Mad in America

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A vivid example is that healthcare professionals tend do classify the youngest in a classroom as having ADHD up to twice as often as their older classmates—due to their normal age-appropriate behavior: a stunning but long-known research finding that has insufficiently found its way to a broader audience.

Genetics and mental health 129

Genetics and mental health Healthcare Bipolar disorder Aging and mental health 129

Mad in America

JANUARY 11, 2024

His mother has remained Tony’s main caregiver while she has watched him decline over the years from the continuous drugs prescribed for diagnoses that also include schizoaffective disorder, depression, schizophrenia, mood disorder, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder.

Autism spectrum 121

Autism spectrum Aging and mental health Hospitality Bipolar disorder 121

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By the time I’d transferred to Dr. B in 2017, he had backed off using opioids in his practice and he told me I needed to go to a pain clinic, which I did in 2018. Though I didn’t tell Terry my life story, I mentioned that I’d been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder back in the late 90s. I chose the latter.

Nutrition and mood 122

Nutrition and mood Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Bipolar disorder 122

Mad in America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But across the country, the towering influence of corporate culture—mass production, mass marketing, mass consumerism, and profit-driven healthcare—has eroded our Main Street America culture and negatively impacted many aspects of our society, including consumer behaviors and the drugs we purchase at our doctors’ recommendation.

Manufacturing 142

Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals Aging and mental health Nonprofits 142