Mad in America

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The following is a recent personal example with respect to this article. Perhaps some readers of this article will dig deeper into Fromm, Krishnamurti, Vonnegut, or Huxley, and discover something that is amiss in this article—or just learn something new.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article is being simultaneously published on Mad in America and on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. We risk increasing this person’s depressed mood which in some cases can result in the person self-harming and then the EUPD diagnosis follows shortly after. I have seen this merry-go-round all too often.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 26, 2023

From World Association for Infant Mental Health : “This article is a series of personal reflections on infancy, which I view as a period during which profoundly essential human spiritual experiences occur, albeit episodically and without reflective consciousness.

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Mad in America

MARCH 6, 2025

A firsthand account of the environment from the time of the 1940 study came from an article co-authored by a patient and published in the Sunday Oregonian : Some of the patients there are violently insane and even dangerous, but they are locked in. You might lose months of memory and some loss of self-esteem.

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Hospitality Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Self-awareness 78

Mad in America

APRIL 27, 2024

Anyone who had read the first three articles could only be confused by this November report. In 2010, they published an article that told of how the STAR*D investigators had violated their protocol to inflate the reported remission rate. Newspapers have regularly promoted its findings and continue to do so.

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Mad in America

MARCH 20, 2024

Moore: If these people are aware that anyone can go and find that information, and they’re obviously happy to accept industry money, and for it to be presented as public information, do they not think it’s an issue? I continue to do these studies beating on this drum that self-reporting conflicts of interest doesn’t work.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. However, the following factors might be more plausible. These symptoms are rooted in persistent emotional dysregulation rather than a singular traumatic event.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article is being simultaneously published on Mad in America and on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. Tam said: “There are so many of us that are bridges between these worlds and there’s so much that you could learn and you’re just turning your back on this incredible treasure trove of meaning and awareness.”

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Mad in America

MARCH 2, 2024

In 2009-2010, things did not go well for me due to a combination of extreme insomnia, a seriously diminished self-image, setbacks in all kinds of areas and the partial loss of my social safety net. Anniek: I had cleared six months of time to make sure I had time for optimal self-care. Over the years, the diagnoses all fell away.

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Mad in America

MAY 30, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Mad in Norway. But I give you access to my professional perspectives and reflections, in the hope and belief that you will be able to use them for increased self-awareness and personal growth. I don’t change the way you think.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While these doctors make a point of not pathologizing anxious patients, this article is about those doctors who are lacking in this department and who, therefore, cause patients to feel invalidated. For the sake of this article, let us assume that the opposite of pathologization is humanization.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child offers this definition of EF skills: “Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. A good starting point is the term “executive function.”

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Mad in America

AUGUST 1, 2024

My anecdotal explanation is that psychologists and psychiatrists are more concerned with self-preservation and their own ego, despite the latter actually being medical doctors. This opening discussion represents two critical elements that will be covered in this article. What is the purpose of awareness?

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Aging and mental health Self-awareness Agriculture Emotional intelligence 122

Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

A recent Neuroscience News article is titled “ Bipolar disorder can be detected with blood test. ” This is a crucial time of transition for psychiatry, and current developments are occurring beneath the public’s awareness. The survival of psychiatrized people may just depend on it.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Editor’s Note: In this article, which first appeared on Mad in Italy , Susanna Brunelli reflects on the Peer Support Expert (ESP) role after attending the international congress of the WAPR (World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation) in Turin.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 3, 2024

The article, written by John Miller, editor-in-chief of Psychiatric Times , prompted readers to consider the possible extraordinary harm done. Five months after Prozac came to market, the NIMH launched a “Depression Awareness, Recognition and Treatment” campaign. This was the understanding that the NIMH decided needed to be changed.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Hospitality Education Self-awareness 144

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Two years later, as a first-year student at the University of Washington, I read an article in the campus newspaper about Elizabeth Beth Loftus, and her theory that some repressed memories of sexual abuse were false, particularly those recovered during the course of talk therapy. Someone was lurking.

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Center for Integrative Psychiatry

MARCH 2, 2025

In 2025, as mental health awareness continues to grow, counseling is playing a more prominent role in education. Counselors also assist students in identifying and eliminating self-destructive habits like overthinking and negative self-talk. Why is counseling important?

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As if to prove my point, a CNN article published one year later on October 31, 2023 reported the following: “People with severe psychological distress were more likely than others to have heard of 988 and to have used the lifeline, according to research published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open. I decided to focus on self-injury this time.

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Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Resilience and coping Hospitality 130

Mad in America

JANUARY 31, 2025

That is the subjectivation I am keenly aware of and now capable of extricating myself and others out of. But I was also acutely aware of many things, responsible for many and aware of responding to my physical debility. When will they self-reflect on the nature of their care? Who needs such violent care?

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Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Hospitality Legal 101

ADDitude

MARCH 4, 2025

The following milestones, which focus on inhibition, a developing sense of danger, and awareness of social expectations, are particularly important: By age 3: avoids touching hot objects, like a stove, when warned By age 4: avoids danger (e.g., Without school-wide awareness, your childs behaviors may be misunderstood and/or misattributed.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In a study of patients with migraine headache, patients were aware that they might receive a placebo or an anti-migraine medication called Maxalt. Here, the balancing act is self-preservation, if you will, versus patient autonomy. After all, we do call these medications “anti-depressants”, right?

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Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In this article, I will outline simple yet powerful strategies to help you manage intense emotions, improve self-awareness, and develop healthier coping mechanisms. Enhance Self-Awareness The journey toward better emotional regulation begins with self-awareness.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 5, 2024

In October 2023 I wrote an article for Mad in America, “Survivors and Families Working Together for Change.” Whether the anger is turned inward on the self or outward toward others, dreadful destruction results.” Now I am aware that meaning is manifested in the way I live my life rather than in the ruminating.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Mad in the UK. And I was all too aware of reports of shocking numbers of rapes and sexual assaults on psychiatric wards that I had read when I discovered online psychiatric survivor forums, and even reports in the mainstream media. I want to start my story at the end.

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

The Art of Healing Trauma

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Sometimes, trauma survivors do play some role in getting into situations in which they end up being traumatized, and it can be important to examine potential mistakes, naivet, and self-sabotage, as one stage of the therapeutic process (generally after other, much more important, symptoms and issues are worked with).

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Mad in America

JUNE 27, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. A more collaborative approach, with greater scope for the client’s self-determination about their care, is more likely to build trust than the coercive approach services often take. Psychosocially focused interventions may foster better engagement.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Critical Thinking: Ironically, while a denial of painful realities can cause problems, an awareness of painful realities can fuel depression and anxiety. This shut down can result in complete immobilization or a fear of such immobilization, both of which are psychologically painful, and this can result in the pain of self-loathing and shame.

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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. Over the months, I had shared many books and articles with Matt, but he did not have the bandwidth to read anything outside of his work. How was Matt involved in all of this?

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

Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

Patients often find such a level of self-disclosure about the therapist’s problems burdensome and distracting, and I immediately felt less confidence in her ability to help. And too often he retreated to superficial, self-help maxims—“there is no such thing as perfect”—a “look on the bright side” attitude that trivialized my concerns.

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ADDitude

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

How can I help him develop self-awareness and a growth mindset ? Is this delay in growing up a period of self-discovery or self-indulgence? He does not see his role, and he doesn’t wonder what he could do differently next time. Solution: What Floats Your Childs Boat? which was broadcast on May 1, 2024.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The text of the article tells us that traditional antidepressants (ADMs) take too long to work (let’s forget for the moment the fact that traditional ADMs do not work very well at all), and the new ketamine derivative drugs work almost instantaneously, report several users who have had years of failure on ADMs (what else would one expect?).

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Healthcare Sleep and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Pharmaceuticals 97

The Art of Healing Trauma

JUNE 25, 2020

I’m planning to write at least 10 minutes a day, stream of consciousness, censorship and judgment-free, incorporating body awareness at times to improve groundedness. This list includes the 7 benefits from the last article and 23 additional benefits. As a form of writing, it’s a lot easier than writing research articles.

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The Art of Healing Trauma

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In this article I’m going to talk about issues surrounding saying yes when feeling no. This article used to be called Blame the Victim Part 9 – How Rooting out Details Advances Healing. ) Self-hatred Yes. They believe they are giving consent to use the other person to self harm. Never taught to fight it.

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Lightwork

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Women often internalize their stressors, turning their anxiety inward through self-blame, rumination, and excessive worry. This internalization can intensify anxiety symptoms and create a cycle of negative thoughts.

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The Art of Healing Trauma

OCTOBER 8, 2018

It Makes Sense for a Non-traumatized Person to Blame a Traumatized Person for Their Symptoms It would be natural, without the proper training, for a non-traumatized person to assume that all the reactions that a traumatized person is having are self-generated (unrelated to anyone else in their past or present).

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Mad in America

MARCH 9, 2024

Editor’s note: This article by Gaurav Datta was first published on Mad in South Asia. To imagine these people as having traversed these landscapes losing all their belongings and sense of self. The residents seem somewhat aware of this; however, it is the medicalization of their illness experience that they resist.

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