Mad in America
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
In public health, we talk about death. We aim to protect, preserve, and promote the health of individuals and their communities. We don’t examine the health effects of this person’s absence. In this sense, it’s odd that we rarely think about death as an exposure with downstream health risks.
Mad in America
JANUARY 25, 2025
R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Photo by tuxone The Mental State of the World Report measures the mental health of internet users only, making it limited in the South African context where close to one-third of the population isnt online.
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Mad in America
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
After enduring years of chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME/CFS), autism, ADHD, and anxiety, she, at the young age of 28, chose euthanasia to escape a life dominated by pain. As of this year, the MAID program was also set to allow those with mental illness to choose euthanasia.
Mad in America
MARCH 30, 2024
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.” We attempted to get help from a sleep clinic, and they refused to test him, claiming his insomnia was caused by “mental health issues.”
Mad in America
APRIL 16, 2024
As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. 23,24 In 2013, I estimated that, in people aged 65 and above, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines or similar, and depression drugs kill 209,000 people annually in the United States. for those aged 70-79.
Mad in America
MARCH 19, 2024
I always wanted and still want to help children and adolescents who are going through the things I went through when I was at their age. SUCCEED Africa is a six-year project which began in 2020 that aims to develop and deliver holistic care intervention for persons with psychosocial disabilities while safeguarding their fundamental rights.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
One even boasted about doing so twice, once ‘on behalf of my Asian son from Germany who is the same age as me.’ tapering strips, liquid, smaller dose tablets) to ensure gradual reduction’ (88%) and ‘A health professional providing a personalised, flexible reduction plan’ (79%). there are two very reasonable concerns.
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