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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2024

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Please donate to help us continue our work in 2025 and beyond. However, the NIMHs tight focus on funding genetic research has also prevented the exploration of the known psychological causes of schizophrenia, such as the impact of trauma, isolation, and poverty. You can become a MIA Supporter for $5 per month or $20 annually.

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

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I n 1999, New York State passed the first Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) law, which creates a regime of civil courts to force psychiatric interventions on those found to have “serious and persistent mental illness” who “struggle to engage voluntarily” with care. What made this year different?