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Dismissing the “Human Experience”: College Students Feel Unseen by the Medical Model of Mental Health

Mad in America

In a previous story , I reported on the “TikTokification” of mental health —a phenomenon where social media content encourages young people to self-diagnose. Many students find comfort in the medical model of mental health because it simplifies experiences that are otherwise messy, uncomfortable, and difficult to make sense of. “I

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

Mad in America

R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report. The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report. It’s clear South Africa is in crisis.

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These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.

Mad in America

Researchers in Australia assigned more than 1,000 young teenagers to one of two classes: either a typical middle-school health class or one that taught a version of a mental-health treatment called dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT. Another, they were told to sleep more, eat right, and exercise.

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A Remarkable Feat: A Psychiatric Patient Changed the Law on Restraints

Mad in America

He entered a settlement with the Ministry of Health in December 2021, which obliged the government to amend the Psychiatry Act, so that the rights for psychiatric patients subjected to belt fixation were improved. And he insisted that the government should ask the National Board of Health to draw up an action plan for autism.

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Back-to-School Support & Teen Mental Health Treatment: Practical Tips for Parents

Clear Behavioral Health

This can create stressful situations for families, which is why teen mental health treatment programs offer support, so you dont have to manage it alone. Our specialized team provides premier teen mental health treatment in the Los Angeles, California area. Call today to start healing.

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

Mad in America

No one helped us to understand how the sleep disturbances we experienced could play havoc with our moods. The Office on Women’s Health emphasizes psychosocial causes as being significant in PPD. Kelly Brogan , a holistic women’s health psychiatrist, reports significant concerns about brexanolone.

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Letting Go of Lithium

Mad in America

My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. I started talking fast, coming up with ideas and creative projects and I stopped sleeping. They said if I didn’t go to sleep they would make me. And they did. I was angry.