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Antipsychotics Lead to Worse Outcomes in First-Episode Psychosis

Mad in America

This latest study builds on Bergström’s previous work, particularly a 2020 study that looked at cumulative exposure to antipsychotics for all patients with first-episode psychosis over 19 years. This is consistent with previous studies that found that experiencing childhood trauma , not heritability, was associated with psychosis.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

This represents a significant shift in PTSD diagnoses from predominantly affecting men in the 1980s, when men constituted about 70% of diagnosed cases, to now predominantly affecting women, who by 2020 made up 70% of diagnosed cases. Videos went viral of people unsolicited yelling their trauma stories at unwilling drive-through personnel.

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Living on the Edge – Snapshots of PTSD: Suicidality from PTSD vs. CPTSD

The Art of Healing Trauma

In the Discussion, I discuss 13 Reasons I was Suicidal due to PTSD in 2010 , 13 Reasons I’m Suicidal due to CPTSD Now in 2020 and Additional Commentary – Tragedies and Hiding One’s Truth. I was suicidal daily for many years after I got PTSD; in fact I am still very frequently suicidal now in 2020.