Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

However, studies since the 1990s , including a Cochrane review in 2017 , have found forced treatment to be ineffective, concluding that it doesn’t reduce rehospitalization or criminality, or improve social functioning, quality of life, or even treatment adherence.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Published in 2006 was the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) study, “ The Naturalistic Course of Major Depression in the Absence of Somatic Therapy ,” which examined depressed patients who had recovered from an initial episode of depression, then relapsed but did not take any medication following their relapse.

Poverty and mental health 145

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

M any people are traumatised rather than healed by their interaction with mainstream mental health services, especially their admission to a psychiatric inpatient unit. Concurrently, many mental health professionals carry a burden of their own trauma and are not healthy individuals. What do we mean by healing?

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