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Exploding Myths About Schizophrenia: An Interview with Courtenay Harding

Mad in America

In 2024, she published a book, Recovery from Schizophrenia: Evidence, History and Hope , that told of her Vermont Longitudinal Study and how many in psychiatry, rather than celebrate the relatively good outcomes for the patients in her study, instead were quite furious with her for upsetting their beliefs. William Carpenter.

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Prescription Drugs: The Hidden Costs to Health and the Planet

Mad in America

2024,” healthcare visits, procedures, tests, and vaccinations decreased but the number of new prescriptions saw a 3% increase. It has far-reaching effects—not just for individual health but for the environment. In certain cases, pharmaceuticals can harm public health. This is of concern to public health.

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Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms Linked to Life-Altering Consequences, New Study Shows

Mad in America

The DAWSS identifies 15 symptoms that are most likely caused by antidepressant withdrawal rather than pre-existing mental health issues. The majority of participants were white (92.3%), female (80.1%), and college-educated (63%). Older age was associated with more severe withdrawal symptoms. for more than five years.

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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute Announces Inaugural Communicator Fellow in Partnership With the Carter Center

Child Mind Intitute

Ndayiziga will take part in the Carter Centers Climate Change Mental Health Fellowship thanks to the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) as part of its Global Health Initiative (GHI). We are delighted to announce Mr. Avit Ndayiziga as our inaugural SNF Global Center Communicator Fellow.

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What Are Waking Dreams, and Why Should You Care?

Mad in America

Waking dreams are natural phenomenathat occurwhen people experience dreamlike mental activities while awake. It represents a hybrid mental state on the edge between wakefulness and sleep, where imagination and reality blur. Over the past three years, I have developed a mental wellness practice called Guided Dreaming.

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Season’s Greetings 2023 from the President

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

According to the World Health Organization, War, armed conflict and other man-made or natural disasters cause profound distress and can in some cases ignite or inflame existing mental health conditions. Science, in this time of pessimism and possibly even resignation, is a key facilitator for achieving a better future for all.

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International Women’s Day: Interviews with Drs Joanne Fegan, Maeve Doyle and Atiqa Rafiq

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

Dr Joanne Fegan Dr Joanne Fegan is the Director of Communications and Public Education with the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland since March 2024. She is a Consultant in Later Life Psychiatry with Mayo Mental Health Services. Stigmatisation of those with mental illness. Did you always want to be psychiatrist?