Mad in America

APRIL 16, 2024

In 2013, I estimated that our prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer, 1 and in 2015, that psychiatric drugs alone are also the third leading cause of death. As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%.

Aging and mental health 145

Aging and mental health Hospitality Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health 145

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Including antipsychotics That first New Zealand survey was so productive I decided to replicate it internationally, when I moved, in 2015, to Swinburne University in Melbourne. The two positive themes were ‘symptom reduction’ and ‘sleep’. Only this time I included antipsychotics, with which I was far more familiar than antidepressants.

Sleep and mental health 145

Sleep and mental health Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health 145

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. I started talking fast, coming up with ideas and creative projects and I stopped sleeping. They said if I didn’t go to sleep they would make me. And they did.

Trauma and the brain 141

Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health 141

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. adults now takes an antidepressant”; however, Time continued, “Mental health is getting worse by multiple metrics.

Technology 143

Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 143