Mad in America

DECEMBER 29, 2023

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. I did not get jokes, or references to famous people, places, or events. I can only say half, maybe less, of big eventful happenings I can remember a month later.

Trauma and the brain 145

Trauma and the brain Bipolar disorder Construction Education 145

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

MARCH 14, 2025

Every year on March 30th, we observe World Bipolar Day, a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness, challenging stigma, and promoting understanding about bipolar disorder. World Bipolar Day 2025 is a call to action, an opportunity to educate, support, and empower those living with bipolar disorder.

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Bipolar disorder Mental health advocacy Holistic mental health Community support 52

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For example, the “availability” shortcut: if an example of a particular event comes quickly to mind, we think the event is common; whereas if an example is hard to find in memory, we think the event is rare. This obviously leads to errors when the event is striking and dramatic (e.g. treatment-resistant tuberculosis).

Pharmaceuticals 132

Pharmaceuticals Bipolar disorder Self-awareness Healthcare 132

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

MARCH 7, 2024

This initiative was born out of a council meeting of the Asian Network of Bipolar Disorder (ANBD) in 2013, at which Prof. Pichet Udomratn proposed a date to bring worldwide attention to bipolar disorder. To register your activities and share event details, please visit: [link]. Together, we can make a difference.

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Bipolar disorder Education 52

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.

Genetics and mental health 140

Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Aging and mental health Bipolar disorder 140

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Dhar: Eventually you found the trauma model that talked about extreme childhood stress events, and it explained a lot of your suffering. I have had a similarly educative but terrifying experience. Rose: Educations are like that. There wasn’t much space for another way of seeing the problem of obsessions and compulsions.

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Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Psychedelic therapy Childhood trauma 119

Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2024

It doesn’t pay in this situation to be an educated patient. Drug-induced adverse events are key to spell-binding or spell-breaking in this case. Drug-induced adverse events are key to spell-binding or spell-breaking in this case. As with the police, it’s better play dumb. When you take a drug you are the experiment.

Sleep and mental health 140

Sleep and mental health Legal Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 140