Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

In the article, Torrey reviews the history of the Human Genome Project, their hopes for identifying the genetic basis for schizophrenia, and how those hopes have been dashed by the complete failure to find anything of the sort. Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Genetics and mental health Bipolar disorder Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Unbalanced, for instance, in the sense that much emphasis is placed on brain and genetic studies that to this day have cost billions of dollars, while showing only very small associations—not providing any basis for biological screening. Genetic studies are also the cause of many misunderstandings.

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Genetics and mental health Healthcare Bipolar disorder Aging and mental health 121

Mad in America

JULY 6, 2024

Premise In our information we always emphasize that psychotropic drugs do not have a specific action on mental problems or psychopathology, but only on their symptoms. Essentially, the development of this hypersensitivity can cause abnormal reactions when the same drug or a different drug is reintroduced.

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