Mad in America

MARCH 9, 2024

For these residents, their ART booklet, provided by the local ART center is their only legal identity, which makes availing of any form of government mandated “care” other than their dose of antiretroviral medication difficult, as all such facilities now require possessing a national identity document (the AADHAR card). and Trundle, C.

Sleep and mental health 104

Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Hospitality Self-awareness 104

Mad in America

JUNE 17, 2024

But by the end of 2018, life started to become overwhelming. I was a shell of my former self, unable to think, staring off into space; all while trying my best to care for my family. I began talk therapy and peer support programs, and started holistic treatments such as meditation.

Trauma and the brain 126

Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Self-awareness 126

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

A 2018 paper examined FDA data on adverse drug events (ADEs) and found a rate of over 100,000 serious injuries per year. As far I am aware, there is zero mention of iatrogenesis in the OCD literature. There can even be a legal dimension in which a doctor is held culpable if he contravenes a guideline.

Pharmaceuticals 143

Pharmaceuticals Self-awareness Construction Education 143

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Despite all this, STAR*D’s “nearly 70% recovery” rate has not only been trusted and reported by the mainstream media but taught to psychiatry students, including in the 2018 textbook 50 Studies Every Psychiatrist Should Know. Several classic studies indicate that depressed people actually deceive themselves less than nondepressed people.

Poverty and mental health 145

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

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. Some of them self-identify as disabled, a category which—like neurodivergence itself—is extremely heterogenous. The consequences of ‘diagnosis as identity.’ Both outcomes are problematic.

Trauma and the brain 143

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 143

Mad in America

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The new drug application for MDMA-AT submitted by MAPS would have allowed MDMA legal use solely within MAPS’ proprietary psychotherapy protocol and only for individuals with a PTSD diagnosis. Yensens wife, Donna Dryer, continued to treat the participant while aware of her husbands exploitation of the participant.

Psychedelic therapy 114

Psychedelic therapy Legal Aging and mental health Self-awareness 114