Mad in America
DECEMBER 31, 2024
During 2024, we published 155 blogs , 244 reviews of scientific findings , 43 personal stories and 41 MIA reports , of which 22 were podcast interviews. Here we highlight the top ten of Mad in Americas most-read blogs and personal stories of 2024. Subscribers get free access to all Mad in America content and webinar events.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 31, 2024
.” —Erich Fromm, The Sane Society (1955) W ith the mainstream media finally reporting that “ depression is not caused by low levels of serotonin ,” many people ask me: Why does psychiatry repeatedly get it wrong when it comes to not only to its theories of mental illness but in so many other areas?
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Mad in America
APRIL 16, 2024
As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. A US psychiatrist, Roy Perlis, professor at Harvard, argued in April 2024, that depression pills should be sold over the counter because they are “safe and effective.” of patients treated for one year.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Another paper confirmed that, like the public but unlike most psychiatrists, the majority of people who are prescribed antipsychotics have psycho-social rather than bio-genetic causal explanations for their difficulties 11. Perhaps they have personally had a bad experience with mental health services but not with this particular treatment?
Mad in America
JULY 6, 2024
Premise In our information we always emphasize that psychotropic drugs do not have a specific action on mental problems or psychopathology, but only on their symptoms. Essentially, the development of this hypersensitivity can cause abnormal reactions when the same drug or a different drug is reintroduced.
Mad in America
MARCH 20, 2024
Mad in America has previously examined the problems with conflicts of interest in research but this time we extend that to look at the potential effect of COIs on diagnostic tools such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). We don’t see that in the mental health field.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
In summary, researchers have found no serotonin nor any other neurotransmitter association with depression, no neurobiological associations, and no genetic associations. government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) , reported that among American adults, serious suicidal thoughts occurred in 6.6%
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