Mad in America

AUGUST 3, 2024

Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. This alienation is of course quite stressful and a source of ill-health. The natural course of depression without any medication?

Genetics and mental health 142

Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Hospitality Technology 142

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I didn’t know Wallace was a poster boy for antidepressant withdrawal because I didn’t know that antidepressant withdrawal was common, or that I would be experiencing it myself and understanding firsthand the hellish bodily and mental feelings that make one long for death, for everything to stop. Down from 40mg.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 138

Neurotransmitters and mental health Aging and mental health Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals 138

Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. In 2023, Time reported , “About one in eight U.S. In 2023, Time reported , “About one in eight U.S. As of late 2022, just 31% of U.S.

Technology 144

Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 144