Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

Poverty and mental health 144

Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 144

Mad in America

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Coed Hills is an off-grid sustainable arts community where members grow food using permaculture techniques, run a pottery studio, construct their own yurts and cabins, and host eclectic events such as this retreat. S everal weeks after being committed under the Mental Health Act, still dopey from mandated antipsychotics, I had a dream.

Aging and mental health 125

Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Hospitality Construction 125

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.

Trauma and the brain 141

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 141