Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Perhaps if I took a different prescription or combination of prescriptions, my brain would magically adjust and rid me of my alleged ‘chemical imbalance’. My brain sat in my skull like a dead goldfish. I had been diagnosed with numerous ‘disorders’ because I had a traumatic childhood. I was severely unwell. I was disgusted.

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Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Autism spectrum Anxiety disorders 138

Mad in America

JUNE 28, 2024

A few months ago, I attended a live Zoom event on Guidely with Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. He was talking about being abandoned for a month at the age of one because his mother was protecting his life during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Is that even possible?

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Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Autism spectrum Genetics and mental health 117

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

T he one-size-fits-all autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, as configured in the Revised Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5-TR), is a clinical catastrophe. As I discuss below, a small minority of the many autism-suspected children I saw did fit the original criteria for autism.

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Autism spectrum Trauma and the brain Education Hospitality 117