2021 Aging and mental health Bipolar disorder 
Mad in America
MAY 10, 2024
M y first encounter with the psychiatric system in America was at the age of 18. With each step I took into the building, the kilos of shame I had felt since the age of five built up upon my back. He was amicable, handsome, and seemed to be around the age of twenty-five. 5 on the 4.0 I was a failure. I’ll call him Carlos.
Mad in America
JUNE 6, 2024
E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist. Thomas Insel, quoted in 2017. “To
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Mad in America
JANUARY 11, 2024
Tony, who lives in Virginia near his mother, lost his speech and eye contact at a very early age, when he received an autism diagnosis. Tony went off prescription drugs in September 2021, when he was released from the hospital with none, though he was on them while being held there.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
I n the early 1960s, around the age of two, I experienced an accidental overdose. The incident occurred after one of my preschool-age siblings managed to use a kitchen chair to retrieve the tasty but very toxic medicine, open the bottle, and then give it to me believing the “candy medicine” would help their baby sister feel better.
Mad in America
JANUARY 9, 2025
S ince the 1990s, weve been hearing about the amazing progress in mental healthcare: We learned that mental illnesses like depression are serious but treatable diseases. 3) America has focused its mental illness awareness, education, and screening campaigns on children. But theres a paradox here: The U.S.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Her book, Mad Sisters , is a highly personal account of her caregiving journey for an older sister diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 13. Siem: Often, the extent to which someone can go low correlates to how high they can go, like with mania in bipolar disorder. By early January 2021, the situation had worsened.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Her book, Mad Sisters , is a highly personal account of her caregiving journey for an older sister diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 13. Siem: Often, the extent to which someone can go low correlates to how high they can go, like with mania in bipolar disorder. By early January 2021, the situation had worsened.
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