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Human

Mad in America

I had been witch-hunted in 2021. Now, without a call recording or any evidence, under South Australian law, this policeman could forcibly take me from my children and home under suspicion and hearsay of mental illness. At my local hospital, the nurses treated me like a criminal. I asked my psychiatrist during our final consultation.

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

Mad in America

Because of a comment in a Facebook group for “people with non-congenital brain injury (NAH) and overstimulation,” I admitted myself to the crisis ward in February 2021 to have an NPO (neuropsychological examination) taken. On this, counseling by professionals in NAH actually started in July 2021. Their help was gold.

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2025 Election Begins March 1

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

Personal Statement : Dr. Young’s specific areas of clinical interest include treating complex mood disorders, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, personality disorders, and substance use disorders. He also has a strong interest in sports and performance psychiatry.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

The same is true of attempts to reframe other diagnostic labels as ‘identities’—including the most contentious, ‘borderline personality disorder’ which, it is suggested, can be ‘destigmatised’ through ‘ neuroqueer feminism ’. Neuroqueer Feminism: Turning with Tenderness toward Borderline Personality Disorder. Johnson, M.

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From Freud to Fanon: How Daniel Gaztambide is Redefining Psychoanalytic Practice

Mad in America

He has served as a liaison to the American Psychological Association (APA) on racial and ethnic minority issues and contributed to the APA’s 2020-2021 Taskforce on Strategies for the Elimination of Racism, Discrimination, and Hate. We would all kind of struggle to articulate what that was.