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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2023

Mad in America

H ere we highlight the top ten of Mad in America’s most read blogs and personal stories of 2023. Mental Disorder Has Roots in Trauma and Inequality, Not Biology Allan M. Borderline Personality Disorder “No Longer Has a Place in Clinical Practice” Image depicts the thoughts and behaviors typically associated with BPD.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

Mad in America

O n 3 August 2023, I wrote to the editors of two medical journals and called for retraction of three fraudulent reports of placebo-controlled trials of depression drugs in children and adolescents. Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom 2023;Nov 14. This is fraud. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2006;63:332-9. 17 Gøtzsche PC.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

Mad in America

The National Centre for PTSD attributes this to the fact that men are more likely to experience trauma, but women are more likely to develop PTSD, possibly due to higher emotional sensitivity and reactivity, which increases susceptibility to mood disorders. There have also been notable shifts in the types of traumatic events leading to PTSD.

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What is an Addiction Psychiatrist and How Can They Help?

Clear Behavioral Health

million Americans suffer from simultaneous mental health disorders and substance use disorders, clinically referred to as a dual diagnosis , highlighting the interconnected nature and urgency of these conditions [2]. link] Drug addiction (substance use disorder) – Diagnosis and treatment – Mayo Clinic. CBHSQ Data.

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2025 Election Begins March 1

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

Personal Statement : Dr. Young’s specific areas of clinical interest include treating complex mood disorders, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, personality disorders, and substance use disorders. I completed my residency at Johns Hopkins in 2023, where I served as a Chief Resident.

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

Mad in America

The Stichting Pill meticulously substantiated this in their response to the 2023 Multidisciplinary Document “Phasing Out Other Antidepressants. They kept attributing my symptoms to a non-objectifiable personality disorder which, according to the DSM, does not have to be permanent and which had been in remission for 10 years.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

The same is true of attempts to reframe other diagnostic labels as ‘identities’—including the most contentious, ‘borderline personality disorder’ which, it is suggested, can be ‘destigmatised’ through ‘ neuroqueer feminism ’. Neuroqueer Feminism: Turning with Tenderness toward Borderline Personality Disorder. Johnson, M.