Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In October, 2022, I had the opportunity to attend #CRISISCON in Kansas City, Missouri, and listen to a plenary presentation from Vibrant administrators about how great everything was going. Yet, as I contemplated the heavy Vibrant presence at CrisisCon 2022, I decided to do a little ‘shopping’ on my own. Sueanne was my first.

Sleep and mental health 136

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Resilience and coping Hospitality 136

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. Less publicized in 2022 was another powerful discrediting of psychiatry’s neurobiological disease model.

Poverty and mental health 145

Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. For example, the violent crime rate fell by 49% between 1993 and 2022, with substantial decreases in robbery, aggravated assault, and murder rates.

Resilience and coping 143

Resilience and coping Self-awareness Nutrition and mood Sleep and mental health 143

Mad in America

MARCH 20, 2024

One is on conflicts of interest in medicine broadly, looking at influential information sources that are used by physicians and other healthcare providers. So as Brian was saying, it is curious that, given our past publications and their conflict of interest policy, they didn’t have one for the 2022 DSM-5 Text Revision (DSM-5-TR).

Genetics and mental health 144

Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Self-awareness Legal 144

Mad in America

JANUARY 27, 2024

The deinstitutionalization era marked a shift toward community-based mental health care, highlighting the importance of individual choice and self-determination. Here, we would like to extend the responsibility of healthcare professionals to include the risk of staying on medication.

Self-awareness 118

Self-awareness Manufacturing Legal Healthcare 118

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. And thanks to education and awareness-raising efforts, more people are getting help with their suffering. is the only developed nation with for-profit healthcare.

Healthcare 93

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Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. Some of them self-identify as disabled, a category which—like neurodivergence itself—is extremely heterogenous. The consequences of ‘diagnosis as identity.’ Both outcomes are problematic.

Trauma and the brain 144

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 144