Mad in America
JULY 19, 2024
D uring my first psychiatric hospitalization in 1998, I was strapped down, placed in 4-point restraints, and administered a painful catheter—apparently because I had peed on the floor during the course of my psychotic episode. Captivity By my count (with an assist from my mother) I’ve had 12 psychiatric hospitalizations in my life.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 30, 2023
H ere we highlight the top ten of Mad in America’s most read blogs and personal stories of 2023. DOOCE: A Case Study on the Failure of Psychiatry A selfie of mommy blogger Heather Armstrong in 2019 (Facebook) In May 2023, J.A. Mental Disorder Has Roots in Trauma and Inequality, Not Biology Allan M.
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Mad in America
APRIL 26, 2024
In 2022 he put himself in the hospital to try to get help. From January 2022 to the end of February he was in the hospital in Mississippi until a friend picked him up and brought him back to Los Angeles to get treatment. The doctor at the hospital wanted Joey to do a spinal tap to see if there was something else going on.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 18, 2024
I n 1986 I had my first experience spending time in a hospital. My next memory was waking up in the hospital and being told to try and remain still under the X-ray machine. All I could understand at that age was I got hurt, I was in the hospital and everyone wanted to help.
Mad in America
JUNE 1, 2024
However, none of this is stemming the stream of 988 callers who receive unasked for, unwanted, or unexpected visits from police and emergency medical services (EMS)—and then get taken, with or without consent, to hospitals or crisis centers for mental health evaluations. Where’s the accountability?” A therapist recommended 988.
Mad in America
JULY 9, 2024
I think we can gain some insight from Jacques Derrida’s work on hospitality. Derrida begins his study with an etymological analysis of the word “hospitality.” To what extent is psychiatric hospitalization a legitimate hospitality for a sick person? ” There are many interesting implications of this paper.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The article was written by Rose Ahn-Horst at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and McLean Hospital, and former FDA reviewer Erick Turner at Oregon Health & Science University and the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System. It is also the most commonly abused benzodiazepine. Y., & Turner, E.
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