Mad in America
AUGUST 1, 2024
The former group tends towards what I would refer to as emotional. I’m going to introduce to you a new definition of mental health and, in doing so, am going to show that this group is more mentally healthy, for which we should be very concerned. We are amidst the age of behavioral alchemy. Why is this?
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. It was not until years later that I began to understand how people living with mental health challenges looked at hospitalization so much differently than I did. I was allowed to keep my cell phone, wallet, and other belongings.
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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
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
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.
Mad in America
MARCH 6, 2025
And therein is a critical lesson for todays mental health system, and how it should strive to ensure that everything about us is with us, not without us. 1921 Survey This survey was commissioned because of dissatisfaction with how the mentally ill were being handled, and to plan for future need.
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
The screening test recommended by the World Health Organization is so poor that for every 100,000 healthy people screened, 36,000 will get a false diagnosis of depression. In Sweden, the Board of Health recommends that all adults with mild to moderately severe depression are offered psychotherapy, but only 1% get it.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
3] I explained why none of the references supported this. [4] In 2017, suicide experts wrote in the Swedish medical journal that antidepressants, lithium, and clozapine prevent suicides, but several of their references were seriously misleading, and I noted that there is no reliable evidence that any drug can prevent suicide. [5]
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