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

AUGUST 10, 2024

I was still under the “care” of the Early Intervention Service as an outpatient but after my treatment in hospital I didn’t want my life to be intervened in by mental health professionals. Unlike after my first admission I internalised my new self-image as a bipolar psychiatric patient and it ended up literally disabling me.

Sleep and mental health 119

Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Social Services Aging and mental health 119

Mad in America

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The parallel society] began in spontaneous acts of mutual self-defense in different parts of society. Its different elements often exhibit tremendous growth and vitality in their isolation, but they appear to have little awareness of each other. Two points need to be made in this regard.

Trauma and the brain 127

Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Legal Technology 127

Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

Patients often find such a level of self-disclosure about the therapist’s problems burdensome and distracting, and I immediately felt less confidence in her ability to help. And too often he retreated to superficial, self-help maxims—“there is no such thing as perfect”—a “look on the bright side” attitude that trivialized my concerns.

Insurance 144

Insurance Aging and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-awareness 144

Mad in America

JANUARY 3, 2024

Five months after Prozac came to market, the NIMH launched a “Depression Awareness, Recognition and Treatment” campaign. In 1931, Horatio Pollock, of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, conducted a long-term study of 2,700 depressed patients hospitalized from 1909 to 1920.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 145

Neurotransmitters and mental health Hospitality Education Self-awareness 145

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

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Every other day, it seems, some new article appears on declines in child and adolescent wellbeing and spikes in suicide attempts and self-harm. According to a recent survey of American adolescents, American teens reporting daily (or almost) in-person get-togethers plunged from 44 percent in 2010 to 32 percent in 2022. For the brain.

Aging and mental health 137

Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Self-awareness 137

Mad in America

MAY 4, 2024

In December 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his controversial “ involuntary removals ” policy, allowing for the involuntary psychiatric detention of largely unhoused people who “ appear mentally ill ” in public. The answer lies largely in changing political winds, on both the state and national levels.

Poverty and mental health 133

Poverty and mental health Legal Self-awareness Nonprofits 133

Mad in America

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Peer respites are an innovative and cost effective alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, and these resources are badly needed across the country. In late 2022, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued a public request for grant proposals, and our organization was chosen to create and operate a peer respite in Southern Oregon.

Sleep and mental health 110

Sleep and mental health Legal Hospitality Nonprofits 110