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Mental Health App That Cost Australian Taxpayers $33m Did Not Result in ‘Clinical Outcomes’

Mad in America

Despite receiving $33m from the government via a non-competitive grant, transparency and mental health advocates expressed concern about the closed grant process and argued an open and competitive tender for the $33m investment would have ensured value for money.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

In 1998, I was the lead author in an article published in Health Affairs , the leading health policy journal, calling into question whether the rapid consolidation of the rehabilitation hospital industry was in the public interest. Later in that same year, I had a difficult break-up with a woman I considered to be my soulmate.

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Top 10 Benefits of Counseling for Students in 2025

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Virtual therapy sessions allow students to seek professional help from the comfort of their homes, making mental health services more accessible, especially for those with tight schedules, mobility challenges, or social anxiety.