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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

Mad in America

In October 2019, during Matt’s move to a new apartment, I observed that Matt was emotionally paralyzed, unable to pack from lack of sleep. He went to his GP, who diagnosed him with “anxiety disorder” on top of his bipolar diagnosis and prescribed Xanax. When did you realize that Matt was in a deeper state of challenge?

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Accounting for Mental Disorder: Time for a Paradigm Shift

Mad in America

From the Spanish flu in 1918 to Covid-19 in 2019, life expectancy has doubled. None of the problems we think about when we think about mental disorder—mainly depression and the anxiety disorders—are explained by psychiatry’s biological/medical paradigm, and not for want of trying.

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Veterans & Substance Abuse

Solara Mental Health

In fact, according to a National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2019, 26.9% What is Substance Use Disorder (SUD)? Substance use disorder (SUD), often called “addiction,” is a mental health disorder. These disorders can be both medical and psychiatric. of veterans abused illicit drugs.