Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Then in 2023, Ed Pigott and his co-researchers, utilizing the Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials initiative, conducted a reanalysis of STAR*D, which was published in BMJ. The cover of the December 2023 Psychiatric Times issue announced : “STAR*D Dethroned? But What If It’s Broken?”

Poverty and mental health 145

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

Mad in America

OCTOBER 5, 2024

In October 2023 I wrote an article for Mad in America, “Survivors and Families Working Together for Change.” Whether the anger is turned inward on the self or outward toward others, dreadful destruction results.” Now I am aware that meaning is manifested in the way I live my life rather than in the ruminating.

Hospitality 114

Hospitality Self-awareness Construction Education 114

Mad in America

AUGUST 1, 2024

My anecdotal explanation is that psychologists and psychiatrists are more concerned with self-preservation and their own ego, despite the latter actually being medical doctors. The answer lies in the fundamental nature of any tribe, band or clan; self-sufficiency. What is the purpose of awareness?

Aging and mental health 122

Aging and mental health Self-awareness Agriculture Emotional intelligence 122

Mad in America

JANUARY 17, 2024

His body of work, including the critically acclaimed Toward the Psychological Humanities: A Modest Manifesto for the Future of Psychology (Routledge, 2023), offers a profound reimagining of psychology, interweaving it with the arts and humanities to better understand the human condition. Reimagining the Story of Dementia (Brill | Sense).

Self-awareness 109

Self-awareness Construction Education 109

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 143

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

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Ninety-one years later in 2023, over 50,000 Americans died of suicide; more than any year on record. Our Spirit is also referred to as our “Witness”, “Charioteer”, or “Higher Self”. I want poetry. I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin. I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.”

Trauma and the brain 111

Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Legal Sleep and mental health 111