Mad in America
JUNE 22, 2024
W ith all the recent coverage of the youth mental health crisis and the role of social media, little attention has been given to the way platforms like TikTok promote certain narratives about mental health—shifting not only the conversation but also the way mental health issues are actually experienced.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 18, 2024
All I could understand at that age was I got hurt, I was in the hospital and everyone wanted to help. Through a series of events that took place in my late 20s and early 30s, I began to live with depression. It opened my eyes to be in the hospital for mental health challenges rather than a physical injury.
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Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
A recent study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders raises alarm about the widespread prescription of antidepressants for post-menopausal women between the ages of 45 and 64. We found that MHT was prescribed for 2.94 % of women aged 45–54 years old who had a record of CMHD. Current MIA supporters can log in below.(If
Mad in America
MARCH 13, 2025
And yet I choose to become a mental health nurse. I became a mental health nurse at a psychiatric clinic for children and young adults. Is this really someone who is going to tell us a different story, or is it just going to be the same mental health, biomedical b t again? My parents are psych survivors.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
In public health, we talk about death. We aim to protect, preserve, and promote the health of individuals and their communities. We don’t examine the health effects of this person’s absence. In this sense, it’s odd that we rarely think about death as an exposure with downstream health risks.
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%. Fifth, events after the trial is stopped are ignored. when the follow-up was 30 days, i.e. an increase in suicidal events. when the follow-up was 30 days, i.e. an increase in suicidal events.
World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Onthe 10thofOctober(Thursday), the global community unites once again to celebrate World Mental Health Day (WMHD), an initiative organised by the World Federation for Mental Health(WFMH)and endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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