Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

This paper is surprising since Torrey has long argued that schizophrenia is a brain disease to be treated biomedically. Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Fuller Torrey. Nor have any new treatments become available from this research.”

Genetics and mental health 145

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

Mad in America

MARCH 30, 2024

For a period of four years, from 2014 through 2018 during his decline and overwhelm, Matt was prescribed five different antidepressants layered on top of one another without tapering, which ignited a cycle of adverse reactions. Thankfully, from my work as a music college professor, I understood the connection between music and the brain.

Sleep and mental health 120

Sleep and mental health Bipolar disorder Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health 120

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In my last piece , I wrote about various neuro-rehab therapies I engaged in with Dr. J, the functional brain injury specialist, and that there came a point when my husband and I knew we’d reached the end of what medical science could offer me. I sat down to write this article with the experience of severe akathisia fresh in my mind.

Nutrition and mood 114

Nutrition and mood Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Bipolar disorder 114

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). The ability to mentalize is a fundamental capacity required in our social environment and impairments may utilise a risk for clinical psychiatric disorders (A. Bateman & Fonagy, 2008).

Autism spectrum 40

Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 40