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Withdrawal Psychosis and the Aftermath of Tragedy

Mad in America

At a High Court trial in December 1997, he was found not guilty of the charges by reason of insanity and court ordered to undergo forensic mental health treatment as one of his country’s most high-profile ‘special patients.’ I had been a student at the Central Institute of Technology between 1992 and 1994. I am Steve Anderson.

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Investing in our mental health: Priorities for the NHS ten-year plan

Centre for Mental Health

The nations mental health is getting worse, with an especially significant increase in levels of distress among children and young people over recent years. The health and social costs of maternal depression, anxiety, and psychosis were estimated to carry long-term economic and social costs of approximately 8.1

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‘It Was a Joint Effort’: Deborah Kasdan on Bringing Her Late Sister’s Story to Life

Mad in America

Kasdan is a longtime business and technology writer who pivoted to memoir writing on a quest to tell her sister’s story, joining the Westport Writers’ Workshop. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 23, and she was ultimately hospitalized many times, right? She was in and out of the hospital. She was still feisty.

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Mental Health Round-Ups: The Next Phase of the Government’s War on Thought Crimes

Psychiatric News

Tuesday Reprinted from its original source at The Rutherford Institute HERE By John & Nisha Whitehead July 18, 2023 There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is a dangerous activity.Hannah Arendt Get ready for the next phase of the governments war on thought crimes: mental health round-ups and involuntary detentions.

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The Making of a ‘Madness’ That Hides Our Monsters: An Interview with Audrey Clare Farley

Mad in America

Her second book, which we will be discussing today, Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America , explores the lives of the four women behind the National Institute of Mental Health’s famous case study of schizophrenia. He sets out to study the genetics of schizophrenia, through twins.

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When Parent and Child Both Have a Learning Disorder

Child Mind Intitute

Full disclosure Dr. Dewey recommends that parents let kids know about their own experience with learning issues in an age-appropriate way, using language the child can relate to. There are university centers, hospitals, and independent clinics where parents can go and get an adult learning or neuropsychology evaluation, says Dr. Dewey.

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“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health

Mad in America

Since age 10 or 11, when she first started dancing with a youth ballet company, she would pull up Instagram and fixate on other dancers—looking at their bodies, comparing them with hers. Every other day, it seems, some new article appears on declines in child and adolescent wellbeing and spikes in suicide attempts and self-harm.