Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

A recent Neuroscience News article is titled “ Bipolar disorder can be detected with blood test. ” Some neuroscientists argue that we should rather focus our efforts on the upstream social and structural factors, such as trauma and inequity , that create the conditions for mental health concerns to arise.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Editor’s Note: This article, written by Julia X, was first published on our affiliate site, Mad in Sweden. To understand mental illness, we first need to understand what a person really is. Science has a pretty good grasp of how the body and brain work, right? Mental illness is usually caused by something happening.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I didn’t know Wallace was a poster boy for antidepressant withdrawal because I didn’t know that antidepressant withdrawal was common, or that I would be experiencing it myself and understanding firsthand the hellish bodily and mental feelings that make one long for death, for everything to stop.

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Lightwork

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This stark difference isn’t just a statistical anomalyit reflects complex biological, social, and cultural factors that shape women’s mental health experiences. Biological Factors Contributing to Anxiety in Women Women’s bodies go through complex hormonal cycles that have a significant impact on their mental health.

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Bullet Psych

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

It does this by enhancing GABA_A receptors (inhibitory neurotransmitter) and inhibiting NMDA glutamate receptors (excitatory neurotransmitter). Epidemiology & Pathogenesis 4 , 5 Genetics , environmental influences , and mental health comorbidities contribute to vulnerability. Highest rates in ages 1829.

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