Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In research circles, he’s known as the founder and executive director of the controversial Stanley Medical Research Institute, which has spent more than $550 million on biological research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder over the past few decades.

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Genetics and mental health Bipolar disorder Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

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. As fate would have it, the clinic’s psychiatrist had recently inaugurated the very first inpatient program for eating disorders.

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Eating disorders Bipolar disorder Self-awareness Personality disorders 120

Mad in America

DECEMBER 11, 2024

” With my parents, it was definitely a term of affection. She was taken to the hospital, and a few days later, they diagnosed her with schizophrenia. She was transferred to the Allen Memorial Hospital in Montreal, a psychiatric hospital housed in an imposing white mansion on Mount Royal. Siem: What year was this?

Sleep and mental health 115

Sleep and mental health Hospitality Resilience and coping Aging and mental health 115

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

” With my parents, it was definitely a term of affection. She was taken to the hospital, and a few days later, they diagnosed her with schizophrenia. She was transferred to the Allen Memorial Hospital in Montreal, a psychiatric hospital housed in an imposing white mansion on Mount Royal. Siem: What year was this?

Sleep and mental health 52

Sleep and mental health Hospitality Resilience and coping Aging and mental health 52

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Although Jennifer Houghs older sister, Valerie, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was fifteen, Hough never saw her sister as mentally ill. I remember when my sister would go into hospital, people would be like, oh, that’s great, now she’ll get the help she needs, says Hough.

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Biopsychosocial model Trauma and the brain Bipolar disorder Healthcare 52

Mad in America

JANUARY 14, 2025

In todays world, a psychotic homosexual would probably be taken to a mental hospital and given antipsychotic drugs with their devastating side effects. It resulted in my becoming a schizophrenic and being hospitalized in mental hospitals for fifteen months. This torture lasted two years.

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Trauma and the brain Hospitality Pharmaceuticals Bipolar disorder 104