Mad in America
MARCH 13, 2025
I got two diagnoses, borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder with ultra-rapid cycling, a fact that I hid throughout my whole time of service for the hospital. And so, I think it was two months before Mad Camp, I signed up, booked my flight, was accepted and flew to Mad Camp California.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 29, 2023
I was diagnosed with Bipolar II at age 12 and attempted suicide at age 13. I read books from the library on Taoism, Buddhism, nihilism, and modern psychology. I tried going back to school after the brain injury, but between the bipolar disorder and the head trauma, I couldn’t handle the stress and pressure anymore.
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Mad in America
MARCH 30, 2024
Unbeknownst to Matt and me, he was being admitted to the psychiatric ward, where his basic rights were being taken away with no phone, laptop, books and pens. The psychiatrist called me the next day and announced that Matt had “bipolar disorder” as if this were a “new” diagnosis — and had clearly not seen Matt’s medical records.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Curiously, he seemed captivated by a few quotes from books I had jotted down in my diary, but our sessions continued to be a quiet standoff, a battle of nerves to see who would break the silence first. What I found in some books was as embarrassing as it was shameful. What if your client brought you a gift? What makes you think that?”
Mad in America
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Peter Gøtzsche’s book, Critical Psychiatry Textbook. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. 650 In 2022, he published the book, Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health.
NAMI
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Drawing on our shared lived experiences to create groundbreaking research, she now plans to publish a book that empowers individuals to better understand themselves, realize theyre not alone, and equips families with the tools to advocate for their loved ones.
Mad in America
JUNE 6, 2024
E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist. Thomas Insel, quoted in 2017. “To
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