Mad in America

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We were not given any advice or support from healthcare services to help our family adjust to this enormous change in our circumstances. “T he only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” said Edmund Burke. It is how and why the tyrants prevail. They still struggle to understand what happened to me.

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Hospitality Trauma and the brain Personality disorders Pharmaceuticals 145

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

Poverty and mental health 145

Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

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.

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

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A bill raised in the Connecticut legislature, H.B. 6837 , would change state law concerning shock therapy (ECT or electroconvulsive therapy). It would extend the duration of probate court orders authorizing ECT without a patients informed consent, from the current maximum of 45 days to 90 days. Anwar , Rep. Anwar , Rep. Dubey, 2023).

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Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Manufacturing Legal 123

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.

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Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 144