Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Perhaps if I took a different prescription or combination of prescriptions, my brain would magically adjust and rid me of my alleged ‘chemical imbalance’. My brain sat in my skull like a dead goldfish. I had been diagnosed with numerous ‘disorders’ because I had a traumatic childhood. I was severely unwell. I was disgusted.

Trauma and the brain 144

Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Autism spectrum Anxiety disorders 144

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.

Trauma and the brain 143

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 143

Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

In 2021, New York Times reporter Benedict Carey, after covering psychiatry for twenty years, concluded that psychiatry had done “little to improve the lives of the millions of people living with persistent mental distress. In 2023, Time reported , “About one in eight U.S. As of late 2022, just 31% of U.S.

Technology 143

Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 143