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Beyond the Chemical Imbalance: Looking to the Past to Understand the Mental health Crisis

Mad in America

With convenience right at our fingertips, it seems paradoxical that, despite our relative prosperity, we suffer some of the highest rates of mental illness compared to any other part of the world, with more than 1 in 5 US adults living with mental illness. If that were the case, most of us would not be sitting here today.

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How to Learn to Love to Write: A Mental Health Journey

Mad in America

F rom a young age, you discover how much you love to read and write. Wake up, school, homework, sleep, repeat. Every time you present your projects, all the class does is stare and judge. You start believing the voices and get sent into an unlivable mental state. You’re exhausted, both mentally and physically.

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How To Protect Your Mental Health

The London Psychiatry Centre

When it comes to mental health, prevention is better than cure. Sometimes the last thing we feel like doing is taking any time out of our hectic days to practice self-care, but it is easier to protect your mental health than to rebuild it after hitting breaking point. Read on for 7 ways to protect your mental health.

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A Felt Sense of Safety – From Disassociation to Embodiment

Mad in America

I depended on her expertise to keep me out of crisis, while the medication kept me grounded, sleeping, and helped me forget. Maintain my sleep schedule,” I dutifully wrote down on a worksheet. Teaching classes was meditative and kept me centered in the present moment. Go see my psychiatrist. It became a way for me to travel.

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Letting Go of Lithium

Mad in America

My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. I started talking fast, coming up with ideas and creative projects and I stopped sleeping. They said if I didn’t go to sleep they would make me. And they did. I was angry.

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

Mad in America

My middle school-aged daughter had a suicide attempt, the result of relentless bullying. Overwhelmed, I sought help from my VA mental health team. In response to how quickly my mental health had devolved, my husband was concerned I might have a brain tumor. I built a new support system.

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A Remarkable Feat: A Psychiatric Patient Changed the Law on Restraints

Mad in America

He entered a settlement with the Ministry of Health in December 2021, which obliged the government to amend the Psychiatry Act, so that the rights for psychiatric patients subjected to belt fixation were improved. Silas had autism and came into contact with the psychiatric system at a very young age.