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How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality

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In the twenty-first century, there has been no higher-level psychiatrist then Thomas Insel , director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015. Insel is a prime example of a top psychiatrist with exuberance about psychiatry regardless of his awareness of the reality of its repeated failures.

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Letting Go of Lithium

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My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. Starting at the age of five I can remember being fearful of her. I became a yoga teacher while working in recruiting and aspired to move my career towards health and wellness.

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What Are Waking Dreams, and Why Should You Care?

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Waking dreamsallowus to dream while awake, significantly enhancing self-awareness, creative problem-solving, andthe ability to findmeaning in life experiences. Waking dreams are natural phenomenathat occurwhen people experience dreamlike mental activities while awake. I grew up in China and immigrated to the U.S.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

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But the combined intelligence and cognitive awareness of Matt and his mother’s tenacity for answers undoubtedly gave him a second chance on life. I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.”

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

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My middle school-aged daughter had a suicide attempt, the result of relentless bullying. Overwhelmed, I sought help from my VA mental health team. In the first few days of 2019, I was really struggling, so I went back to the VA for two psychiatric holds for observation. I built a new support system.

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Depression as a Loss of Heart

Lawyers with Depression

He died in 2019. And our commonly held psychological theories make it hard for people to make direct contact with depression as a living experience, by framing it as an objective mental disorder to be quickly eliminated. Meditators experience this by observing the ceaseless arising and passing away of their mental and emotional states.

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Over-stressing Stress: American Psychological Association Report Omits Oppression

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For example, for those ages 35 to 44, there was an increase in chronic health conditions from 48% in 2019 to 58% in 2023. The same age group reported an increase in mental illness from 31% to 45%, although the highest rate of 50% was reported in the age group of 18 to 34.