Mad in America

MARCH 30, 2024

But the combined intelligence and cognitive awareness of Matt and his mother’s tenacity for answers undoubtedly gave him a second chance on life. I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.”

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Sleep and mental health Bipolar disorder Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health 120

Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. At the age of 41, I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in the midst of the Covid pandemic in the early autumn of 2020 in the throes of an episode of psychosis.

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Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Social Services Aging and mental health 110

Mad in America

MARCH 9, 2024

The residents, most of whom were either born in Gujarat, or had somehow ended up in Gujarat, had been referred to this Center by hospitals, various non-governmental organizations, or simply arrived here by word-of-mouth. To imagine these people as having traversed these landscapes losing all their belongings and sense of self.

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Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Hospitality Self-awareness 104

Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

BetterHelp and its competitors suggest they are the answer to a pressing societal mental health crisis. As a result, people are seeking mental health care at unprecedented rates, leaving many professionals too full to accept new patients, and creating an opening for new platforms. Is BetterHelp Effective?

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 25, 2023

These drugs have often become the sole treatment for a variety of behavioral health disorders including clinical depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other approved and off-label uses of these drugs. Depression is undoubtedly a major health problem, but I believe the soaring “increase” is a fiction and not real.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Healthcare Aging and mental health Self-awareness 77

Lawyers with Depression

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

And our commonly held psychological theories make it hard for people to make direct contact with depression as a living experience, by framing it as an objective mental disorder to be quickly eliminated. Specific losses may be involved: loss of a loved one, a career, cherished illusions, material possessions, or self-esteem.

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Construction Self-awareness Aging and mental health Technology 52

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For example, for those ages 35 to 44, there was an increase in chronic health conditions from 48% in 2019 to 58% in 2023. The same age group reported an increase in mental illness from 31% to 45%, although the highest rate of 50% was reported in the age group of 18 to 34.

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Resilience and coping Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health Self-awareness 128

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

His work spans everything from the cultural history of mental illness to mindfulness, death anxiety, and resiliencenot the hollow kind that comes from pretending everythings fine, but the kind that comes from staring into the void and refusing to flinch. On a personal note, Brent has played a foundational role in my own journey.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2025

S ince the 1990s, weve been hearing about the amazing progress in mental healthcare: We learned that mental illnesses like depression are serious but treatable diseases. And thanks to education and awareness-raising efforts, more people are getting help with their suffering. But theres a paradox here: The U.S.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The prescribing of medications to all ages has increased along with the suicide and homicide rate. Our Spirit is also referred to as our “Witness”, “Charioteer”, or “Higher Self”. Ninety-one years later in 2023, over 50,000 Americans died of suicide; more than any year on record. Though, naturally, we can feel a victim.

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Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Legal Sleep and mental health 111

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

These positive outcomes also include improved relational functioning, enhanced mentalization abilities, and increased quality of life. Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018).

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Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 40

Mad in America

OCTOBER 6, 2023

M y long and complicated lifelong relationship with mental health issues and mainstream psychiatry takes place across three different countries. Naturally, I developed an eating disorder and OCD at an early age. Around age 11, I had a classmate commit suicide. The first time I saw a psychiatrist was around age 12.

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Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Anxiety disorders 125

Zencare

JANUARY 22, 2025

There are 298 mental health conditions currently recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition-TR, which is the standard reference for clinical practice among trained, licensed mental health professionals, in the US. Written by Rebekah Ferguson, LMHC.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Bipolar disorder Sleep and mental health Genetics and mental health 52

Mad in America

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Yensens wife, Donna Dryer, continued to treat the participant while aware of her husbands exploitation of the participant. An author and influential researcher, Ingrasci was well-known in the holistic health and alternative spirituality conference circuits. In 2023, Dryer resigned her medical license. of all psychiatrists and 7.1%

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Psychedelic therapy Legal Aging and mental health Self-awareness 114

Mad in America

OCTOBER 11, 2023

His writing offers unique insights into the hegemonic foundations of mental health and champions the role of narrative in therapy. His profound appreciation for the humanities guides his exploration of mental health, often through the lens of art and literature. Post-psychiatry introduces these questions to the field.

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Real Psychiatry

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Public health officials are attacked for providing the best possible public health advice just because some politicians dont like it or need to cover their own incompetence. Aggression has components that occur on a strictly verbal level and aggression toward property or inanimate objects as well as self (2).

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Aging and mental health Legal Self-awareness 52