Mad in America
APRIL 5, 2025
Laura was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. While previously bipolar disorder, formerly called manic-depressive illness, was applied to a narrow group of people who experience dramatic extremes of mood and energy level interspersed with periods of fairly normal function, it was now applied to a much broader range of people.
Mad in America
APRIL 2, 2025
A more complete reading reveals that the relationship between 5-HT antagonism and antidepressant effects was understood even then to be more hypothetical than definitive, and activation of serotonin receptors was not necessarily the mechanism that alleviates depression.
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Mad in America
APRIL 29, 2025
While various approaches to treatment are not necessarily bad, overall, it blurs the definition of what psychotherapy is and confuses patients seeking effective care. In the biomedical model, this typically refers to constructs labeled as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe major depression, or personality disorders, etc.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 17, 2024
This issue, known in moral philosophy as the ‘fact-value’ distinction is also brought to the fore: differences (by whatever definition considered factual ) are not disorders (as this is a statement of value , not of fact ). Furthermore, a smaller brain is not indicative of a brain condition.
Sane Blog
MARCH 27, 2025
I thought I was just having a mid-life crisis while being medicated successfully for bipolar disorder? A predisposition for bipolar disorder definitely runs in my family. My maternal grandfather was hospitalised in the 1930s with depression. This is the first documented mental health episode in my family.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Back then, during my hospitalization at the eating disorder clinic, borderline personality disorder was one of those common diagnoses. Later, bipolar disorder took its place. And if we accept the point of view that all of us are lovable, can we heal everything?
Now Psych
MAY 20, 2024
per cent of the population have schizoaffective disorder: its a lot less common than either major depression or bipolar disorder. Individuals with schizophrenia may have an increased risk for first-degree relatives for schizoaffective disorder, and vice-versa. How is it Diagnosed?
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