childhood to the tween and teenage years. Institutionalization refers to the establishment of large, bland, uniform, impersonal, hierarchical, bureaucratic, and coercive entities that increasingly rule our lives.

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

Mad in America

It all started in 2014, less than a year after my honorable discharge from the Army, and shortly after returning home from Afghanistan, where I’d served as an Apache helicopter mechanic. I was a shell of my former self, unable to think, staring off into space; all while trying my best to care for my family.

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Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper

Mad in America

Moore: If these people are aware that anyone can go and find that information, and they’re obviously happy to accept industry money, and for it to be presented as public information, do they not think it’s an issue? I continue to do these studies beating on this drum that self-reporting conflicts of interest doesn’t work.

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The Iatrogenic Gaze: How We Forgot That Psychiatry Could Be Harmful

Mad in America

That rate has been increasing rapidly: “From 2006 to 2014, the number of serious ADEs reported to the FDA increased 2-fold… A previously published study… found that from 1998 to 2005, there was a 2.6-fold As far I am aware, there is zero mention of iatrogenesis in the OCD literature. fold increase in the reports of fatal ADEs”.

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The Psychological Humanities Manifesto: An Interview with Mark Freeman

Mad in America

In this interview, we’ll explore his personal journey toward the psychological humanities, delve into his work in narrative psychology , and discuss his approach to the concepts of ‘self’ and the ‘Other.’ I’ve sometimes called them narrative self-analyses. It’s challenging work to do.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

Mad in America

But the combined intelligence and cognitive awareness of Matt and his mother’s tenacity for answers undoubtedly gave him a second chance on life. Within four months it escalated to panic attacks and pacing, but he was not telling us because he thought he was reacting normally to bad decisions — self-recrimination is a symptom of akathisia.

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Living on the Edge – Snapshots of Life with PTSD: The Wondrous Yellow Roses (Loss of Self)

The Art of Healing Trauma

This short story about a train trip shows how the many symptoms of PTSD combine to have a devastating impact to one’s Sense of Self. Losing a large percent of memory of one’s past is the equivalent of losing a large percent of one’s Sense of Self, identity, personality, etc. But it never happened. So I had no help.